PFGF BEST POST-GRADUATE THESIS AWARDS 2018 & 2020

Background

Most of the Fisheries Colleges under the State Agricultural Universities and a National University in Fisheries are offering postgraduate education in Fisheries. Other Colleges, which do not have postgraduate education, intend to start the program in the near future. Annually, about 250 students complete their post-graduation programs from these institutions. In addition, few of the graduates have been successful in securing admission in foreign Universities and they have been serving as role models and guide to other aspiring graduates to pursue education in the best institutions. With a view to increase the quality of postgraduate research and early publication of results emerging from postgraduate research, PFGF has introduced the “Best Postgraduate Thesis” awards scheme with the following objectives.

Objectives

1.  To increase the quality of research carried out by the postgraduate students

2.  To encourage the early publication of results in high impact journals

3.  To recognize the best researchers at an early stage and provide them support

*Overseas award category will be considered if sufficient numbers of applications are received.

Eligibility 

1. The applicant should be a B.F.Sc graduate from the ICAR/NAAS system (CAU & SAU).

2. Students who have completed M.F.Sc in the ICAR system or SAUs can apply for best M.F.Sc thesis award

3. For best Ph.D. thesis award, criterion 1 given above is compulsory. Those who have obtained their PhD in the field of fisheries or related disciplines, from the ICAR system or from other universities in India are eligible to apply for the award.

4.   Those graduates who possess Bachelor degree in fisheries science from one of the Fisheries Colleges as per criterion 1, but have completed postgraduate education  (M.Sc / Ph.D) in any of the Universities outside the country are eligible to apply under overseas category. The award criteria remains same as that of the Indian Fisheries Post Graduate students.

5.  Students who have completed in 2016 and 2017 are eligible for Best post graduate thesis award 2018, who have completed  in 2018 and 2019 are eligible  for  the  best PG thesis award of 2020.

6. Thesis should be supported with at least one published peer-reviewed paper for the M.F.Sc. thesis and two papers for the Ph.D. thesis, published in high impact journals. Masters/Ph.D thesis submitted in 2016 should have the research paper publication date before December 2017, those submitted in 2017 should have published the paper before December 2018 and so on. For PhD thesis, the date of vivavoce would be considered as date of completion.

7. Accepted papers can also be submitted with a support letter to testify the acceptance of paper. However, those who have not been able to publish papers based on the results included in the thesis are not eligible to apply for the award.

8. In the case of insufficient number of applications being received, it is at the discretion of the selection committee to decide whether the awards should be given for that year or not.  The selection committee is also empowered to decide whether the overseas thesis award should be given for any academic year or their number depending on the number of responses.

Process of selection

1.  The soft copy of the application as given in Annexure I attached (or can be downloaded from http://www.pfgf.org under ‘New Topics’) should be emailed with the Subject line PFGF BEST POST-GRADUATE (Masters/PhD/Overseas) THESIS AWARDS 2018 & 2020  on or before 28^th February 2022 to The Chairman, PFGF Best theses selection committee (pfgfawards@gmail.com).

2.  The selection would be based on the publications that have emerged from the thesis and published in high impact journals. Papers presented in seminars / workshops / symposia will not be considered.

3.  The selection committee will evaluate the submitted theses for their scientific quality and relevance to societal necessities.

Application Form for Best Post-Graduate thesis awards (2018 & 2020) 

1. Name of the Person in full  :

2. Date of birth:

3. Gender (M/F):

4. Present postal address including Telephone, Fax, Telex, E-mail, Mobile etc.

5. Educational qualifications beginning with the UG degree or equivalent (in a tabular form)

6.  Synopsis of the thesis (in not more than 300 words)

7.  Half a page statement (150 words) on how the results contained in the thesis enrich scientific knowledge and contribution to address the problems confronted by the community

Required documents

Certificate

I certify that the details provided in the Application Form refer to the work carried out by me and are true to the best of my knowledge.

Dated:                                                                                                     Signature of the Candidate

The completed application along with the documents may be sent  to The Chairman, PFGF Best theses selection committee (pfgfawards@gmail.com) with the Subject line PFGF BEST POST-GRADUATE (Masters/PhD/Overseas) THESIS AWARDS 2018 & 2020, on or before 28^th February, 2022.