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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The submission of papers and proposals for special sessions is now open for the 8<sup>th</sup> Indian Sub-content DSI (ISDSI) conference will be held on January 4-6, 2015 in Pune, India.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The detailed call for papers and instructions for submissions for this conference is attached can be found at the following website for the ISDSI region: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a href="http://www.dsiindia.org/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.dsiindia.org/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:12.25pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Conference Highlights Include:</span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>1. An opportunity to interact and network with senior Professors and researchers from reputed Universities/institutions across the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>2. The best paper in each category (Theoretical/Empirical, Application, student paper/Ph.D thesis) will be awarded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>3. Selected papers will be published in the form of edited book and also be considered for publication special issues of:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:45.0pt;line-height:14.65pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Global Business Review – Journal</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:45.0pt;line-height:14.65pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Operations & Supply Chain Management – An International Journal &</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:45.0pt;line-height:14.65pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>o</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Edited Book(s)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>4. Doctoral consortium for doctoral research scholars will be held on Day 1 of the conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>For more details and registration refer to the conference website <a href="http://www.dsiindia.org/" target="_blank">www.dsiindia.org</a>. The Call for Paper is attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>\</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>or further information, feel free to contact the Conference chairs.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>We look forward to your submission and seeing you at this conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><br><br>_________________________________________________________________ <br>Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta, PhD, CFPIM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Associate Dean for Graduate and Sponsored Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Director of Integrated Enterprise Lab<br>Eminent Scholar and Professor<br>College of Business Administration <br>The University of Alabama in Huntsville <br>301 Sparkman Drive<br>Huntsville, AL 35899 <br>Phone: 256-824-6593 (office)<br> 256-288-0150 (home) <br>FAX: 256-824-4339<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:guptaj@uah.edu">guptaj@uah.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>