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Academic Partnership

Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal · RCELL International Conference

A Partnership Built on Equal Terms

The Research Centre for English Language and Literature (RCELL) publishes Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal (since 2012) and The Criterion: An International Journal in English (since 2010). Each year, RCELL organises the RCELL International Conference, its annual flagship academic conference, held entirely online.

Departments and institutions can join each edition as Academic Partners. Every partner signs the same standard Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and receives exactly the same recognition. No partner receives special terms, titles or forms of recognition.

Founding Academic Partners — 2027

The inaugural edition, RCELL International Conference 2027: Literature in the Age of AI — Posthumanism, Digital Humanities and Ecological Futures (13–14 February 2027, online), is organised by RCELL in academic partnership with:

Sahrdaya College of Advanced Studies (Autonomous) — PG Department of English, Kodakara, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University — Department of English, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India

Partners are listed in alphabetical order. Full details are on the conference website: conference2027.rcell.co.in.

How the Partnership Works

Expression of interest: the department or institution writes to conference@rcell.co.in.
Approval of the competent authority: before signing, the partner confirms the approval of its Senate, Academic Council or Principal.
Memorandum of Understanding: both parties sign RCELL’s standard MoU, identical for every partner, valid for one year and renewable by mutual written consent.
Annual conference annexure: for each edition, a one-page annexure records the title, theme, dates, thematic streams and the partner’s nominations.

The partnership is non-exclusive, and there is no fee: RCELL bears all costs of organising each edition. Either party may end the MoU with ninety days’ written notice.

What Every Partner Receives

Equal listing as an Academic Partner on the conference website, programme and promotional material, with logos of uniform size in alphabetical order
An Institutional Convener nominated by the partner, who co-signs every participation certificate with the Chief Convener
One Patron from the partner’s leadership, with that person’s written consent, invited to offer a greeting at the inaugural session
Recognition of supporting faculty and students as Conference Associates
A collaboration letter after each edition and the same post-conference record pack for IQAC and NAAC documentation

Principles That Apply to Every Partnership

One conference identity: the conference is always titled “RCELL International Conference [Year]” and is never co-branded with a partner’s name.
Overall academic authority: the Chief Convener, Dr. Madhuri Bite, Director, RCELL, holds overall authority over the programme, keynote speakers and review process.
Streams open to all: no stream, theme or session is reserved for any partner.
Independent review: abstracts are reviewed by an independent committee of individually invited academics, not by partner institutions.

Publication and Galaxy

Selected full papers presented at the RCELL International Conference may be invited for a special issue of The Criterion: An International Journal in English (ISSN 0976-8165), subject to that journal’s independent editorial assessment and peer review. It is the sole publication pathway associated with the conference.

Galaxy no longer publishes special issues linked to conferences and no longer accepts special-issue proposals. Conference presentation and partnership never guarantee publication. Authors from any conference remain welcome to submit individual papers to Galaxy through the regular submission process, where every paper goes through the same double-blind review by three independent reviewers.

Special issues published before this change remain available as part of the journal’s record in the Archive.

Become an Academic Partner

RCELL welcomes expressions of interest from departments and institutions that would like to partner with the RCELL International Conference 2028. Please email conference@rcell.co.in with the name of the department and institution, the name and designation of its Head, a contact person with email and phone number, and a short note on the department’s areas of teaching and research. RCELL will reply with the standard MoU and the draft annexure for review by your competent authority.

This page summarises RCELL’s standard academic partnership terms. Where this page and a signed MoU or annexure differ, the signed document prevails. Last updated: October 2026