SBC(I)
NOMINATIONS FOR AWARD

This year P.S. Sarma Memorial Award, P A Kurup Endowment Lecture Award, D P Burma Memorial Award and A. Krishnamurthy Award (best paper published in Indian Journal) will be given at the Annual Meeting to be held at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. Please send one hard and soft copy of the nominations including membership status and brief resume of the nominee to:

Hon. Secretary
Society of Biological Chemists, India
D-Wing, 1st Floor, New Biological Science Building
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560012
Phone: 080- 23601412
Email: sbcihq@gmail.com

The complete application should reach the SBC(I) office on or before 31st August 2019.

CRITERIA FOR 2019 AWARDS

P.S. SARMA MEMORIAL AWARD

Year of Commencement: 1973
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 recipient of the award should not have completed 50 years before January 1st in the year for which the award is announced.
  3. The eligible person has to be nominated by life member of the society and self nomination is not accepted.
  4. A lecture will be scheduled at the Annual Meeting of SBC(I) and presentation will be made at that time.

P A KURUP ENDOWMENT LECTURE AWARD

Year of Commencement: 1991
Frequency: Once in three years
Value: Rs.10,000/- with a citation

Eligibility:

  1. The recipient of the award should be below 60 yrs of age on January 1st of the year of the award
  2. The award is given for Biomedical Research
  3. The eligible person has to be nominated by life member of the society and self nomination is not accepted.
  4. The awardee should give a lecture during the Annual Meeting of SBC(I)

D P BURMA MEMORIAL AWARD

Year of Commencement : 2007
Frequency: Once in three years
Value : Rs. 20,000/- with a citation

Eligibility:

  1. An eminent scientist for outstanding life time contribution in the field of Biological Sciences.
  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. 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.