spssf 2023 - Medal, Prize and Certificate of Merit

Awards/Medals open only to specific age groups

The following awards are restricted only to the Life Members of the Society and are specific to different age group category. The cut-off date for age limit is 31 December 2023. Where there is more than one medal/award available for the contest in one age group, then the contestant is allowed to avail only one award in a given age group category.

In order to encourage young scientists below the age of 30 years as on 31 December, 2023, the society awards 'Certificate of Merit' and medals instituted in honor of Senior Botanists (Prof. Jafar Nizam, Prof. Y.D. Tyagi, Prof. L.P. Mall, Prof. O.P. Mall, Prof. C.P. Malik, Prof. S.N. Chaturvedi, Prof. Y.S. Murty and Prof. H.C. Arya) for the Best Paper presented (if recommended by experts) in each section. The first/the presenter author should not be above 30 years. At least three papers should be presented for the award of medal in each section. Date of birth of each author/co-author must be given below his/her name, failing which the paper/poster shall not be considered for the contest (name of the supervisor may be included as the co-author irrespective of age, but only the presenting author within the age group shall be considered for the certificate/medal). No member shall be eligible to receive the certificate and/ medal for a second time in the same section or in another section in the same category. The same applies to the awards of the Society. A certified copy of the High School certificate/proof of age must be produced by the contestant.

YOUNG BOTANIST AWARD CONTEST

A separate section will be held for young botanists below the age of 35 years as on 31 December, 2023, for presenting their paper in the section of the Young Botanist Award. Applications submitted under this category shall be scrutinized by an expert committee, and only three best selected papers shall be allowed for presentation during the conference for final selection. Each participant will be given 15 minutes for paper presentation followed by discussion. The best presentation shall get Young Botanist Award 2023 (Dr. Bahadur Singh Gold Medal), of the Indian Botanical Society.

Applicant should submit soft copy of the full paper for this contest by 31, July 2023 along with other required information as per the given proforma, to The Secretary, Indian Botanical Society.

POSTER AWARD CONTEST

There shall be two medals for the best posters:

Prof. K. S. Bilgrami Gold Medal (author below the age of 35 years).
Prof. S. N. Dixit Gold Medal (author below the age of 50 years).

The restriction of age limit shall not apply to the Ph. D. supervisor if happens to be a co- author, but cannot be a participating contestant.

Applicant should submit soft copy of the full paper for this contest by 31, July 2023 along with other required information as per the given proforma, to The Secretary, Indian Botanical Society.

PROF. Y. S. MURTY MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL

A medal will be awarded to an outstanding plant morphologist/taxonomist up to the age of 50 years for his/her research contributions in any group of plant kingdom.

Applicant should submit soft copy of the application in the given proforma providing list of publications and scanned copy of the reprints of 10 best publications for evaluation for this contest by 31, July 2023 along with other required information as per the given proforma, to The Secretary, Indian Botanical Society.

PROF. S. V. S. CHAUHAN GOLD MEDAL

A medal will be awarded to one of the youngest participants (from all the sections) up to the age of 25 years as on 31 December, 2023 who has presented his/her research paper in any group of plant kingdom.

There are two separate medal / award for the Woman Scientist below the age of 50.

Woman Scientist Medal

A medal for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted by the society to recognize lady botanists. Applications as per the given proforma providing list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published will be evaluated by the expert committee constituted for the purpose.

Woman Botanist Award

A separate section will be held for Woman Botanist below the age of 50 years for presenting their paper in the section of the Woman Botanist Award. Applications submitted under this category shall be scrutinized by an expert committee, and only three best selected papers shall be allowed for presentation during the conference for final selection. Each participant will be given 18 minutes for paper presentation followed by discussion. The best presentation shall get Woman Botanist Award 2023 of the Indian Botanical Society.

Applicant should submit soft copy of the documents for this contest by 31, July 2023 along with other required information as per the given proforma, to The Secretary, Indian Botanical Society.

Prof. S.C. Dixit Cash Prize

This award carries cash prize of Rs. 1000/- and is awarded for the best article published by a woman candidate (single author) in the Journal of Indian Botanical Society for the year i.e., published in 2022 (vol. 102).