3rd National Seminar on Micro Finance ? Issues and Challenges Call for Papers
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3rd National Seminar on Micro Finance ? Issues and Challenges Call for Papers


Centre for Microfinance Research

Bankers Institute of Rural Development

Sector H, LDA Colony,
Kanpur Road, Lucknow 226012.

Ph : 0522 2421187, 2421007, 2421137 Fax : 2421176, 2421047 Email: [email protected]

Web site : www.birdindia.org.in

3rd National Seminar on Micro Finance ? Issues and Challenges

Call for Papers


Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow, India is a society established by National bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), India in 1983 as an apex level institute offering training, research and consultancy services on various aspects of agriculture, rural development and rural finance. BIRD has set up within its fold a Centre for Microfinance Research (CMR) to take up research activities in the field of microfinance for facilitating policy initiatives and improvements in design and delivery system of microfinance services. The Centre has established four sub centres at Indian Institute of Bank Management (IIBM), Guwahati, Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Jaipur and Chandragupt Institute of Management (CIM), Patna.


CMR is organising its 3nd National Seminar on Microfinance ? Issues and Challenges at Lucknow on 01-02 December 2011. Microfinance practitioners, economists, bankers, policy makers and other stakeholders are expected to participate in the Seminar.  For the purpose, papers on the broad themes mentioned below are invited from researchers/practitioners in the field of microfinance.


1. Regulatory challenges for client protection in microfinance

2. Enhancing outreach of microfinance: Role of Technology

3. Microfinance through co-operatives: Performance and prospects

4. Revival of rural artisans, handloom and handicraft cluster bases: Potential role of microfinance


Interested researchers/practitioners are requested to submit their papers, not exceeding 6000 words, latest by 30 August 2011. Abstracts not exceeding 200 words should also be submitted alongwith the papers. All papers will be reviewed for their suitability for presentation in the Seminar. Detailed guidelines for submission of papers are available on our website www.birdindia.org.in. Authors of the selected papers will be invited to present their papers in the proposed seminar for which they will be paid II AC rail fare/ Airfare by economy class by the shortest route. All the papers selected for presentation in the seminar will be published in our journal 'The microFINANCE REVIEW' to be released during the seminar for which concurrence of the authors may be expressed.


The papers may be mailed to [email protected] and [email protected] or posted to the Director, Bankers Institute of Rural Development, CMR, Sector 'H', L.D.A. Colony, Kanpur Road, Lucknow ? 226 012 so as to reach on or before 30 August 2011 (Phone : 0522 2421187, 2421007, 2421137, Fax : 0522 2421176, 2421047)

Lucknow, India                                                           S K Chatterjee
                                                                                 Director





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