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AWARDS
Prof. Sushil Kumar Mukherjee Commemoration Lecture
With a donation from Organising Secretary, 62nd Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Soil Science (1997), Calcutta, the ISCA has instituted this annual Commemoration Lecture in 1999-2000, to be given to a distinguished Scientist of the Country in any branch of Agricultural Sciences (with special reference to Soil Sciences).
The lecture carries a cash amount of Rs.5,000/- and certificate only. The lecturer is entitled to T.A.( Train Fare-A.C.Three Tier) as per ISCA rules for attending the Session of the Science Congress in which he/she will receive the award.
The awardee shall deliver a lecture at the annual Session of The Indian Science Congress Association in the Section of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences with special reference to Soil Sciences on a topic of his/her specialization.
Nominations for the award are invited from members of ISCA Council and from the Heads of Universities/IITs, Research Institutes and Learned Societies.
The Executive Committee of the Association in its meeting held on October 13,2012 resolved that a person shall not be eligible for more than one award /lecture in his/her lifetime. No one (except ISCA young scientist awardees ) shall be given the second ISCA award under any circumstances.
The Executive Committee in its meeting held on January 01,2019 resolved that while selecting ISCA awardees for ISCA awards their H index and Citation index (in SCOPUS and Google Scholar ) would be taken into account.
The Executive Committee in the Meeting held on October 15, 2019 resolved that for this Sectional award any life member of Five years of standing or continuous Annual Member of not less than Five years of standing as on July 31 each year and also with Ten years of teaching and research experience in University/ College or as a scientist in Government recognized Laboratory/ Institution can be nominated by a Council member.
It is also recommended that the heads of the organizations which are providing funds to ISCA in any form cannot be nominated for consideration of any award.
The final selection is made by a Selection Committee comprising the General President, Two general secretaries, Treasurer out of the candidates nominated.
The last date for receiving nominations is July 31 each year.
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