TACO Poster Guidelines

  1. Poster can be presented only by registered members or Associate members of the KSOS, and the work should have been done in Kerala.
  2. The Chief Author shall be the Presenting Author in all cases. Under exceptional circumstances, one of the co-authors may present the paper after obtaining prior permission from the Scientific Committee Chairman. In such situations, the paper will not be considered for the Award.
  3. A Single person can be Chief Author only for a maximum of two papers in a particular session, and not more than four papers in all the award sessions put together (including Posters). Any individual who has won a particular award will not be eligible for that award again.
  4. If a paper is accepted, but not presented without valid reason, another person’s chance is being denied and this will invite strict penalty which may include debarring. The final decision in each such case will be taken by the Executive Committee of KSOS.
  5. The study should have been done by the Chief author and Coauthors and should not have been published in any peer reviewed journal before. Once accepted the author will have to provide the hard copy and soft copy of the full text when asked following which they will become the property of KSOS and will be made available to the Journal Editor if needed for publication in the KJO.
  6. All the posters are displayed as physical posters.
  7. A Single person can submit total 4 posters. A poster can have one chief / presenting author and up to 3 co-authors.
  8. You will have to submit a PDF and JPEG copy of the final poster by e -mail to the scientific committee chairman, ksoshelpdesk@gmail.com
  9. PDF and JPEG files should be of high quality.
  10. The poster size will be 36 Inches horizontally and 48 Inches vertically in the portrait format.
  11. You can mail the poster in PDF and JPEG format to, ksoshelpdesk@gmail.com
  12. Last date for submission of poster PDF and JPEG by mail is 31 Aug 2024
  13. If the Scientific Committee does not receive the poster PDF and JPEG by this date, it will not be included in the final programme.
  14. You should be a registered delegate for Drishti 2024 for displaying the poster during the conference and for considering for TACO Poster award
  15. Please note TACO Award will be given to KSOS members only and work should be done inside Kerala. All other posters will get a participation certificate only.
  16. The chief author/presenting author should be present beside the poster at a specific time decided by the scientific committee chairman for interaction with the delegates and also with the judges.
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