All are required to be registered to participate and to present the Papers.

	Indian Participants	Foreign Participants
Delegate / Others	6000/-	600
Research Scholar / Student	3000/-	300

Registration Fees includes a kit, two High Tea with working Lunch and one Dinner.

Guidelines & Instructions:

• Payment can be made for registration only after acceptance of Abstract
• Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable

Instructions For Oral Presentation

Oral presentations are 10 minutes each which include 7 minutes presentation and 3 minutes discussion.

There will be a countdown timer to help you manage your presentation time.

Technical information

• Your slides should have an aspect ratio of 16:9 (widescreen).
• Keep the background of the slide white for better view.
• Do not use any fluorescent colour.
• Present file as PDF or PPT.

General Instructions

• Presenters will receive a link in their email (dedicated) to upload their E-Posters.
• A specific slot will be allowed to the presenter to demonstrate the E-Poster. The e-poster will be closed after the specified slot.
• Time allowed for demonstrate of E-Poster: 3 minutes for each presenter.
• Time allowed for discussion of E-Poster: 2 minutes for each presenter.
• Each session will be guided by one moderator and will be evaluated by expert committee members.
• Only posters from registered participants will be featured in the E-Poster Gallery or presented onsite.

E-Poster Viewing

Abstracts assigned to E-Poster Viewing will submit their E-Poster, which will be available for viewing in the E-Poster gallery on the virtual platform from the commencement of the Animal Taxonomy Summit 2024.

Short Oral Communications

All attendees are encouraged to visit the E-Poster Stations (Parallel Session A|B|C) to hear the brief presentations and ask questions or to interact with the presenter. One moderation team will supervise each session. Presenters should report at the e-poster viewing stations 10 minutes before the Short Oral Communications Session begins and stay until the session concludes. Presenters of Brief Oral Communication only need to create an E-Poster.

Technical Specification for E-Poster Preparation

Do’s	Don’t
PDF file – Only 1 page	No other document version
Orientation should be please creating your document in PowerPoint in Portrait Layout 9×16 and Save it as a PDF file.	Landscape and other size cannot be accepted
Font types Arial for Title and Heading Times New Roman for Text	Other than Arial and Times New Roman will not be accepted
Font size should be 14 points for Title and Heading and 12 points for Text	Font size should not be of other sizes
QR Codes may be permitted.	No other document version
PDF file – Only 1 page	Hyperlinks, animated images, animations and embedded videos are not permitted
Good picture quality is essential (minimum 300dpi)	Do not use embedded documents.
When inserting images, photos, tables, etc., use copy-paste. Use original photo/ image only	Avoid overlapping objects and layers, downloaded image/photo from website
When saving your PDF please do use only letters and numbers and no spaces in the file name Example: Number of Abstract_Surname of Corresponding Author	When saving your PDF please do not use symbols or special characters (ie. +/@/ü) in the file name
Maximum file size should be less than 5 MB	Maximum file size should not be more than 5 MB

Technical Instructions

• Only the final view/status will be visible.
• By following the guidelines, you will ensure your e-poster is displayed correctly.
• Without following these instructions your E-Poster will be unable to be uploaded.
• The decision of committee is the final related to the E-Poster.

Publication Consent

By uploading your E-Poster, you agree to have it published in the official Animal Taxonomy Summit 2024 publications and on the summit website, virtual platform and society website for the duration of 6 months following the summit.

Contact

For questions please e-mail to zsiats2024@gmail.com

Instruction for submission : The article to be organized as :—1. Title; 2. Author/Authors along with address clearly mentioning the corresponding author and Affiliation, e-mail address; 3. Abstract; 4. Key words; 5. Introduction; 6. Material and Methods; 7. Systematic accounts; 8. Results and Discussion; 9. Acknowledgements, 10. References; 11. Tables and Figures with appropriate title and legends on separate sheets.

The file size should not exceed 20MB

Format of Manuscript : Submission of a manuscript implies that the report is original, unpublished and is not being considered/disqualified for publication elsewhere.

Manuscript in English should be computer-typed, double-spaced with 1.5-inch right-hand margins on one side in A4 size (210 × 297 mm). Font size 10-12 points, Times New Roman. Text should be justified. Footnotes should be avoided. All units of measurement are in metric. All manuscript sheets must be numbered successively. The maximum length of the paper is not more than 10 pages. No portion of the article should be underlined. The Latin names of genera and species should be in Italic. Submit Online submission portal of ATS website https://zsi.org.in/ in MS Word, photo/map/chart/drawings in jpg (300dpi).

Abstract : An abstract is to be provided in all the articles.

Key words : combination of 4-5 words used in the title and abstract of the article to make it searchable and ensure that it may get more citation.

Introduction section should clearly describe the objectives of the study and provide enough background information to make it clear why the study was undertaken. Lengthy literature review is discouraged. Some earlier references of work may be cited.

Material and Methods should provide the reader with all the information necessary to repeat the work. For modification of published methodology, only modification needs to be described with reference to the original source.

Under material examined the following format should be followed strictly for e.g. :

Material Examined : Holotype or Paratype : Female : India, Kerala, Calicut University campus, Altitude ALS, 3-xii-1994, coll. T. C. Narendran and Party (Reg. No. ........)

Results and discussion to be presented by referring to tables and figures (if any). Discussion should include a concise statement of the findings, a discussion of the variety of the observations, a discussion of the findings in the light of other published works dealing with the same or allied subjects.

Acknowledgements : To thank and acknowledge the persons help and assisted in the course of study of the project and funding agency.

References should be cited as follows :

Title of periodicals should be abbreviated as in the latest edition of World list of Scientific Periodicals, London.

Entries under “Reference” should not include any reference which is not cited in the text.

Examples :

Journal Article : Das, A., Pathania, P.C. and Shah, S.K. 2019. Reporting of Discophora sondaica (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) from Sundarbans, West Bengal, India along with an updated species list from the region. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(2): 120–127.

Book Singh, N. 2019. Moths of Bihar and Jharkhand, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No., 400: 1–180 (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

Book Chapter Das, A., Mazumder, A., Pathania, P.C. and Singh, N. 2020. Insecta: Lepidoptera: Heterocera (Moths). In: Fauna of Haryana, State Fauna Series, 24: 307–330 (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

Tables - Each table should be typed on a separate sheet and must have an explanatory title. All numbers is in Arabic numerals.

Figures - All figures should be appropriately lettered and labeled with letters and numbers in Arabic numerals the maximum dimension of figures is 131×193 mm. All figures should be submitted in original, no xerox copy would be entertained.

Photographs - All photographs to be submitted in original. For Maps - fresh maps shall be encouraged. The maps and photographs taken from other sources, if any, the sources must be given along with the manuscript and permission to be obtained for production of the same. In case of Digitized/Scanned photo it should be in jpg/photoshop.

Referee comments : Once the manuscript is received back from the referee, it will be communicated to the author with the comments on its suitability and required to be resubmitted the revised manuscript incorporating all the suggestions/comments. Failing which, it will be assumed that the author is not interested for its publication and the case will be closed without any further intimation.

Proof reading : Soft copy (pdf) will be delivered to the corresponding author and the corrected proof by track method in pdf should be returned through OJMS within 24 hrs from the receipt of the proofs (pdf).

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