IIITDM Kurnool - an Institute of National Importance



5th Conference on Information and Communication Technology-2021
(CICT-2021)

Guidelines for Paper Submission



Guidelines for Submission


  • All submissions must be in English only.
  • Papers for both oral and poster presentations should conform to the IEEE format and specifications. Other format may not be accepted.
  • All submitted papers should contain original, unpublished results, experimental or theoretical.
  • The IEEE paper template can be downloaded from the following link.
  • Authors are invited to submit full paper as PDF using the IEEE templates. Paper drafts must be prepared in English with a maximum of six (6) printed pages in IEEE format (10 point font, double-column and A4) including figures, tables and references.
  • The conference reserves the right to refrain from reviewing papers that are significantly longer than 6 pages.
  • Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit papers electronically to CICT 2021 through Easy Chair.
  • For submission of paper, at least one of the Authors of the paper should be a registered user of Easy Chair. Unregistered authors should first create an account on Easy Chair.
  • To submit your paper visit: Easy Chair.
  • Review process for this conference is BLINDED.
  • The maximum no. of words allowed in abstract is 250 worlds and at least 3 key words are also required.
  • The authors are advised to select only one (i.e. the most suitable) track out of 12 mentioned tracks in submission page for their submission at the time of submitting the manuscript through Easy Chair
  • All papers submitted to CICT 2021 will be checked for plagiarism according to IEEE guideline.
    • If found free of plagiarism, it will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on NOVELTY, Presentation, Correctness and Relevance to the conference.
    • In case of the minor plagiarism, the authors will be asked to rewrite the paper.
    • In other cases, the paper will be immediately rejected.
  • The acceptance of papers along with referees comment will be communicated to authors by email. Authors are required to incorporate the comments received in the CAMERA READY PAPER before final submission
  • Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore.
  • For registration details click here

Guidelines for Camera Ready Submission


  • On acceptance of paper/poster/etc, delegate has to register for the conference (Registration link will be uploaded soon).
  • Send the scan copy of registration detail including completed registration form and payment slip in advance to cict2021@iiitk.ac.in.
  • Download the copyright form and send filled electronic copy with registration detail.
  • In accordance with the IEEE policy, plagiarism in any form, at any level, is unacceptable. Therefore, the conference reserves the right to reject the final manuscript which is found to have high degree of plagiarism after registration without refund.

Validate your camera ready paper using IEEE PDFeXpress


  • Incorporate the comments received from the experts
  • Strictly follow the IEEE style (i.e. double column and single space)
  • Ensure that the length of final manuscript in IEEE format should not exceed 6 pages.
  • Before creating your PDF, proofread your source document thoroughly to confirm that it will require no revision.
  • Any changes made to a PDF after IEEE PDF eXpress conversion or PDF Checking may invalidate Xplore compatibility. This includes headers, page numbers, copyright notice, watermarks, etc. If any of these elements are desired, they should be added to the document before a PDF is created.
    1. Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress site.
      Select the New Users -Click Here.
      Enter the following:
    1. 48419xp for the Conference ID
    2. your email address
    3. a password
  • Continue to enter information as prompted. An Online confirmation will be displayed and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.
  • Previous users of PDF eXpress need to follow the above steps, but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.


Useful Information


  • Call for paper (Download)
  • Paper Draft and Final Manuscript template (IEEE Template)
  • Copyright and Plagiarism (Copyright form,Plagiarism)
  • Paper Submission System (Easy Chair)
  • Registration Fee (Link)