ISCA Kolkata Life Sciences YOUNG SCIENTIST'S PROGRAMME 2010-2011

The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA Kolkata),
14, Dr. Biresh Guha St.
Kolkata-700017

YOUNG SCIENTIST'S PROGRAMME 2010-2011

To encourage Young Scientists, The Indian Science Congress Association has introduced a number of awards in different disciplines since January 1981. These awards carry a sum of Rs.25,000/- besides a Certificate of merit.

1.Applications are invited from members (Life & Ordinary) of the Association who had paid their subscription on or before May 31, 2010. The upper age limit of the candidates for the award is 32 years as reckoned on December 31, 2009 (only those born on or after January 1, 1978 are eligible)

2.Four copies of full paper along with four copies of the abstract (not exceeding 100 words) shall have to reach the office of the General Secretary (Hqrs.) not later than May 31, 2010. At the top of each copy of the paper and its abstract, the name of the Section where the paper is to be presented should be indicated.

The Sections are : (1) Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (2) Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences (3) Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences (including Archaeology and Psychology & Educational Sciences and Military Sciences) (4) Chemical Sciences (5) Earth System Sciences (6) Engineering Sciences (7) Environmental Sciences (8) Information and Communication Science & Technology (including Computer Sciences) (9) Materials Science (10) Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics) (11) Medical Sciences (including Physiology) (12) New Biology (including Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology) (13) Physical Sciences and (14) Plant Sciences.

3.Four copies of the bio-data of the candidate including full name and address (with phone, mobile number , fax and e-mail) along with the date of birth (duly supported by an attested copy of the certificate), research experience, list of publications along with copies of reprints and membership number etc., should be appended to the full paper.

4.Work should have been carried out in India and this has to be certified by the Head of the Institution from where the candidate is applying.

5.The candidate should give an undertaking that the work which is being submitted has not been published in any journal or presented in any other Conference / Seminar / Symposium or submitted for consideration of any award.

6.In case of a paper by more than one authors, the candidate (young scientist) has to be acknowledged by the other author(s) (in terms of a certificate) as having made the major contribution.

7.A Young Scientist could present only one paper in any one Section (and not a second paper with the same or related work in any other Section).

8.Full paper will be assessed for their content and at the most six Young Scientists in each section will be invited to make oral presentation of their papers in October at Chennai. The selected scientists will be provided admissible traveling and daily allowances by the ISCA.

9.The final selection for the Awards will be done by a duly constituted committee and the awards will be given at 98th Indian Science Congress to be held at SRM University, Chennai from January 3-7, 2011

10. The last date for receiving papers is 31st May, 2010

11. All correspondences should be made to:

The General Secretary (Hqrs.),
The Indian Science Congress Association,
14, Dr. Biresh Guha St., Kolkata-700017.
Tel. Nos. (033) 2287-4530/2281-5323
Fax No.91-33-2287-2551
E-mail: iscacal_2004@yahoo.com / iscacal@vsnl.net

Website : http://www.sciencecongress.nic.in

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