The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) invites nominations for the G. N. Ramachandran Gold Medal for Excellence in Biological sciences and Technology for the year 2013. The award is bestowed every year to an outstanding Indian scientist, who has made conspicuously important contributions, applied or fundamental, in the inter-disciplinary subject/field of Biological sciences and Technology.
The award would be given for the work done primarily in India during ten years preceding the year of the award.
Eligibility:
Any citizen of India engaged in research in Biological sciences & Technology.Overseas citizen of India (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) working in India are also eligible.
The Award shall be bestowed on a person, who in the opinion of Advisory Committee constituted by CSIR, has made conspicuously important and excellent contributions to human knowledge and progress, fundamental or applied in the particular field of endeavor, which is his / her specialization.
The award would be given on the basis of contributions made through work done primarily in India during the ten years, preceding the year of prize (For this purpose “primarily” will mean “for the most part”).
Nominations addressed to The Scientist Incharge, SSB YSA Unit, Human Resource Development Group, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi 110 012 should be sent as per prescribed proforma (original + one copy) along with reprints of five most significant publications of the last 10-years period by 31 May 2013. The details of the award and the prescribed proforma for nomination may be downloaded from the website http://csirhrdg.res.in
