Professor H. M. Shah Memorial Award

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Professor H. M. Shah Memorial Award is open to all the members of the Nematological Society of India. The award, which is to be offered once in two years carries a value of Rs. 5000/- and will be given to the best contributor in the field of Nematology as evidenced by papers published during the preceding five years. All those interested in competing for the award will be required to send five copies of a write-up (not exceeding 10 typed pages in double space), five copies of the list of publications along with reprints of these papers published during this period. The entries for consideration of the award must reach the General Secretary, Nematological Society of India, Division of Nematology, IARI, New Delhi –110012.

 

The following are the rules and regulations for the award:

 

1. The award will be given to the best cumulative outstanding research contribution during the period of five years preceding the date of consideration of the award. The contribution has to be based on published research papers in scientific journals.

2. The award will be given in cash with the necessary citation for ‘Best Published Research work done in the field of Nematology in India’ during the five years preceding the years of the award.

3. The contestant or at least one of the contestants must be a member(s) of the Nematological Society of India.

4. There could be more than one author in the research contribution, but the contestant must be an author in all the papers irrespective of senior or junior position. In case, where two or more authors are common in all the research papers, which award money will be divided equally among all the authors.

5. The receipt of the award by a scientist or a group of scientists shall not be excluded from being considered for the subsequent awards but in order to encourage intensive research activities in the field of Nematology, the award shall not be given to the same scientist or group of scientists, before a lapse of two intervening periods.

6. The work should have been carried out under Indian conditions.

7. The scientist(s) winning the Award will be required to present their contributions at the Society’s meeting.

8. The decision of the judging Committee shall be final.

9. All the formalities for the selection of the awardee (s) will be completed by the General Secretary and the judges well before the next meeting of the Society