DBT Nominations for National Women Bioscientist Awards 2013

Government of India
Department of Biotechnology
(Ministry of Science and Technology)
No. BT/HRD/NWBA/36/01/2013

Nominations for National Women Bioscientist Awards: 2013

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) invites nominations of women scientists in the country who are working in the areas of Biology and Biotechnology and have made outstanding contributions in research, technology and product development for awarding senior (one) and young (two) categories of ‘National Women Bioscientist Awards’ for the year 2013.

National Women Bioscientist Award (Senior Category) (One)

The National Women Bioscientist Award (Senior Category) is awarded to senior women scientist for life time contributions, who has done excellent research in the country and has applied the results for benefit of students and society. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs 5.00 lakhs along with citation and a gold medal.

National Women Bioscientist Award (Young Category) (Two)

The National Women Bioscientist Award (Young Category) is given for outstanding contributions of women scientists below 45 years of age in basic and applied research in the areas of biosciences and biotechnology including agricultural, biomedical and environmental sciences with potential for application/product and technology development. Contributions made during last 5 years (at least 3 years continuous stay and work or 5 years stay and work in piece meal basis over a period of 10 years in India), would be the main consideration. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs 1.00 lakh with citation and a gold medal and Research Grant of Rs 5.00 lakhs per annum for a period of 5 years.

The details of the Award, eligibility criteria, and proforma for nomination are available at http://dbtindia.nic.in/index.asp The nominations (10 copies) neatly typed in double space on plain paper in the prescribed proforma complete with enclosures should reach on or before 20 March 2014 to Mr J. K. Dora, Under Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Room No. 611, 6th Floor, Block-II, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003 and a soft copy in MS-Word .doc file to be e-mailed to jagadish.dora@nic.in