Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review : Single-blind The papers were sent to the referees wherein the names and identity of the authors was open to the referees however, the names and identity of the referees, was not disclosed to the authors. • Conference submission management system : Authors submitted abstracts to the conference which were screened and the selected abstracts were called for presentation in the conference. Based on the quality of abstracts and presentation screened abstracts were processed for full paper submission to the conference. The full papers were further peer reviewed before acceptance. • Number of submissions received: 80 • Number of submissions sent for review: 60 • Number of submissions accepted: 35 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 48% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 60 • Any additional info on review process : Any additional info on review process: Plagiarism was completely checked and the papers with significant plagiarism were outrightly rejected. However, papers with moderate plagiarism were sent for correction to reduce plagiarism. • Contact person for queries : Name : Dr. Rampal Pandey • Affiliation: National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand • Email : rampalpandey@nituk.ac.in • Name : Dr. Jagrati Sahariya • Affiliation: National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand • Email : jagrati@nituk.ac.in • Name : Dr. Dharmendra Tripathi • Affiliation: National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand • Email : dtripathi@nituk.ac.in • Name : Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mishra • Affiliation: National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand • Email : rkmishra@nituk.ac.in • Name : Dr. Kusum Sharma • Affiliation: National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand • Email : kusum31sharma@nituk.ac.in • Name : Dr. Hardeep Kumar • Affiliation: National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand • Email : hardeepkumar@nituk.ac.in