<div dir="auto"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-left:8.0pt;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-138cdbad-7fff-3822-17e6-d9477f41388d"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear esteemed colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-left:8.0pt;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">Warmest greetings from India to all. Trust all is well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-left:8.0pt;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As the paper submission deadline for ISMSI 2026, the 10th edition of the annual international event of IICCI </span><a href="https://www.ismsi.org/index.htmli" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.ismsi.org/index.htmli</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">has come to an end, it is time to look beyond.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Towards that, am pleased to share with you that 2027 iteration of ISMSI will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Attached pls find the preliminary flyer of ISMSI 2027.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As before, I solicit your support in disseminating this among your peers and doctoral students and motivate them to submit manuscripts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you so much and with kind rgds,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Suash Deb </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.896;margin-right:8.0pt;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt;padding:0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt 0.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">General Chair, ISMSI 2027</span></p></div>