Goal: The Volume 3 Issue 1 of South Asian Journal of Social Sciences (SAJSS) will be out in June 2018.

The South Asian Journal of Social Sciences (SAJSS), an international, peer-reviewed journal that provides information and analysis on topics within the broad scope of social sciences. As the official journal of the South Asia Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST), SAJSS publishes papers that deal with South Asian society, development, population, health and illness, communication, poverty, economy, politics, information and communication technology, social problems, labor, crime and social policy, environment and disaster, gender, welfare and policies related to South Asia.

Guidelines:

•South Asian Journal of Social Sciences (SAJSS) welcomes original research papers (4000 words), review articles (2500 words), research notes (2000 words), academic responses to papers published in SAJSS (1500 words) and book reviews (1000-1500 words).

•Manuscripts to be submitted for publication in the Journal should not exceed word limit excluding tables, graphs and references; and be submitted online or to the corresponding email.

•The submitted manuscripts should contain an abstract between 100-150 words. References should be prepared following APA 6th styles.

•Each submission must accompany a signed statement that it is an original contribution.

•Please provide an autobiographical note in 50 words accompanied by your full mailing and email addresses.

•Your submissions will be reviewed using a double-blind system that ensures anonymity of the identity of both the author and reviewer.

•This journal is available in both printed and online versions. Please note that there is no article processing fee.

•SAJSS is published in June and December every year. New manuscript can be submitted at any time and will be processed on a rolling basis.

Editorial Correspondence:

Prof. Habibul Khondker, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Editor, South Asian Journal of Social Sciences (SAJSS), C/O Knowledge Dissemination Division, South Asia Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST), SEL Centre (8th Floor), 29 West Panthapath, Bir Uttam Kazi Nuruzzaman Road, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh or by email at [email protected]/ [email protected].

South Asian Journal of Social Sciences (ISSN:2521-4403 print, 2521-4411 online) is published twice a year (in June and December) by the South Asia Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST). SAJSS is published in the original printed version and the electronic version at www.sajss.sayrid.org/www.sajss.saist.ac.bd.