Nominations invited for National Women Bioscientists Awards: 2011

Government of India

Department of Biotechnology

(Ministry of Science & Technology)

NOMINATIONS FOR NATIONAL WOMEN BIOSCIENTISTS AWARDS: 2011

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) invites nominations of women scientists in the country who are working in the areas of biological sciences including Biotechnology and have made outstanding contributions in R&D, technology and product development for awarding Senior (One) and Young (Two) of ‘National Women Bioscientist Awards’ for the year 2011.

NATIONAL WOMEN BIOSCIENTIST AWARD (SENIOR CATEGORY)

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 ` 1.00 lakh along with citation and a gold plated medal.

NATIONAL WOMEN BIOSCIENTIST AWARD (YOUNG CATEGORY)

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 with potential for application/product and technology development. Contributions made during last 5 years (atleast 3 years continuous stay & work or 5 years stay & 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 ` 1.00 lakh with citation and a gold plated medal.

The details of the Award, eligibility criteria, and proforma for nomination are available at http://dbtindia.gov.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 15th  January, 2012 to Mr. K.M. Kutty, Deputy Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Room No. 807, 8th 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 km.kutty@nic.in.