Kerala
State Young Scientist Award
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Nomination form:
Name of the
Award:
Kerala State
Young Scientist Award.
Scope:
The
Kerala State Young Scientist Awards by the KSCSTE are intended to honour
talented young Scientists in recognition of their outstanding contributions in
any branch of science and technology coming within the purview of the Council.
The research carried out independently in Kerala by young scientists of Indian
origin with Ph.D. in any branch of Science& Technology who is working in
Kerala for the last three years will be taken into consideration for the award.
Number of
Awards:
The
number of awards made in each year will be limited to 14. Awards will not be
shared.
Age Limit:
Any
scientist of Indian origin, who has not attained the age of 37 years as on
December 31 of the year preceding the year of award, shall be eligible for
nomination. That means only those born on or after 1 January 1976 are eligible
for consideration for the 2013 Award.
Nomination
Procedure:
Candidates
may be nominated by Vice-Chancellors of Universities in Kerala, Directors of
Research Institutes/ R & D Centres of Industries, Heads of University
Departments, Principals of Colleges with approved centres of research, Fellows
of the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National
Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Academy of Engineering and Indian
Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Nominations
will be valid for 3 years or the eligibility age whichever is earlier. However,
a fresh nomination (only once) can be made, if the nominee has not yet crossed
the age bar. Nominations in the prescribed format (Annexure-1) along with all
supporting documents must reach Dr.K.Vijayakumar, Scientific Officer, KSCSTE,
Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom P.O., and THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695004. The last date is
extended to 15 October 2012. Nominations which are not complete or
received after the this date will not be considered.
Selection
Procedure:
Candidates
recommended by the Subject Committee (Annexure -2) after a rigorous criteria-based
screening will be invited for further consideration by the Committee which will
meet in November 2012. The evaluation and recommendation of the subject
committees will be placed before the Executive Committee of the KSCSTE. The
candidates will be informed of their selection for the award by 1st week of
January 2013. The awards will be distributed during the inaugural session of
the Kerala Science Congress by the Chief Minister. The Awardees have to make a
15 min presentation of the award winning work in the Plenary Session of the
Kerala Science Congress.
Cash Prize and
Research Grant:
Each
Awardee will be presented with a medal, a certificate with citation, and a cash
prize of Rs. 50,000/-. In addition, in exceptionally meritorious and needy
cases, the recipient may be considered by the Council for start-up research
with seed money after due consideration of the research project with the help
of an expert committee. The Awardee within 3 years of the receipt of the award,
will be considered for a visit abroad with full support for presenting the
research work at conferences, and for participating in collaborative/ training
research projects wherever possible.
Address For
Correspondance
Dr.
R. Prakashkumar
Convenor,
25th
Kerala Science Congress
Kerala
State Council for Science, Technology and Environment
Sasthra
Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 004,Kerala
Phone
: +91-471-2548231, 2548212, Fax : +91-471-2540085
E-mail:
25ksc2013@gmail.com
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