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Award Achievers(a) MEDALS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY BIRBAL SAHNI MEDALThe Birbal Sahni Medal was instituted in 1957 by Professor T. S. Sadasivan to commemorate the memory of Professor Birbal Sahni, his revered teacher and one of the founding members of the Indian Botanical Society. This medal is awarded every year to a distinguished Indian Botanist (A life member of IBS) for his/her contributions and devotion to the cause of Indian Botany on the recommendation of the Executive Council. A special function of the Society is held annually during the Botanical Conference in connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture is delivered by the recipient of the medal. The following botanists have so far been honoured by this medal :
Panchanan Maheswari Medal Panchanan Maheswari Medal was instituted during 1977 by Dr. K. Subramanyam, Ex. Director, Botanical Survey of India to commemorate the memory of Professor P. Maheshwari, his revered ‘Guru’, in recognition of his valuable contributions to Botanical Studies and in appreciation of his services to society. The medal is awarded each year to a distinguished Indian Botanist (A life member of IBS) for original, sustained, and significant contributions to the advancement of botanical knowledge on the recommendation of Executive Council. In alternate years the medal is to be awarded to a distinguished botanist whose area of study is Angiosperm embryology (including descriptive, phylogenetic, systematic and experimental embryology) or taxonomy and floristics. A special function during the Botanical Conference is held annually in connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture by the recipient of the medal. The following botanists have so far been honoured by this medal :
VISHWAMBHAR PURI MEDAL Vishwambhar Puri Medal was instituted during 1977, by Professor V. Puri Commemoration Organizing Committee in the name of Professor V. Puri, for his well known services to the society and the subject of Botany. The medal is awarded each year to a distinguished Indian Botanist (Life member of IBS) for his/her significant contributions to the advancement of Botany on the recommendation of the Executive Council. In alternate years the medal is to be awarded to a distinguished person for contributions to Morphology of Angiosperms. A special function is organised during the Botanical Conference in connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture by the recipient of the medal. The following botanists have so far been honoured by this medal :
Y. S. MURTY MEDAL Y. S. Murty Medal was instituted during 1985 by Professor Y. S. Murty Commemoration Committee. The medal is awarded each year to a distinguished young botanist (Life member/Fellow) member of the Society not more than 40 years of age for outstanding contributions in any branch of Botany. A special function is organised during the Botanical Conference in connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture by the recipient of the medal. The following botanists have been honoured by this medal :
The Secretary invites nominations for each medal from the members of the Executive Council, office bearers for the last 5 Years and medal awardees (Birbal Sahni/Panchanan Maheswari and Vishwambhar Puri Medals) for the last 5 years. The valid nominations are sent for balloting to the members of the Executive Council along with the biodata performa duly filled in. A majority shall elect but in case more than one persons secure equal votes, only such names shall be considered for second balloting. In case of a tie, decision will be taken by the draw of lots. All nomination should be made in an approved performa accompanied by a detailed biodata. Young Botanist award (Dr. M. S. Swaminathan Merit Certificate & Dr. Bahadur Singh Gold Medal) This award was started in 2001 on the advice of Professor A. K. Koul, Jammu, President of the society in 2000. The merit certificate is given in the name of country’s notable Agricultural Scientist Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, FRS and Dr. Bahadur Singh, Founder Head, Department of Botany, B. R. College, Agra (now R. B. S. College) by his students Dr. S. N. Chaturvedi, Dr. R. L. Paliwal and Prof. S. V. S. Chauhan. The medal is awarded each year to a young botanist below the age of 35 years. The rules are as follows : Life members up to the age of 35 years can participate. They will present their research work for 18 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion. For best presentation Young Botanist Award (Dr. M. S. Swaminathan Merit Certificate and Dr. Bahadur Singh Medal) is given every year. The selection will be based on a Committee of Judges appointed for the purpose. The minimum number of participants should be three. If more papers are received a committee will select best three for presentation at the conference. The following young botanists have received this award : 1. Dr. Veenu Kaul (Jammu) 2001 2. Dr. Susheel Verma (Jammu) 2002 3. Dr. Vandana Singh (Agra) 2003 4. Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava (Lucknow) 2004 5. Ms. Sampat Nehra,(Jaipur)2005 6. Mr. Karuppusamy,(Anantpur)2006 7. Ms. Geeta,(Jammu)2007 K. S. Bilgrami Medal (For Best Poster Presentation) Instituted in 2004 by his student Prof. S. M. Reddy, Warangal. The medal is awarded to a young life member (upto the age of 35 years) for best poster presentation (single author) Following member has received the award : Dr. (Ms.) Vandana Singh (Agra) 2004 Ms. Meenakshi Singh,(Lucknow)2005 Ms. Surochita Basu,(Lucknow)2006 Ms. Chitra Wadhawani,(Jaipur)2007 MEDAL FOR WOMEN SCIENTIST A medal for women scientist upto the age of 50 years is instituted by the society for a distinguished lady botanist from year 2006. Nominations will be invited by the secretary from life member of the society every year . Applicant are required to submit detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of ten best papers published for evaluation by commity constituted for the purpose. The selection will be based on a Committee of three Judges appointed for the purpose. Following members have received the award: Ms. Namrata Sharma (Jammu) 2006 Ms. Seshu Lavania (Lucknow) 2007 MEMORIAL AND COMMEMORATION LECTURES 1. Kajale Memorial Lecture 2. Uma Kant Sinha Memorial (Alternate Years) Lecture (Alternate Years) Prof. H. Y. Mohan Ram 1989 Prof. A. K. Koul 1992 Dr. K. S. Bilgrami 1991 Prof. C. M. Govil 1994 Prof. S. C. Pandeya 1993 Prof. S. C. Verma 1996 Prof. H. C. Arya 1995 Prof. P. K. Gupta 1998 Prof. M. R. Vijayaraghavan 1997 Prof. H. K. Goswami 2000 Prof. Dalbir Singh 1999 Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi 2002 Prof. R. P. Singh 2001 Prof. K. V. B. R. Tilak 2004 Prof. K. R. Shivanna 2003 Prof. Jagadish Saran 2006 Prof. A.K. Kaul 2005 Dr. U.C Lavania 2008 Prof S.V.S Chauhan 2007 G. PANIGRAHI COMMEMORATION LECTURE Dr. Panigrahi commemoration lectures in two fields (Taxonony, Floristic, Nomenclature & Biogeography of the Indian flora, alternately on Angiosperms & Pteridophytes), to be delivered each year has been instituted. Prof. S. S. Bir 1997 Dr. M. Sanjappa 2003 Prof. S. N. Patnaik 1998 Dr. Subhash Chandra 2004 Dr. N.P. Singh 2005 Prof. R. M. Pai 1999 Dr. P. B. Khare 2006 Prof S. P. Khullar 2000 Prof. R.D Gaur 2007 Prof. P.K Khare 2008 Dr. R. R. Rao 2001 Prof. G. K. Srivastava 2002 (b)CASH PRIZES WITH THE SOCIETY FOR THE PUBLICATIONS The Iyengar-Sahni Award—An Endowment of Rs. 15,000/- was made by Prof. T. S. Sadasivan to Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany (BSIP), Lucknow, for a cash award to be given out of the annual interest from Rs. 15,000/- accrued. The award is given in alternate years to the best paper which has appeared in two volumes of Palaeobotanist and the Journal of Indian Botanical Society. The upper age limit of the awardee i.e. none of the authors shall be more than 40 years on the date of publication of the paper. If there is more than one author for the paper selected the money will be equally shared. The expert committee is to be appointed by the Governing Body of BSIP. The first award in 1984 will be for the papers published in Palaeobotanist. Professor Thomas Maxwell Harris Prize—This prize is instituted with the amount of Rs. 1,800/- donated by Prof. T. M. Harris and Rs. 3,200/- collected by Dr. M. N. Bose from friends and well wishers and given to Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany. The Governing Body of the Institute has decided that the interest from this endowment may be utilized for a prize to be given to a young scientist of age not exceeding 30 years for the best paper published in the Palaeobotanist and the Journal of the Indian Botanical Society in alternate years. This prize will be known as “Professor Thomas Maxwell Harris Prize”. The other rules of this prize will be similar to the “Iyengar-Sahni Award”. The first prize will be awarded in November, 1985 for the best paper published in the Palaeobotanist. ProfessorS.C.DixitCashPrize—This prize is instituted by Prof. S. C. Dixit to be given to women candidate up to the age of 45 years only, for the best paper published in Journal of Indian Botanical Society. The prize is of Rs. 500/- value (in 1985 only Rs. 250/-) and is given out of interest accrued on the endowment of Rs. 5,000/-. Paper should be single authourship. ©CERTIFICATES OF MERIT ,CASH PRIZES AND MEDALS (For Presentation of best paper in Botanical Conference) With a view to improve the standard of presentation of research papers at the Botanical Conference and to attract and encourage the young scientists below the age of 30 years for contributing their best paper, it was decided in the Annual General Meeting on Dec. 29, 1982 to award each year Certificate of Merit for the best paper presented in each section during the Botanical Conference. Further a cash prize is also to be given from the annual interest accrued if donations of Rs. 1,000/- or more are received for this purpose. The rules for the awards are : Certificate of Merit—The authors of the papers must be members of the society, not above 30 years of age, as on 1st December of that year and the member presenting the paper adjudged as best will get the Certificate of Merit. In case no paper is found up to the mark in a particular section no certificate of merit will be awarded in that section. Cash Prize—A cash prize of Rs. 500/- Shall be allowed to the person who has earned Certificate of Merit, when atleast three paper are presented for contest in that particular section. Medal-In the Honor of senior Botanist students and well wishers of senior botanist donated Rs 25,000 each for the medal in eight different sections these medal will be awarded only on the recommondation of the experts at least six papers should be presented for these medals in each section. The following persons have made so for donations of Rs. 1000/- each for the section mentioned for cash prize : I. Mycology, Microbiology 1. Prof. K. S. Bilgarmai and Plant Pathology, including seed Prof. G. P. Agarwal Pathology (In the name of Prof. R. N. Tandon) 2. Prof. K. S. Bhargava 3. Prof. A Mahadevan 4. Dr. G. Thottapilly 5. Prof. Dalbir Singh 6. Prof. T. Prasad Medal in honor of Prof. O.P Mall II. Cryptogamic Botany (Cryptogams) 1. Prof. Y. S. R. K. Sarma including fossils (In the name of Prof. Y. Bharadwaja) 2. Dr. U. D. Bongale 3. Dr. S. G. Bharati (Rs. 5000/-) 4. Prof. E. R. S. Talpasayi (In the name of Prof. T. U. Chackoo) 5. Dr. (Mrs.) Pushpa Srivastava (In the name of Prof Jafar Nizam) 6. Dr. Jagdish Lal 7. Prof. B. S. Trivedi Medal in honor of Prof. Jafar Nizam III. Seed Plants, including fossils 1. Prof. Reayat Khan (Phenerogamous) Structure 2. Mrs. B. Venkata Ratnamma Anatomy Reproductive Biology (In the name of Late Prof. B. S. Siva Rao) Embryology including Seed & Fruit 3. Mrs. B. Venkata Ratnamma (In the name of Prof. B. S. Siva Rao) 4. Dr. R. P. Singh and his Students 5. Prof. B. Tiagi 6. Prof. H. Maheswari Devi 7. Students of Prof. H. Maheswari Devi 8. Dr. R. H. Shete (Rs. 25,000) Medal in honor of Prof. Y.S Murty IV. Taxonomy of Seed Plants 1. Prof. K. S. Manilal Floristis, including Biodiversity 2. Prof. R. S. Rao Economic Botany including Ethnobotany & Pharmacognoxy Medal in honor of Prof. Y.D Tiagi V. Cell (Cytology) and Molecular 1. Prof. K. R. S. Ayyangar Biology, Genetics and Plant 2. Prof. S. N. Chaturvedi Breeding 3. Dr. R. S. Himanshu Medal in honor of Prof. S.N Chaturvedi VI. Ecology, Plant Geography 1. Prof. R. Misra Environmental studies Medal in honor of Prof. L.P Mall VII. Plant Physiology, Biochemistry 1. Prof. K. K. Nanda & Pharmacology 2. Prof. S. C. Agarwala Dr. G. V. Joshi Memorial Committee Medal in honor of Prof. C.P Malik VIII. Morphogenesis, Plant Tissue 1. Prof. B. M. Johri (Rs. 2000/-) Culture & Biotechnology Medal in honor of Prof. H.C Arya IX. Poster Section Participants should send their full papers along with the illustrations on or before the date given by the Secretary. If more than three participants are their the papers will be secreemed by a committee and only three best papers. Thus selected will be allowed for presentation during the annual conference |
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