Indian society of cell biology

EVALUATION OF PLATFORM/POSTER PRESENTATIONS DURING ANNUAL CONFERENCES FOR AWARDS

Awards : The ISCB has instituted Prizes as follows :

1. 
   ISCB - Dr B R Seshachar Memorial Prize - ONE for best poster presentation - Rs. 1000/-
   
2. 
   ISCB - Dr Manasi Ram Memorial Prize - ONE for best poster presentation - Rs 1000/-
   
3. 
   ISCB – Dr A S Mukherjee Memorial Proze – ONE for best platform presentation - Rs 1000/-
   

4. ISCB - Dr. S.R.V. Rao/ISCB - Dr.V.C. Shah Prize - ONE for best poster presentation - Rs. 1000/-

5. ISCB - Dr. S.R.V. Rao/ISCB - Dr. V.C. Shah Prize - ONE for best platform presentation - Rs. 1000/-

The Dr S R V Rao and Dr V C Shah Prizes will be awarded every alternate years. Hence at the XVI All India Cell Biology conference Dr S R V Rao Prizes will be awarded and at the XVII All India Cell Biology Conference Dr V C Shah Prizes will be awarded and the same sequence will be continued henceforth.

One person will not be eligible to receive more than one prize and any one who has received a prize at an earlier ISCB Conference will not be eligible to compete again. The Secretary will provide the list of earlier winners.

For all the awards, the Secretary in consultation with the President shall appoint a Committee of at least 3 senior ISCB members to evaluate the platform and poster presentations for the above awards. The names of the committee members will be kept confidential. Guidelines for evaluation of the presentations will be given by the Secretary to members of the evaluation committee. The evaluation will have to be strictly according to criteria laid down in the guidelines for the purpose. The Committee will communicate its verdict to the President and Secretary of ISCB, who in the event of a tie for any one or more awards, will decide to split the prize money or give entire amount to each winner. The results will be announced at the Concluding Session and the prizes and certificates will also be given. The ISCB will pay the award money from its funds. The awards for best platform and poster presentations are open to Student, a member of Society who are below 30 years of age at the time of the Conference. The presentations will be evaluated by a committee constituted by ISCB for the purpose prior to the beginning of presentations in Platform or Poster sessions. The Convenor of the Annual Conference would provide to the Secretary, ISCB a list of Platform and Poster presentations that are eligible for contest. The different presentations should be evaluated by this committee on a number of counts suggested in the following. Each presentation should be evaluated on every count and the grading done should be entered on paper. In the event of a tie, the committee will have the full authority to then adjudge the presentations on relative merits.