SBC(I)
NOMINATIONS FOR AWARD

This year Prof. M Shadaksharaswamy Endowment Lecture Award, P. B. Rama Rao Memorial Award,  C. R. Krishna Murti Award and A. Krishnamurthy Award (best paper published in Indian Journal) will be given at the Annual Meeting to be held at Amity University, Haryana. Please send nominations in a single consolidated PDF including cover letter addressed to Hon. Secretary, SBC(I) along with membership status and brief resume of the nominee to sbcihq@gmail.com

 All nominations must be submitted online by 30th September 2021. 

CRITERIA FOR 2021 AWARDS

PROF. M. SHADAKSHARASWAMY ENDOWMENT LECTURE AWARD

Year of Commencement: 1982
Frequency: Once in three years
Value: Rs.10,000/- with a citation

Eligibility:

  1. Eminent teachers in Biological Chemistry & Allied Sciences at the postgraduate level in Indian Universities, deemed Universities and Institutions of higher learning for their contributions in teaching and research
  2. No age limit
  3. The eligible person has to be nominated by life member of the society and self nomination is not accepted.
  4. The recipient of the award should give a lecture at the time of annual meeting of SBC(I) on a topic of his/her choice.

P. B. RAMA RAO MEMORIAL AWARD

Year of Commencement: 1983
Frequency: Once in three years
Value: Rs.10,000/- with a citation
Field of research: Original research contributions in Plant Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Allied Sciences

Eligibility:

  1. The award is for the best work done in the field of Biochemistry and Allied Sciences in India (suggested areas are nutrition, as related to cell and membrane biology, neurochemistry immunology, cancer research, biochemistry of brain etc.)
  2. The award is open to all scientists working in India irrespective of their membership in the Society.
  3. No age limit.
  4. The eligible person has to be nominated by life member of the society and self nomination is not accepted.
  5. If nominations are not received before the scheduled date, the awards committee can itself nominate a suitable candidate for the award.
  6. A lecture will be scheduled at the Annual Meeting of SBC(I) and presentation will be made at that time.

C. R. KRISHNA MURTI AWARD

Year of Commencement : 1995
Frequency: Once in three years
Value : Rs. 10,000/- with a citation

Eligibility:

  1. The award is for the best work done in the field of Biochemistry and Allied Sciences in India
  2. The award is open to all Indian Scientists who must be member of the Society for at least two years or life member.
  3. No age limit.
  4. The eligible person has to be nominated by life member of the society and self nomination is not accepted.
  5. A lecture will be scheduled at the Annual Meeting of SBC(I) and presentation will be made at that time.

A. KRISHNAMURTHY AWARD

Year of Commencement: 1976
Frequency: Annually
Value: Rs.2,000/- with a citation

Eligibility:

  1. The recipient of the award should be below 30 years of age on January 1st of the year of the award.
  2. The paper should be in the area of Biological Chemistry and Allied Sciences and the work should have been carried out in India.
  3. The paper published in any Indian Scientific Journal in the previous year will be considered for the award.
  4. In the case of multiple authorship, the senior author can nominate one of the authors or could be shared by all the eligible authors.