Abstracts

• Only IPS members, who have registered as delegates for ANCIPS 2027, are allowed to submit abstracts for papers or posters.
• Applicants who complete the IPS membership form and provide proof of payment before 31st November may also submit abstracts without restriction.
• The abstract for the paper/poster should be structured (background, aims, methods, results, and conclusion) and limited to 250 words.
• The presenting author (or the author who submits the abstract in case of symposia/workshop) will be the contact person for all the correspondence about the presentation
• All abstracts must be submitted in English using Times New Roman font.
• Please choose appropriate category related to your presentation. Do not submit the same abstract to multiple categories.
• All abstracts must be submitted via the conference website ONLY. The title should be short and concise & must not be written in capital letters.
• The abstract should not contain broad statements like "The results will be discussed".
• You may use standard abbreviations, however, mention unusual abbreviations in brackets after the full word, when it appears for the first time.
• Use numerals to indicate numbers, except when beginning of a sentence.
• All submissions will be acknowledged by email only. Please provide your current working E mail ID along with Mobile number

• Figures, tables, and graphs should not be included.
• Use generic names of drugs only.
• In original research, the results must be submitted along with the abstract.
• No references are needed with abstract submission.
• By submitting an abstract, the author transfers copyright ownership to the organizing committee for publications. The committee reserves the right to reproduce the abstract/presentation made in the conference in print or electronic media.
• Abstracts/papers previously published or presented at any national or international meeting are not permitted. Abstracts/papers previously published or presented at local or state levels are permitted, but the details must be mentioned in the submission
• The Scientific Committee reserves the right to allocate session time or change the presentation type.
• Please do not submit the same abstract under more than one category.
• Details of the programme shall be duly uploaded and updated on the website www.ancips2027.com

• Registration is mandatory for the presenting authors at the time of presentation in categories of Specialty Section Presentations, Task Force Presentations, Workshop & Symposium Presentations, Free Paper, and E-Poster Presentations.
• All presentations should be made in the latest version of MS Office.
• A preview room shall be operational in the conference area
• All presentations of respective halls shall be centrally coordinated from this preview room.
• The presenter must submit his/her Power Point/audio/video in preview room, at least 24 hours before his/her scheduled presentation.
• The preview room shall be equipped with enough desktops/laptops.
• The presenter can preview/modify his/her presentation in the preview room well in advance.
• If any presenter wishes to present the paper through personal laptop, it is mandatory that the compatibility of personal laptop with our audio-visual system should be checked in preview room.
• Any Fonts and Animations if used which are not a part of the standard MS Office pack should be included with the Presentation Pen drive and this should be specified to the Audio Visual in charge at the Preview Room well in advance.
• If any other format is used which deviates from the above mentioned format, the same should be informed at least one week before the conference so that alternative arrangements can be made if possible
• The medium of storage used by the presenters should be Flash Drive, USB HDD.
• Abstracts to be submitted only via the Online Submission Portal on ANCIPS 2027 Website.
• Cut Off Date for Free papers, E-posters- 01/12/2026.
• Cut Off Date for Symposia and workshops- 31/07/2026.
• Cut Off Date for Awards Submission- 31/07/2026

• D.L.N. Moorthy Rao Oration Award
• Tilak Venkoba Rao Oration Award
• J.K Trivedi Life Time Achievement Award
• Indian Psychiatric Society Young Psychiatrists Award
• Shridhar Sharma Psychiatric Education Award
• A.V. Shah Community Psychiatry Award
• Dr V. D. Meel Award

• Marfatia Award
• Bhagwat Award
• Col. Kirpal Singh Award for Military/Industrial Psychiatry
• The Poona Psychiatrists Association Awards I
• The Poona Psychiatrists Association Awards II
• The Bombay Psychiatric Society Silver Jubilee Year Award

Professor K.C. Dube Poster Session I award
Professor M. Murugappan Poster Session II award

The Chairman, awards Committee will intimate the shortlisted entries for the oral presentation with due guidelines to the selected entries after due evaluation.

For further details please refer to relevant pages of the Indian Psychiatric Society Constitution on IPS website: https://indianpsychiatricsociety.org/

Submission of full papers with certificate from zonal branch for bpps award to be submitted only via the online abstract submission portal on Ancips 2027 website.

Proposals, Free Papers, Full Papers, Poster Presentation send through portal on Ancips 2027 website.

For all Awards, Proposals and full papers to be submitted only by e-mail only to Chairperson Awards Committee:

Dr. K Ashok Reddy
Chairman, Awards Committee, Indian Psychiatric Society.
Mail ID: kashokreddy60@gmail.com.