To ensure a fair and transparent selection process for the Best Paper Awards, the following guidelines should be followed:

1. Eligibility Criteria

• The paper must be original, unpublished, and presented at the conference.
• At least one of the authors must be registered and must have attended and presented the paper at the conference.
• Papers from both academia and industry are eligible.
• Student papers must have a student as the first author.

2. Evaluation Criteria

The selection will be based on:

Criteria	Weightage
Technical Depth & Novelty	30%
Relevance to Conference Themes	20%
Methodology & Experimental Results	20%
Clarity of Presentation & Writing	15%
Impact & Practical Applications	15%

3. Selection Process

• A Session Chairs/Judges will evaluate the content of the paper, presentation, communication during presentations etc. and assign the score to each presentation/paper.
• Papers shortlisted based on evaluation scores and only Highest score paper will be considered for the best paper.
• Final selection will be done through a consensus-based discussion by the General Chairs.

4. Announcement & Recognition

• The winners will be announced at the closing ceremony of the conference.
• Each winner will receive:
  A Certificate of Achievement
  A sponsored gift (if available)
• Awardees will be recognized on the conference website.