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ISA Best Ph.D. Thesis Award

This award was instituted in 1991 to motivate high quality fundamental and applied research amongst Ph.D. scholars in India in the field of Agronomy. This is an annual award open to all Indian students in the field of Agronomy. Only those theses are considered for this Award for which final viva-voce is completed by 31st December of the year for which the award is applied.  The award carries a citation and cash prize of Rs.10,000/-.

Research workers in the field of Agronomy interested to apply for this Award are required to send their applications through proper channel along with a copy of thesis submitted by them for their Ph.D. degree in Agronomy, together with 6 copies of synopsis, highlighting the significance of research. The nomination should be accompanied by a certificate from the concerned Head of the Department that the research work of the candidate has been a significant factor in obtaining the data presented in the thesis leading to the conferment of Ph.D. degree in Agronomy.

All the nominations together with appropriate certificates should be sent to Secretary, Indian Society of Agronomy through the concerned Head of Department by the notified date to be announced while inviting nominations.

All the theses submitted would be judged by a panel of judges appointed by Executive committee. The Executive Committee, whose decision is final, shall approve the report of the judges. The candidate whose work is judged to be the best will be awarded a citation and Rs.10,000/- as cash at the General Body Meeting of the Society. The recipient of the award is expected to deliver an illustrated talk based on his significant research work submitted for the award.

TA/DA as admissible shall be paid to recipient of the award for his journey from his place of work to the place where biennial meeting is being held, in the case the recipient fails to get the same from his organization.

Recipients of ISA Best Ph.D. Thesis Award

Recipients of ISA Best M.Sc. Thesis Award

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Indian institute of technology guwahati, best thesis award nomination.

The award is defined as honouring the best PhD thesis defended successfully on/before the deadline declared by the Academic Section in an academic year.

Eligibility Criteria

• A candidate should have a good academic standing (no backlog in the course work; no repeat in Comprehensive Examination and State-of-the-Art Seminar) and should not have violated any code and conduct of students.
• The student submitting nomination should have successfully completed the Viva-Voce Examination of the Doctoral Thesis.
• The student should have completed all graduating requirements of the degree after the 22nd convocation.
•  Other eligibility conditions as prescribed by the concerned Department/Center and approved by the Chairman, Senate.

Nomination Process

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Last Date of receiving online application: 05.06.2021

For M.Tech.

The award is defined as honouring the best M.Tech thesis defended successfully on/before the deadline declared by the Academic Section in an academic year.

• The candidate should have a good academic standing (no backlog in the program) and should not have violated any code and conduct of students.
• The student submitting nomination should have successfully completed the Viva-Voce Examination of the Master Thesis/ Project Work (Final Phase).

For any information please email to: [email protected]

ESI- BEST Ph.D. THESIS AWARD 2022

ESI- BEST Ph.D. THESIS AWARD-2022

Nominations from members/life members are invited for ESI Best PhD Thesis Award 2022 for his/her contributions in the field of Entomological Research

1.     Name of the Award

        ESI-Best Ph.D. Thesis Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Research in Entomology.

2.     Sponsor

         The Entomological Society of India, New Delhi.

3.   Objectives of the Award

-   To provide recognition to outstanding original research done by Ph.D. degree students

-   To provide incentive for enhancing the quality of Ph.D. thesis research

-   To promote high quality Ph.D. thesis research in emerging priority areas

4.  Nature of the Award

This award is meant exclusively for Ph.D. thesis related to entomological sciences from any Indian University.  A total of three awards will be given and each award consists of Rs. 5,000 (Rupees five thousand only) in cash plus a citation.

5.    Eligibility

v   Any Indian who has completed Ph.D. in Entomology with thesis work focused on insect/mites/ other non-insect pests excluding nematodes and must be a   member or life member of the society.

V   the certificate of the degree/provisional degree must be dated between 1 st  july 2021 to 30 th  june, 2022. those who got best ph.d. thesis awards already in any such competition are not eligible, and a declaration to this effect in the application is required., v   the research work must be original., v   the results obtained must have the potential of enhancing the knowledge in the frontier areas., v   must have published/accepted at least two good research papers in a journal having naas rating of 6 and above (2023 naas rating). these must be relevant to the objectives of the ph.d. thesis. .

6.    Administration of the Award 

          There shall be a Judging Committee consisting of three independent members, with the President of the Society as chairperson. Wherever deemed necessary the Judging Committee may identify a panel of experts to assist it in the evaluation of the applications. Taking into consideration the evaluation by the experts the Judging Committee shall evaluate the theses and make recommendations to the President of the Society.

7.     Evaluation Criteria with Weightage

7.1     Conceptual clarity and coherence of the research problem (10)

7.2     Scientific, technological and socio-economic relevance and priority of the research problem (10)

7.3     Compilation, analysis and interpretation of existing literature, quality of illustrations and photographs (5)

7.4     Organization of research work.  Complementarity of the various experiments and investigations and their integration into a logical plan of work (10)

7.5     Conduct of the research programmes: Scientific soundness and technological modernity of the experimental methods and logical planning (10)

7.6     Scientific validity and accuracy of the analysis of experimental data (10)

7.7     Principal findings: To what extent do they meet the objectives of the research programme (10)

7.8     In what way the findings constitute a significant advance in our knowledge and understanding (10)

7.9     Research papers published and their quality as judged by the NAAS rating (20)

7.10   Patent/s copyrights applied and accepted (5)

8.   Procedure

Applications made in the prescribed form which will be available from the ESI website. The Judging Committee will screen the applications, identify outstanding entries, and make recommendations to the Society along with the draft citations. The final decision on the award (in the absence of suitable outstanding theses) rests with the President of Society.

Complete nominations are to be submitted through email in a single PDF (not more than 50 pages) including application form with all enclosures by email: [email protected] (hardcopy will not be entertained) on or before 11.59 PM of the 31 July 2023 . No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

9.    Presentation

The presentation of the award will be made at any official event of the Society and will be informed to the awardees. The awardee would give a presentation on the achievements of his work to the audience consisting of eminent scientists. 

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Astronomy for mankind (मानवजातीसाठी खगोलशास्त्र).

Best Thesis Award (PhD)

Carl Sagan Prize for Best Thesis (PhD)

1. About the award

The society gives the Carl Sagan Prize for Best Thesis (PhD) Award for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in Astronomy by an Indian student. The objective of the award is to encourage excellence amongst research students in India. The prize consists of a medal and a citation.

2. Nomination criteria

The thesis should have been formally defended in the period between 01 June and 30 November (18 months). For example, the final thesis viva should have been conducted between 01 June 2022 and 30 November 2023 (both dates included) for the award of the year 2024. All formalities for the award of a degree must be completed at the time of nomination.

3. Application

All nominations for the award must be received by the AICASE, by the deadline as indicated on the website of the AICASE. Nominations must be submitted via the online interface on the AICASE website. Nominations can be made by the heads of the institutions and other eminent members of the AICASE.

For the award year 2024, the nominations must be received by 15 Dec 2023. The nominees should have defended their thesis between 01 June 2022 and 30 November 2023 (inclusive of both dates) for consideration of the award.

Nominations must include the following material:

• Name of Nominee
• Affiliation
• Corresponding Address
• Date of birth
• Mobile number
• Curriculum vitae of the candidate including full list of publications
• Nomination letter with signature and date
• Summary of the scientific work constituting the thesis
• A statement regarding why the nominator considers the thesis outstanding
• List of publications relevant to the Thesis
• Reprints relevant to the recommendation (only hyperlinks)
• Citations of relevance
• Designation and Affiliation
• Phone number

Online form for application

4. Selection Process

A panel of five judges duly appointed by the executive council of the society in consultation with the scientific organizing committee of that meeting shall select the outstanding thesis. The panel of judges will communicate the result of its deliberations to the AICASE council.

5. Result of the Award

The Carl Sagan Prize for Best Thesis (PhD) Award for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis will be given at the AICASE meeting and the awardee will be asked to make a short presentation of their thesis work.

The Following List of Past Awardees:

Last Updated on December 2, 2022 by Sonkamble Satish

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Results of the National Research Competition for Best Thesis

INYAS is glad to announce the results of the National Research Competition for Best Thesis 2023. After an overwhelming response and tough competition through 2 rounds, the winners have finally emerged in 4 categories.

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Category name: agriculture, foundation year of award: 1969, award features: cash prize rs. 20000citation, award periodicity: annual, award recipient category: individual(m/f), announcement time: awards selection well in advance of the annual general meeting of the, objective: to provide incentive for enhancing the quality of doctoral thesis research. to provide recognition to outstanding research done by doctoral degree students. to promote high quality doctoral thesis in emerging areas of agriculture and allied sciences, criteria: all post-graduate students who have obtained the ph.d. degree during the year preceding the year of the award shall be eligible for the awards. for notable and original research in the field of agriculture/animal sciences and not for routine investigations., international:(country/ brain gain): national.

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INYAS institutes three awards for best PhD theses

The INYAS Chairman has said that the last date for receiving the application this year is December 15.

Sanagreddy: With an objective to encourage the research scholars, INYAS (Indian National Young Academy of Sciences) has announced the institution of three awards for PhD scholars.

Speaking to Telangana Today, Chairman of INYAS, Prof Chandrashekar Sharma, Associated Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H), has said that they will present the awards from this year onwards in the fields of – Natural Nanofibers with Societal Impact – Carbon Materials and Excellence in Nano Innovation.

Saying that the awards will be given to the scholars, who present their PhD thesis in these three fields, the INYAS Chairman has said that the last date for receiving the application this year is December 15. INYAS national award for Excellence in Nano Innovation will carry a Rs 25,000 cash prize and the winner will also be presented with a certificate. The rest two awards will carry a Rs 10,000 cash prize each on them.

While E-Spin Nanotech Private Limited is sponsoring Excellence in Nan Innovation, the INYAS Chairman Prof Sharma is sponsoring the award for best thesis on Carbon Materials. His fellow faculty at IIT-H and Member of INYAS, Prof Mudrika Khandelwal is sponsoring the award on Natural Nanofibers with Societal Impact. For further details please visit https://inyas.in/awards/ .

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Tim Lomeli (doctoral student in the French program) was selected as the recipient of Kenyon College’s Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation / Teaching Fellowship. This fellowship is for scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who need only to finish the dissertation to complete requirements for the Ph.D. It aims to encourage fellows to consider a liberal arts college as a place to begin their careers as teachers and scholars. In the past, fellowships have been awarded in: African and African American studies, American studies, anthropology, art history, Asian and Middle East studies, biology, English, history, math, modern languages and literatures (Spanish), music, religious studies, sociology, gender and sexuality studies. Tim will be living and working for one year at Kenyon College, where he will teach one course per semester while completing his dissertation on Caribbean Literature. Congratulations, Tim, we are proud of your achievements!

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