Awards & Fellowship

In order the promote research in various aspects of Psychiatry in the zone, the IPS-NZ has instituted four awards namely. Dr. Buckshey Award, Dr. G.C. Boral Award, Dr V.D. Meel Poster Award, Dr. A.K. Kala Award and Dr. N.N. Wig Oration Award. The rules for the awards are as under:

A. GENERAL RULES, FOR AWARDS

  • For any paper to be considered for an award, it shall be necessary for the author to submit 4 copies of the full paper to the Chairman, Awards Committee by a date determined by the Chairman, Awards Committee.
  • To be eligible for the award, the paper must fulfill each of the following criteria:-
    • (a) It must be a research paper based on work done in India and must not have been published in a scientific journal nor presented at a National or International Conference.
    • (b) The principal author and at least 50% of all authors and the person presenting the paper must be members of the North Zone, I.P.S. at the time of the last date of submission for the particular year.
    • (c) The coauthors who are not members of the society are not eligible for receiving cash prize or certificate.
  • The full papers received for consideration for the Awards shall be considered by a panel of at least 3 judges appointed by the Chairman, Awards Committee who shall select papers of sufficient merit for final rating at the time of presentation. Out of the papers the judges, the Chairman, Awards Committee shall select up to a maximum of three best papers for each award with the highest pooled percentage scores for presentation at the Annual Conference. The papers need to score a minimum of 50% marks, to be considered for presentation in the award session.
  • A panel of at least 3 judges will be appointed by the Chairman, Awards Committee. Out of the total marks, 60% will be for preparation and compilation of the paper and 40% for its presentation at the Conference. The paper with the highest pooled rank order (with minimum of 50% marks) shall be declared the winner, In case of a tie, both the papers will be declared as joint winners.
  • All the authors of the award winning papers shall be considered to have won the award and will be issued certificates and those who are the members of the IPS, North Zone, will be eligible for the award money as follows:
      (a) 25% of the money shall go to the author presenting the paper.
      (b) The remaining 75% shall be distributed as follows:
        (i) If there are two authors who are eligible for the award money, 60% to the principal author and 40% to the co-author.
        (ii) If there are more than two authors who are eligible for the award money, 50% to the principal author and 50% to be equally divided amongst the co-authors.
  • If in the opinion of a majority of judges, no paper is of high enough merit, there will be no award that year.
  • No paper shall be eligible to contest for an award where a member who has won that award in the immediately preceding year appears as an author or co-author. None of the judges of the award and none of the members of the Awards Committee shall be contestant for any Award that year.
  • The assessment of papers by the panel of judges as certified by the Chairman, Awards Committee shall be ratified by the Executive Council of IPS-NZ.
  • The practical and logistic problems from time to time in assessment process will be dealt with appropriately by the Chairman Awards Committee in consultation with President.
  • The paper can be considered only for the category for which it has been nominated. All the papers submitted for awards will be the property of the zone for publication in the Journal of the Society.
  • The authors should furnish Declaration containing following items at the time of submission.
      a) The Principal author and 50% of the co-authors are members of society|
      b) This or substantially similar paper has not won any award in any other conference earlier OR is not under consideration for another award in any other conference (local/zonal/national/international).
      c) This or substantially similar paper has not been published or been submitted for publication in any scientific journal.
      d) The paper has not been earlier presented an any other conference.
      e) Consent from all authors about submission of the paper and a certificate that there is no copy right infringement in the contents of the paper.
      f) None of the author has won the same awards in the immediate preceding year.
      g) Ethics clearance (where appropriate) has been obtained from appropriate ethics committee/ review board.

 

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

Dr. A.K. Kala Award
This award will be given for original research in biological psychiatry. There is no age bar. Award Money: Rs. 2,500/-.
 
Dr. Buckshey Award
This award will be given to the paper presented by the member of North Zone IPS who is not above 35 years of Age at the time of presentation. Award Money Rs. 1000/- The paper must be accompanied with proof certifying age of the Principal cum Presenting author.
 
Dr. G.C. Boral Award
There is no age bar to compete for this award. Award Money: Rs. 1000/-
 
Dr V.D. Meel Poster Award
Age of first author to be less than 35 years on the last day of submission of award. The presenting author should be a member of IPS and IPS-North Zone. The paper should be based on the work done in India. The paper should not have been submitted for any other award and should not have been submitted for publication in any journal. The papers submitted for this category will not be eligible for BPSSJ Award. Award Money: Rs. 5000/-
 
Dr. N.N. Wig Oration Award

  1. The oration award will be declared one year in advance at every Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society – North Zone.
  2. Any Fellow of IPS-NZ with at least 10 years of professional standing can propose the name of any other Fellow of IPS-NZ for the oration.
  3. The nominee should be a Fellow of IPS-NZ at least for last 10 years with good professional standing and should be above 50 years of age.
  4. The proposal including three copies of the bio-data of the nominee must be submitted to the Chairperson, Awards Committee by a date determined by the Executive Council of IPS-NZ. The proposal must be accompanied by a written consent of the nominee. In addition to 3 copies of the proposal, soft copy of the proposal MUST be submitted to the Chairperson.
  5. A panel of judges shall rate the nominations. The contribution of the nominee in the field of mental health shall be the basis for rating. The nomination securing the highest total marks (out of 100) shall win the oration, subject to ratification by the Awards Committee and the IPS-NZ executive council. In case of tie, the short listed nominations shall be re-assessed by another panel of three judges. The nominee must get at least 50 marks out of 100 to the oration.
  6. Final evaluation would be done as per the following guidelines:
    • Contribution to development of mental health in India – 30 marks
    • Contribution to IPS North Zone: 25 marks As office bearer, Organizing and attending IPS-NZ activities,
    • Presenting Papers / Chairperson in IPS NZ activities, Presenting Award Papers and any other significant contribution to IPS NZ.
    • Overall research contribution: 20 marks (2 marks for non-PubMed journal and 4 marks for PubMed journal.)
    • Experience/ seniority in the profession: 15 marks (Half mark for each year after passing MD after 50 years of age)
    • Awards and honors by professional associations: 10 marks (one mark for an award by state/ zonal body, 2 marks for a national award and 3 marks for an international award)
  7. The selected oration paper will become the property of the IPS-NZ and shall be published in the Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour with necessary editorial corrections. The speaker will pass on the oration paper to the Editor, Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour within 2 weeks of the last date of the annual conference for publication in the Journal.
  8. The speaker can choose any topic related to psychiatry for the oration. He shall intimate the title of the Oration to the Chairperson, Awards Committee at least three months prior to the Conference.
  9. No person shall win the Award more than once.

 

Nomination for Bombay Psychiatric Society Silver Jubilee Award (Best Paper of the conference)
  • All the award papers can compete for the best paper award. The authors, if they desire to compete for this award, should send a declaration about their desire and willingness to compete for the nomination for the Bombay Psychiatric Society Silver Jubilee (BPSSJ) award. It may please be noted that the papers submitted for the Awards of IPS-North Zone will not be automatically considered for the nomination for the BPSSJ Award, unless a specific declaration to that effect is provided in writing at the time of submitting the paper or before the last notified date for submission of the award papers.
  • Free papers (i.e. the papers other than the award papers) can also compete for the best paper award to the nomination for BPSSJ award. For this, the authors of the free paper must submit four copies of the full text of their paper along with the declaration as explained above, to the Chairpersons, Awards Committee. This submission will have to be in addition to the four copies of abstract of the free paper to be submitted to the President. The last date for sending the full text of the paper with the declaration will be the same as the last date notified for the submission of the Award Papers.

 

GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION OF AWARD PAPERS

A panel of judges shall rate the papers. There shall be three judges in each panel. Out of the total numbers i.e. 100, 60% will be for preparation and compilation of the manuscript & 40% for presentation during the conference. The assessment of the written manuscript will be on the following pattern.

Written manuscript evaluation. 60 marks
1. Topic Title its relevance and methodology. 12 marks
2. Survey of literature/reference bibliography. 12 marks
3. Presentation of results and discussion. 12 marks
4. Conclusion and how far they are substantiated by the study. 12 marks
5. Clarity, lucidity, precision of language and over all elegance of paper. 12 marks
Presentation during conference: 40 marks
1. Style, clarity, compactness of expression and presentation. 20 marks
2. Use of audiovisual aids (if any) Appropriateness, quality visibility comprehensibility and novelty. 10 marks
3. Response to points raised in discussion 10 marks

In case no paper is of high enough merit (i.e. score 50% of more marks), there shall be no award that year.

Panel for selection of best paper to be nominated for BPSSJ Award

There will be two panels of three judges each, one for evaluation of written manuscript and one for presentation for all the award papers submitted, and the full papers/manuscripts of the free papers submitted for BPS award.

Written manuscript evaluation. 60 marks
1. Topic Title its relevance and methodology. 12 marks
2. Survey of literature/reference bibliography. 12 marks
3. Presentation of results and discussion. 12 marks
4. Conclusion and how far they are substantiated by the study. 12 marks
5. Clarity, lucidity, precision of language and over all elegance of paper. 12 marks
Presentation during conference: 40 marks
1. Style, clarity, compactness of expression and presentation. 20 marks
2. Use of audiovisual aids (if any), appropriateness, quality visibility, comprehensibility and novelty. 10 marks
3. Use of audiovisual aids (if any). 10 marks

GUIDELINES FOR INSTITUTION OF ANY NEW AWARD:

For institution of any new award in IPS NZ, it should fulfill the following guidelines:

  1. The proposal should be signed by at least 10 fellows of the Association.
  2. The proposal would be reviewed by the EC and the GB.
  3. A minimum corpus of Rs 5 lakhs would need to be given.
  4. The award so instituted would continue for a maximum period of 10 years, following which it will be reviewed in terms of appropriateness of its continuation, and proposers may be requested to add an additional amount as decided by the EC and GB.
  5. Awards can be started only in the name of a Psychiatrist or a Psychiatric Association.
  6. There would be only one Award in the name of a person or a Psychiatric Association.
  7. The person or organization who is contributing for the award can give their suggestion about the topic/category for which they want the award to be started, but the final decision of the topic/category would lie with the Executive Council of the IPS-NZ.
  8. In future, if the number of Awards increase in number, then some of the award sessions may be conducted during the Mid-term CME of IPS-NZ.
  9. Rules of the new award will be framed by the Executive Council of IPS-NZ and will have to be ratified by the General Body.