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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT:

          1.   Abstracts Papers / Exhibits / Posters reaching after the dates specified will not be considered.

2.    Contributors to the scientific program are required to return the enclosed REPLY FORM, UNDERTAKING

       along with the ABSTRACT FORM.

3.   Members interested in participating in more than one category should send separate Abstract Forms,

      Undertaking along with Reply Form for each category. Not more than one entry per each competitive category

       is allowed.

4.    Abstracts Forms can be downloaded from AIOTA Conference section of www.aiota.org

5.    Members will not be allowed to participate in category for which Abstracts have not been submitted.

6.    The authors should submit a structured abstract with headings: objectives of study, methods, results and

       conclusion for scientific Papers/Exhibits/Posters.

7.    Abstracts of papers / Exhibits /Posters should only be submitted electronically through our website

       www.oticon2016.com to the Chairperson Scientific Program Committee.

8.    Only reply form along with the undertaking should be submitted in hard copy after electronic submission to 

      Chairperson Scientific Program Committee (Dr. Pratibha M. Vaidya Associate Professor, O.T. School &  

      Centre, T. N. Medical College & BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Dr. A. L. Nair Road, Mumbai Central,  Mumbai 

      400008.) without which the paper will not be accepted.

         9.   The content of the Abstracts should be accurate, self-contained, concise, legible, and relevant and of correct   

               length duly typed in Arial / Times New Roman with font size of 12. It should be typed on the Abstract Form

               and should not exceed 250 words.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:

1.  Papers are invited which describe developments in areas of policy, practice and education in Occupational

     Therapy.

2.  All papers should have research based origin, a solid theoretical basis or be an evaluation of recent practice

     development.

3.  Preparation of the study / paper should be based on GUIDELINES TO AUTHORS that can be obtained from,

     May-Aug. issue (each year) of Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy or on AIOTA Website: www.aiota.org

4.  Participants will be allowed to present only that paper which is accepted and not any other paper at the last

     moment.

5.  Time allotted for paper presentation for each paper is 10 minutes only.

6.  Competitive Paper presentation in absentia will not be allowed. However in circumstances beyond control

     Chairperson of the Scientific Program Committee will use her discretion and may grant permission to the

     co-author, to read the paper. In absentia presentation can be done by co-author only in non-competitive

     category.

7.  Prior to the conference, copies of the scientific paper under Competitive Category will be sent to two judges

    specialized in the particular field who will be appointed by the Scientific Committee-OTICON’2016.

8.  KEM OT YOUTH TALENT AWARD is for members who have graduated after 01^st January 2010 from

    AIOTA accredited college / school. The scanned copy of the original UG passing certificate must be attached

    with the Abstract in the "Supporting Document" tab of the Upload Document section in the online submission 

   form.

9.  The decision of the Scientific Program Committee shall be final and binding in respect to acceptance of

     Abstracts / papers and also regarding allotment of time and duration of presentation.

10. All correspondences related to the Scientific Program should be sent to Chairperson, Scientific Program

     Committee-OTICON’2016.

11. Important:

· For both the competitive and non-competitive category, send only a soft copy in concise form as per modified IJOT guidelines. Soft copies should be in word document (preferably in .doc format). First page of paper should contain a complete title along with author’s/co-authors details, place of research, period of study.

· Papers submitted for presentation must also accompany ‘Undertaking‘duly filled and signed by each author. The Undertaking can be obtained from Issue -2 (May –Aug.) of any volume of IJOT and /or be downloaded from AIOTA Websitewww.aiota.org/IJOT.