Awards & Competitions
Jamia Hamdard Wockhardt Excellence Award 2019

Jamia Hamdard Wockhardt Excellence Award 2019

About Jamia Hamdard Wockhardt Excellence Award 2019

Background

Jamia Hamdard invites nominations for the “Wockhardt Excellence Award-2019” for outstanding contributions in the fields of Biological, Chemical, Engineering Science & Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Medical Sciences. This annual Award is instituted by Dr. Habil Khorakiwala, Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard and Founder Chairman and Group CEO of Wockhardt Limited.

Nature of the Award

The Award comprises of a Silver Plaque, Rs.3 Lakh cash and a Citation

Eligibility

i) Any citizen of India engaged in research in the above mentioned areas, working at any recognised minority institution of the country (including Jamia Hamdard) or minority candidates working anywhere in India not exceeding 50 years of age, as reckoned on 31st December, 2018. Overseas citizen of India (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) working in India are also eligible.

ii) The Award will be bestowed on a person who, as judged by JH, has made evidently important and outstanding contributions to human knowledge and progress- fundamental and applied-in the any of the above areas.

iii) The Awardee will be selected on the basis of contributions made through work done in India during the five years preceding the year of the Award.

Procedure of Selection

In selecting the Awardee, the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard will be guided by the recommendations of a Jury comprising of highly accomplished experts in various fields in which the Award is given.

Application/Nomination Process

i) A candidate may apply or send in nomination through anyone of the following strictly in the prescribed proforma. A nominator can send only one nomination.

ii) The Authorities who can nominate are Secretaries of S&T Departments; user Ministries/Department such as Atomic Energy, Commerce, Environment & Forest, Health and Family Welfare, Human Resource Development, Industry, New and

Renewable Energy, Earth Sciences, Space; Members of the Standing Advisory Committee (Overseas) of DBT; Director General of Scientific Organizations (CSIR, DRDO, ICMR); Presidents of Scientific Societies and Academies of all India character; Chairman UGC; Vice Chancellors/Directors of Universities and Deemed Universities; Directors of National Research Laboratories and Advisor/Member (Science).

iii) Application/Nomination should include a certificate authenticating the minority character of the Institution where the applicant is working.

iv) Original + four copies of the application/nomination must be forwarded latest by July 15, 2019 to the Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110062. A CD/DVD/USB flash drive is also required containing digital photograph (JPEG format), duly filled proforma and significant publications (PDF format) of the candidate. The envelope should be superscribed with ‘Application/Nomination for Wockhardt Excellence Award’.