Government of
India
Ministry of
Mines
Nominations
for National Geoscience Awards - 2013
The
Ministry of Mines invites nominations from the individuals / team of
geo-scientists / engineers /technologists/academicians in order to recognize
their meritorious contributions in the field of fundamental or applied
geosciences, mining and allied areas with a view to provide them an incentive
for striving towards excellence. The awards will be given each year.
Nature of Awards
The
National Geoscience Awards are of three categories:
(A)
National Geoscience Award For Excellence: Award for Excellence is made to one
outstanding geo scientists
/ engineers /technologists/academicians for his lifetime achievements and
significant contribution in any field(s) of Geosciences. The award carries a
cash prize of Rs. 500,000/-, a certificate, a citation and a trophy.
(B)
National Geoscience Awards: Nineteen awards are given to geo-scientists /
engineers
/technologists/academicians
individually or to team(s) in recognition of meritorious contribution in any of
the following fields; Discovery & exploration for minerals, coal, lignite
& coal bed methane, oil, natural gas & gas hydrates and, groundwater,
mining technology, mineral beneficiation (including mineral economics),
sustainable mineral development, stratigraphy, structural geology,
paleontology, geomorphology, Economic Geology, Geodynamics, petrology and
geochemistry, applied geology, geophysics / applied geophysics,
geo-environmental studies, disaster management, ocean development,
geo-information system and Glaciology and Antarctic Research. Each award
carries a cash prize of Rs. 200,000/-, a certificate, a citation and a trophy.
(C)
Young Researcher Award : This is a single award for research work in any field
of geoscience to Researchers / Scientists from Universities, academic and
professional institutions who are below 30 years of age as on the 31st December
of the Year of Award. Award carries a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 a certificate, a
citation and a trophy.
Eligibility
Any
citizen of India who is a professionally qualified geo-scientists / engineers /technologists/academicianswith
significant contribution in any of the field specified in Clause 3 of the Regulation
shall be eligible for the National Geoscience Awards.
Nominations
The
nominations (in the prescribed nomination form only) for the National Geoscience
Award for Excellence - 2013 and the National Geoscience Awards – 2013 and one
Young Researcher Award-2013 are invited from individuals through designated
sponsoring organisations as mentioned in Clause 9 of the Regulations.
The
last date of receipt of nominations will be 31st May, 2014
Nominations
received beyond the stipulated date or incomplete or nominations made in any
format other than the prescribed will be rejected.
The
Regulations along with nomination form can be downloaded from the website: www.mines.nic.in
For more
information please contact:
Dy.
Secretary (Technical), Ministry of Mines, Room No 306-D, 3rd Floor, D-Wing,
Dr.Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110001, Telefax-01123385329 ,email- dirtech.mom@nic.in
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