The Insurance Times Technical Research Paper Competition

Last Date Extended to 30th June 2020 due to COVID

Guidelines for participation in the contest
1. The Technical/Research Paper Writing Contest 2020 is back and open to all in India and Abroad.

2. The paper must be original contribution in the form of essay, research paper, technical paper or case study.

3. Once you decide to participate in the contest please send us en email with the proposed topic and information mentioned in point 14 via email at insurance.kolkata@gmail.com

4. The contribution must be an exclusive and should not have been published elsewhere in same or modified form. The paper should be original and well researched.

5. Length of the paper: Minimum 3500 words and Maximum 7500 words.

6. Rules for formatting text are as under:
a) Page size A4
b) Font: Arial
c) Line spacing: 1.5 Leading
d) Font size: Arial 12
e) Major heading: 14
f) Subheading Bold: 12

7. All the diagrams, tables and charts cited in the paper must be serially numbered and source should be mentioned clearly wherever required. Proper acknowledgement and bibliography must be given if reference is taken from any source. The data used in the article must be taken from verified source.

8. The paper would be subject to plagiarism check. If it is found that article contains copied matter from site/published article or any other source the entry would be rejected outright.

9. The award would be decided by our Technical/Research Paper Award Committee and all the decision of the Committee would be final.

10. The topic for the technical/research paper writing contest should be related to
1. General Insurance
2. Life Insurance
3. Reinsurance
4. Risk Management and related areas
5. Actuarial aspects
6. Information Technology/Insuretech / Artificial Intelligence/Blockchain / Telematics in Insurance
7. Innovation in product development
8. Corporate Governance in Insurance
9. Innovation in Customer Services

11. The paper with thought provoking ideas, indepth analysis of current scenario, challenges, Opportunities based on authenticated data will be given preference.

12. The Article must also contain an abstract not exceeding 500 words.

13. The Technical/Research Paper and abstract must be sent through e-mail on insurance.kolkata@gmail.com and should reach us not later than 30th June, 2020.

14. The author(s) must submit the following details along with the covering letter
Name of the Author (s)
Residential Address
Office Name & Address
Contact No.(Mobile/ Landline No.)
Qualification
Date of Birth
Email ID
Brief Introduction and Experience
Attach Passport size Photograph

15. The following PRIZES will be awarded

The Insurance Times Technical Research Paper Competition – PRIZE

1st Prize Rs.11500
Cash Prize of Rs.7,500
FREE 3 Year Subscription of The Insurance Times – Hardcopy + Online Edition
FREE Sashi Publications Gift Voucher for Rs.1000
Merit Certificate

2nd Prize Rs.8500
Cash Prize of Rs.6,000
FREE 2 Year Subscription of The Insurance Times – Hardcopy + Online Edition
FREE Sashi Publications Gift Voucher for Rs.750
Merit Certificate

3rd Prize Rs.5500
Cash Prize of Rs.4000
FREE 1 Year Subscription of The Insurance Times – Hardcopy + Online Edition
FREE Sashi Publications Gift Voucher for Rs.500
Merit Certificate

Consolation Prize* Rs.3500
Cash Prize of Rs.2500
FREE One Year Subscription of The Insurance Times – Online Edition
FREE Sashi Publications Gift Voucher for Rs.500
Merit Certificate
*Consolation Prize will be paid to eligible entries which will be recommended by the Committee

The article shall be accompanied by a ‘Declaration-cum Undertaking’ from the author(s).
Declaration-cum-Undertaking
Title of the Research/Technical Paper: __________________ I/We (full name of author(s)________________________ ________________hereby solemnly declare that the work presented in the Research/Technical Paper ______________
_________________________ submitted by me/us for publication in the RMAI Technical/Research Paper Contest is:
1. It has not been submitted to any other publications / or website at any point in time for publication in same or modified form.
2. An original and own work of the author
3. There is no fabrication of data or results, which have been compiled / analyzed.
4. No sentence, equation, diagram, table, paragraph or section has been copied verbatim from previous work unless it is placed under quotation marks and duly referenced.
5. No ideas, processes, results or words of other authors have been presented as author’s own work.
6. The views expressed in the Research/Technical Paper are solely that of the authors’.
7. I/We undertake to accept full responsibility for any mis-statement regarding ownership of this work and also of any adversarial consequences arising upon the publication of the article.
Signature of the Author:
Name of the Author :
Date : ________________ Place : ________________

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