Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust (Regd.)

Sunny Oberoi Vivek Sadan
Advance Institute of Social Sciences
Sri Anandpur Sahib

JOURNAL- Vidiya Sagar Patrika

DR. S.P. SINGH OBEROI

Managing Trustee
Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust (Regd.)

Patron / Publisher
Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust (Regd.)

Head Office: H. No. 4177, Urban Estate, Ph. 2. Patiala
Ph. – 0175-2284177, Mob. – 98155-88000
Website- http://sarbatdabhalatrust.com/

Advisory Board

DR. RAJ BAHADUR

Vice Chancellor
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.

DR. BALKAR SINGH

Eminent Scholar
Punjabi University, Patiala.

DR. SARABJINDER SINGH

Professor & Dean
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

DR. JORA SINGH

Chancellor
Desh Bhagat University, Punjab.

Dr. Amarjeet Singh Gill

Ex Director
Punjab Tech. University Kapurthala

Prof. (Dr.) Karamjeet Singh

Vice Chancellor
Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala

Dr. Davinder Singh

Vice Chancellor
Chandigarh University, Punjab

Dr. Jaspal Kaur Kaang

Prof & Head
Guru Nanak Sikh Studies department Panjab University, Chandigarh

Dr. Manjit Singh Nijjar

Vice Chancellor
Professor, Deptt. of Law Former Registrar Punjabi University, Patiala

Prof. (Dr.) Mukesh Thakar

Professor and Dean Professor and IIead
Punjabi University, Patiala

Editorial Board Members

S. No.

Name

Designation

1

Dr. Bhupinder Kaur

Director, Sunny Oberoi Vivek Sadan: Advance Institute of Social Sciences, Sri Anandpur Sahib.

2

Dr. Anwar Chirag

Head Department of Linguistics and Punjabi Lexicography, Punjabi University, Patiala.

3

Dr. Davinder Singh

Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Punjabi Lexicography, Punjabi University, Patiala.

4

Dr. Manjinder Singh

Associate Professor and Head, Department of Punjabi, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

5

Dr. Paramjit Kaur Sidhu

Assistant Professor, Department of Punjabi, Kurukshetra University.

6

Dr. Sandeep Kaur

Assistant Professor, Guru Nanak Studies Department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab.

7

Dr. Sarabjit Singh

Assistant Professor, Department of Punjabi, Khalsa College, Patiala.

8

Dr. Inderjit Kaur

Assistant Professor, Head Punjabi Department, Khalsa College for Women Sindhwan Khurd (Ludhiana).

Peer Review Panel

Dr. Hari Singh
Former Professor,
Department of History,
Punjabi University, Patiala,
Punjab.

Dr. Bhupinder Singh
Professor, Department of
Law, Punjabi University,
Patiala.

Dr. Gurpal Singh
Professor and Head Guru
Ravidas Chair, Panjab
University, Chandigarh,
Punjab.

Dr. Jasbir Kaur
Former Professor and Dean,
Faculty of Languages,
Punjabi University, Patiala,
Principal, Gurmat College,
Patiala.

Dr. Shivani Sharma
Professor Department of
English, Punjabi University,
Patiala, Punjab.

Dr. Prabhleen singh
Administrative Officer,
Department of Management
and Engineering, Punjabi
University, Patiala, Punjab.

Dr. Gurpreet Kaur
Professor Department of
Punjabi, Sri Guru Teg
Bahadur Khalsa College, Sri
Anandpur Sahib, Punjab

Dr. Manjit Singh Ghuman
Head Department of
Commerce, Sri Guru Teg
Bahadur Khalsa College, Sri
Anandpur Sahib, Punjab

Dr. Pawan Kumar
Sant Prem Singh Murare
Wale Chair, Guru Nanak
Dev University, Punjab.

Dr. Sukhdev Singh
Assistant Professor, Sri
Guru Nanak Dev Punjab
State Open University,
Patiala

Dr. Dipsikha
Jagat Guru Nanak Dev
Punjab State Open
University, Patiala

Privacy Policy And Publication Ethics

Vidiya Sagar Patrika : Multilingual Biannual Social Sciences Peer Reviewed Journal is committed to ensure that privacy of author (s) is protected. The Journal may change this policy from time to time or while updating the web page. The journal gathers following information:

  • Name of the author
  • Institutional affiliation
  • Contact Information including Email Address
  • Education Qualification
  • Occupation

The information is required for understanding the needs of users and to offer better services. 

RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDITORS

  • The Chief Editor and Editors of the journal are responsible for selecting which research papers are accepted for publication after peer review process.
  • The Chief Editor and Editors evaluate the paper (s) purely on the basis of academic content irrespective of race, gender, religious conviction, ethnicity, nationality, or political affiliation of authors.
  • The Editors and Editorial Board should not reveal any information about the submitted papers to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewer sand publisher.
  • Unpublished content of submitted paper should not be used by anyone while handling the paper(s) for his or her own research.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWERS

  • Assist in Peer Review process and making editorial decision through editorial communications with author
  • Help the author in improving the paper, wherever applicable
  • If there viewer is unable to undertake the job of reviewing, he/she shall promptly convey the same to the Chief Editor and Editors
  • Confidentially handle the papers received for review.
  • Review the paper rationally and empirically avoiding any favoritism  and personal criticism.
  • Try to ascertain whether the relevant published work used by the author has been referred/ cited/acknowledged
  • Maintain the confidentially of the information or ideas achieved during the peer review process.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORS
Authors of papers should:

  • Present accurate information and original ideas. Supporting data should be represented precisely in the paper. A paper must have details of cited work / acknowledgment.
  • Ensure that the content is entirely original, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, it must be suitably cited or quoted.
  • Avoid submitting of same research paper to more than one journal simultaneously, which is unethical and unacceptable.
  • Corresponding Author must ensure that all co-authors are appropriate.

Scope of The Topic

It is concentrated on Social Sciences, Which is Academic Discipline Concerned with the Study of human beings as groups and individuals including study of

  • Linguistics
  • Anthropologies
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • Communication
  • Musicology
  • History
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Pedagogy
  • Geography
  • Jurisprudence
  • Public Health
  • Public Administration
  • Defense

Instruction for Authors Regarding Manuscript Preparation and Submission

Cover Letter

With each manuscript submission, author(s) must enclose a covering letter describing the significance of the work, its distinctiveness, and any similar work the authors reported before.

* Signed by all contributors
* Previous publication / presentations mentioned
* Conflicts of interest disclosed

Peer Review Policy

Vidiya Sagar Patrika is a peer-reviewed journal. Upon receipt of a manuscript, the Editor-in-Chief will send it for review. After receiving the reviews, the Editor-in-Chief will make a decision on status of the manuscript: acceptable; revise and resubmit; refuse; not suitable for this journal. After the Editor-in-Chief’s decision, reviews will be conveyed to the authors. Final decisions concerning publication are made by Editor-in-Chief.

Journal Contributor’s publishing Agreement

Vidiya Sagar Patrika takes issues of copyright infringement & plagiarism in publication very seriously.

Acknowledgements

Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to any notes and references.

Permissions

Authors are responsible for getting consent from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. 

Article Types

Research Papers: Research papers should not exceed 5,000 words (including references), though in some cases, longer accounts may also be entertained. Original manuscripts in style and content not accepted or published elsewhere, are welcomed. Each manuscript must include an informative one-paragraph abstract that briefly (fewer than 200 words) summarizes the article.

Manuscripts along with an abstract and four or five key words can be submitted for publication. Keywords and abstract are important to ensure readers to find your article online through online search engines.

Book Review: Reviews of high impact good quality books will be accepted. The journal’s editorial board also review books submitted for review by the Author or Publisher of relevant books.

Cover Page
The cover page is meant mainly for the convenience of editors. It must include (in order):

* Title of the paper (A running title not exceeding 45 characters)

* Date of submission

* Authors’ names, e-mail addresses, phone number of corresponding author (Provide full contact details for the corresponding author including email, mailing address and telephone numbers must be provided)

* Postal address

* Author (s) Academic affiliation

* Word count of text, (including references)

* The number of tables and figures

* The number of references

Manuscript Preparation

Language
Manuscript must be written in Punjabi, English,Hindi. It must be clear, concise and grammatically correct.

Page Setup For English

Font: Times New Roman or Arial (bold, underline or italics may be used where necessary)
Font size: 12 for English

Page Setup For Punjabi

Font: Asees lite

Font size: 12 

Page Setup For Hindi

Font: Krutidev 10

Font size: 12 

And for Other Languages UNICODE fonts 

Spacing: Single space between lines and one line between paragraphs

Margins: 1 inch margins (top, bottom, left and right)

Page numbers: Bottom centre

Page size: A4 (9.5” x 6.25”)

Paragraph: Justified text

Typical sections in a paper should include:

Endnotes & Footnotes

Endnotes must be numbered consecutively throughout the text by superscript numbers.
Footnotes will not be accepted.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING ARTWORK, FIGURES AND OTHER GRAPHICS

Tables (If any): Each table should be on a separate page, numbered and accompanied by a legend at the top. These should be referred to in the text as Table 1, etc. Avoid duplication between figures and tables.

Figures (If any): Figures and their legends should be grouped together at the end of the article before supporting information (if present). Figures should be referred to in the text as Fig. 1, Figs 1 & 2, etc. Photographic material should also be referred

GUIDELINES FOR BOOK REVIEWS

The word limit for the book reviews should be no more than 2500 words. The book reviews should carry the following details of the book under review, in the given order, at the beginning of the review:

* Name(s) of the author(s)
* Name of the book
* Name of the publisher/publishing house
* Place of publication
* Year of publication
* Number of pages 
* Price of the book
* Photograph of cover page

Details of the reviewer should be given at the end of the review in the following order:

* Name(s) of the reviewer(s)
* Name of the nstitute/organization/Government department, etc., that the reviewer is affiliated to 
* Place of location of the above institution/organization etc.

Manuscript Submission

The journal has an editorial board and several reputed subject experts as ‘referees’. The review of manuscripts is done by reviewers according to the area of expertise. All decisions to accept, revise, or reject a paper will be made by the editors.

Peer Review Policy

Vidiya Sagar Patrika is a peer-reviewed journal. Upon receipt of a manuscript, the Editor-in-Chief sends it for review. After receiving the reviews, the Editor-in-Chief takes a decision on status of the manuscript: acceptable; revise and resubmit; refuse; not suitable for this journal. After the Editor-in-Chief’s decision, review report is conveyed to the authors. Final decisions concerning publication are made by the Editor-in-Chief.
The Journal is published twice a year (bi-annual).
Paper submission for next issue is open May June 2020.
Submit Manuscript [email protected]

(Before submitting your manuscript, please read the author’s guidelines and instructions.)

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