• The 16th Young psychologist competition and the Undergraduate Research conference – 2025 will be held offline.

• Students have to submit an abstract of the research paper on a topic of their interest in psychology, related to the theme, not exceeding 250 words.

• All the submissions will go through the selection process by the Scientific Selection Committee (SSC) for Young Psychologist Competition - Oral and Poster presentation.

• All the participants have to register for the conference after receiving the confirmation mail about their abstract selection. Selection of abstract is mandatory for the participation. 

• Participants whose abstracts are selected have to submit the full paper, which will be further reviewed by the SSC. 

• Only authors of the selected full papers by the SSC will participate in the Young Psychologist Competition- Oral and Poster presentation.

• Participants who do not submit the full paper will not be eligible to participate in the Young Psychologist Competition- Oral and Poster presentation.

• There are no restrictions on the number of entries from an institution.

• Only supervised/guided research papers will be entertained. 

• Maximum authors (Students - 6 members) along with the guide/supervisor (1 Faculty) are permitted for a paper/poster. The name of the supervisor/guide should be mentioned wherever required. 

• Ethical clearance form (click here to access) should be submitted along with the abstract. 

• Best three paper presentations in Young Psychologist Competition - Oral presentation will receive a cash prize and merit certificate!

• One best poster presentation will receive a merit certificate.

• Guidelines for oral/ poster presentation will be uploaded shortly on the YPC website.

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