Call for Blogs: CFMRS Blog on Financial Markets and Regulatory Systems (Rolling Submissions)

The Centre for Financial Markets and Regulatory Systems (CFMRS) is an academic centre at National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal. The Centre seeks to promote informed engagement with issues relating to financial governance, financial markets and market regulation, and focuses on encouraging structured research, critical dialogue and policy-oriented discussion in areas such as financial markets, investor protection and regulatory frameworks.

CFMRS works to build an academic ecosystem around research-oriented activities, expert interactions, seminars and collaborative initiatives that address contemporary challenges in the financial sector. It gives students a platform to engage with professionals, regulators and scholars while developing analytical perspectives on regulatory practice and market dynamics. The Centre is patronised by Prof. (Dr.) S. Surya Prakash, Vice-Chancellor of NLIU Bhopal, and chaired by Dr. Krati Rajoria, Associate Professor at NLIU Bhopal.

The CFMRS Blog is operated by the Centre to publish the latest updates and commentaries on developments relating to business laws and associated subject areas in India. Its stated objective is to create a platform for legal professionals and students to promote scholarship in aspects pertaining to commercial laws.

The Blog undertakes publication of submissions on a rolling basis - there is no closing date, and manuscripts are reviewed as and when they are received. The Centre describes the Blog as a space for analytical, research-driven and policy-oriented engagement with financial governance, financial markets and market regulation, and particularly encourages pieces that critically examine regulatory frameworks, market practices and investor protection while remaining clear, accessible and conceptually rigorous.

The CFMRS Blog accepts submissions on topics pertaining to:

• Financial Market Regulation
• Banking and Financial Institutions
• Capital Markets and Securities Law
• FinTech and Digital Finance
• Corporate Finance and Investment Law
• Insolvency and Financial Distress
• International Financial Regulation
• Sustainable and Responsible Finance
• Policy and Law Reform
• Market Trends and Economic Analysis

The Centre's LinkedIn call phrases the same field as financial markets and market regulation, financial governance and regulatory policy, securities law and capital markets, banking and financial institution regulation, investor protection and market integrity, corporate governance and financial accountability, law, finance and public policy, emerging issues in FinTech regulation, and comparative and international financial regulation.

This list is merely suggestive in character. Authors may submit articles on other themes consistent with the general theme of the CFMRS Blog. The Centre encourages authors to read a few blogs already published on its website to get an idea of the desirable structure and themes.

The Blog is meant as a platform for legal professionals and students working on commercial and financial law.

Submissions can be in the form of articles, opinions, case comments and short notes on the themes above. The Centre's own call also mentions analytical articles, essays, conceptual notes and theoretical reflections. All submissions must be original and unpublished, and manuscripts already submitted or published elsewhere must not be sent.

• Submissions must be the original work of the contributor.
• Authors are advised to make the introductory paragraph(s) comprehensive and succinct; the initial paragraphs must summarise the substance of the article.
• All referred case laws, statutory materials, statistics and other resources must be hyperlinked. Authors may also use endnotes where necessary, and the citation format must be kept uniform.
• The articles should be analytical rather than descriptive.

• Font: Times New Roman. Font size 12 for the main text and 10 for endnotes (where used).
• Line spacing: 1.5 for the main text and 1.0 for endnotes. Alignment: justified.
• Endnotes may be used and must conform to the OSCOLA (4th Edition) citation method. Speaking endnotes are not permitted.
• Verbatim quotations should be enclosed within double quotation marks and italicised.
• Word limit: submissions should ideally be not more than 1,500 words, excluding endnotes. Authors are advised to keep articles concise and precise.
• The title of the submission must not be more than ten words long.

All submissions for the CFMRS Blog must be uploaded through the official Google Form. The Centre states clearly that submissions must not be sent by email.

Authors must provide their full name and affiliation, a link to their online profile page if possible, and the suggested category of the submission.

There is no submission or publication fee mentioned anywhere in the Centre's guidelines.

CFMRS conducts a strict double-blind peer review of submissions received and holds absolute discretion in deciding whether to accept or reject a submission. The review process takes around one to two weeks. Authors may seek updates in case of delay at the Centre's official email address, cfmrs@nliu.ac.in.

Posts accepted for publication on the CFMRS Blog may be cross-posted elsewhere, provided the cross-posting acknowledges that the article was originally published on the CFMRS Blog.

The CFMRS website carries a second page titled Submission Guidelines for Blog, which describes a themed monthly submission cycle rather than open rolling submissions. On that page the Centre says a Call for Blogs on a specific contemporary theme is released at the start of every month through its LinkedIn posts, with a submission window of 10 to 15 days; the Editorial Board reviews manuscripts over the rest of the month and ordinarily communicates decisions by month end. It sets a word limit of 1,000 to 1,500 words, requires references as hyperlinks with OSCOLA (4th Edition) endnotes only where a hyperlink is unavailable, asks authors to upload a non-copyrighted image of at least about 1,000 pixels to accompany the manuscript, screens submissions for similarity index and AI-generated content, bars manuscripts that target religious, socio-cultural or political sentiments, and caps retraction of a submission at 7 days from the date of submission.

Both pages point to the same Google Form. The Centre's main guidelines page and its most recent public call both describe rolling submissions, so applicants should read both pages and write to cfmrs@nliu.ac.in if they need the current position on the monthly theme.