FICCI Award for social sciences

Category Name: Social Sciences

Foundation Year of Award: 1967

Award Features: Cash Prize Rs. 100000Plaques & Citation

Award Periodicity: Annual

Award Recipient Category: Society

Announcement Time: Early February

Objective: To promote individual corporate and institutional initiative in economic social and scientific areas.

Criteria: An Indian national or a foreigner residing in India. Any proprietary concern partnership firm a company registered under the Indian Companies Act or a foreign company engaged in business in India Chambers of Commerce and like organisations universities research bodies national laboratories and other institutions and organisations engaged in research in the public or private sector. (1) awards will be made only if in the opinion of the jury recognition is due. (2) in deserving cases when the jury so decides under the same head more than one awards will not be given to the same subject before the expiry of 3 years. (4) the jury will decide whether a case award winner be invited to deliver a prepared address on the subject for which the award has been made in one or more centers in India for which travel and other expenses will be bet by FICCI. (5) the committee of the federation may from time to time revise or amplify the criteria of awards. (6) the nominations made for a year will be valid for the next following year only supplementary information if any may be furnished for the second year besides the information to be furnished under general guidelines following additional information need to be submitted: summary of outstanding scientific/technological contributions by way of basic research in various constitute disciplines of agriculture and information on the field application of the research leading to increase in agriculture productivity introduction of new crop varieties study of plant disease plant pest etc. should be indicated the impact of contribution of the country s agriculture production should also be clearly spelt out. list of publications including title of paper names of authors with initials names of journals volume/page.(the name of the senior author should be marked with an asterisk.) number of research students

International:(Country/ Brain Gain): National