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Dear Hon. Menbers, Well-wishers, and the Members of the SLSAJ,

Annual Research Session and Research Journal - 2008

We are pleased to inform you about the Annual Research Session 2008 (RS 2008) organized by the Sri Lanka Students Association in Japan. As you may be aware, Annual Research Session is the most important academic event of SLSAJ. This event gives an opportunity for the Sri Lankan researchers in Japan to present or publish their studies and share the knowledge and experiences that they have gathered, with the other fellow Sri Lankans in Japan. 

During the last few years the Annual Research Journal was sent to Academic Institutions in Sri Lanka and almost all of the organizations welcomed the journal with high appreciation.

We kindly invite you to contribute for the RS-2008 by submitting your papers, in sequel to be published in the Annual Research Journal of SLSAJ 2008 or by presenting for the ResearchSession 2008. Some of the authors (in some cases, few co-authors) will be selected and subsequently will be invited to present for the RS-2008.

Our Panel of reviewers is composed of professionals with great research experiences. This is an ideal opportunity for the authors to get expert advice and important feed-backs from our panel of reviewers.

The information regarding the submission deadlines and format of the paper is are as follows;

General Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation

(Please go through the attacthed sampel format for the detailed description.) 

1. Papers should be written in English.
2. Papers should be written using Microsoft Word word-processor.
3. Attributes of the manuscript
 

               Paper format        B5 - Portrait double column  
               No of Pages         3 - 6
               Font type             Times New Roman
               Font size             12
               Line spacing        single
               Margins               Top:  2.5 cm, Bottom: 3.2 cm, Right: 1.9 cm, Left: 1.9 cm 
                    

4. All figures, graphs, tables, etc and equations should be embedded in the paper.
5. Do not include page numbers.

Papers should be submitted to the SLSAJ co-coordinators via e-mail . If you find any difficulty in this type of submission, please kindly contact the sub committee.

RS-RJ Sub Committee for 2008

Coordinator- Amodini Rajakaruna (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

 E-mail : amodini.rajakaruna@yahoo.com

Sub-coordinator- Chinthika Gunasekera (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

 E-mail : chinthikaandbimal@yahoo.co.uk

Editors

Chathushka Ranawaka –  (Rikkyo University)

 E-mail : ranawakacha@yahoo.co.jp

Manoj Madurapperuma –  (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

 E-mail : ma.k.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

Sanjeewa Dissanayake –  (The University of Tokyo)

 E-mail : sanjeewa22jp@yahoo.co.jp

 If you are willing do a presentation but not to submit a paper, then you are kindly requested to contact the Organizing Committee before the submission deadline. Presenters of the RS-2008 would be selected after the deadline for the paper submissions. Those who are selected will be notified as soon as possible.

Contributors are kindly requested to provide the following additional details separately.

Details of the author(s)/presenter

1. Name(s) of the presenter or the first author and other authors, if any:
2. Contact address, telephone numbers, & e-mail addresses of all mentioned in 1.
3. Specify your major field of study

                e.g.         Engineering
                              Medical & Dental Sciences
                              Physical & Computer Sciences
                              Agriculture & Biological Sciences
                              Economics & Management
                              Arts, Humanities, History & Languages
                              Other (Please describe)

4. Your willingness to do a presentation:

General Guidelines for Presentations

          1. Should be presented in English
          2. Should use visual aids.
          3. Limits to 20-minute talk followed by a 10-minute question and answer session.
          4. Should be understandable for general academic listener

Success of this event largely depends on your contribution and participation. As most of you are doing quality and active research, we believe that we will receive overwhelming contributions from you.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Amodini Rajakaruna

(Secretary SLSAJ)

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