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GUIDELINE
FOR HOLDING ACBI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
 1.
Introduction:
A
constitutional objective of the Association of Clinical Biochemists (ACBI)
is to sponsor and support regular annual conference of ACBI at national
level. The purpose is to provide a national level forum for the free and
open exchange of information on the science and technology of clinical
chemistry and laboratory medicine in the academic, clinical or industrial
setting and for clinical biochemists and physicians to interact with their
peers with the broad objective of promoting human health. The following are
the guidelines approved by ACBI EC to facilitate the smooth and successful
organization of this annual event.
2.
Call
and submission of Proposals to organize the conference:
The
General Secretary through the first issue of the bulletin in the year shall
invite proposals from members who are qualified as per the criteria given
below for hosting next annual conference. The proposal in the prescribed
format (Annexure –2) along with a supporting letter from the Head of the
Institute and other supportive documents should be submitted before the last
date given in the bulletin. The proposer shall give an undertaking to
conform to and abide by all the provisions of these guidelines for holding
conference.
3.
Who can
propose for the conference?
The proposer
should be a Life member of ACBI of at least 10 years standing as member and
must be a senior member of the profession being held in high regard. He/ she
should have been regularly attending ACBI conferences and contributing
significantly to the academic activities. He / She should have shown
leadership qualities as evidenced by active participation in activities of
ACBI either at state or at national level, organizations of scientific
meetings and influenced at least 10 biochemists for enrollment as member of
ACBI.
4.
Selection
of the hosting institute & venue
The
Secretary shall forward all proposals received within the specified period
to a three member ‘Conference Committee’, consisting of a senior member
of ACBI as Chairperson, President of ACBI and Chairman of the ACBI –
Corporate wing. The conference committee will evaluate the proposals and
rate them using rating scale with respect to the details provided,
facilities available, preliminary scientific programme and other aspects
specified in the application. This
review and scoring will be presented in the Executive Council. The proposer
if needed shall be invited by the Secretary to attend the EC meeting to give
presentation about the facilities available for holding conference. Then the
EC members shall take final decision unanimously or by majority vote for the
venue and the organizing secretary for that conference. The
Secretary shall inform the members in the GB meeting the details of the
selected venue and the institute holding to host the next conference and the
Organizing Secretary will extend a formal invitation to all the members.
5.
Conference
Organizing Committee
The
Organizing Secretary shall form a Conference Organizing Committee for
managing the conference. It will
consist of the following committees-
[1] National Conference
Committee consisting of (i) President / Secretary / Advisor
or his/her nominee and (ii) Chair-man of ACBI-Corporate Wing
and (3)
Representative of Corporate members or his/her nominee.
One or two members of the committee shall visit the place of
conference from time to time on invitation
from
the Organizing Secretary, to take stock of the preparation for the conference and give appropriate advice.
[2]
National & Local Scientific Committees:
National Scientific Committee will consist of President, Secretary
and Editor-in-chief of IJCB (Chairperson of the committee). Local Scientific
Committee shall prepare scientific programme in consultation with the
National Scientific committee through its chairperson.
Local
Organizing Committee shall manage and look after the following activities: -
Management
of scientific activity which will include paper presentation (oral &
Posters), seminar, symposia, workshops, guest lectures and
demonstrations,
[3]
Accommodation committee,
[4]
Transport and travels committee,
[5]
Food committee,
[6]
Cultural and social programme committee,
[7]
Finance committee
[8]
Committee for Volunteers
[9]
Committee for Programme for Associate delegates (spouse & family)
[10] Venue
committee for looking after Inaugural function ,arrangement for holding GB
meeting and Executive Council meetings ( one before GB meeting and another
after GB meeting), Arrangement for meetings of various committees such as
Education, Journal, and Quality Assurance etc should also be made. The
venues for each meeting should be mentioned in the conference programme.
6.
Scientific
Activities
A.
Scientific activities include arranging for:
a)
Plenary
lectures including Orations such as [a] Awadhesh Saran Memorial Oration, [b] K. L. Gupta Memorial Oration, [c] K. E. M.
Hospital & Seth G. S. Medical College Oration,
[d] Dr. N. Pattabiraman Oration, [e]
Mrs. & Dr. G. P. Talwar Oration and [f]
Any other orations approved by the GB and other Invited
lectures.
b)
Oral
Presentation of Award Papers such as [a] Pitabus Jamuna Burma Memorial Award Papers, [b] Sita
Devi Award Papers, [c] P.S. Murthy Award Papers, [d] NIMS (Hyderabad) Best
Poster Award Papers, [e] MGIMS (Sewagram)
Best Paper Award For Tropical Diseases and [f] Other awards as decided by
G.B.
c)
AFMC
QUIZ AWARD
B.
Presentation Of Oral And Poster Papers
C.
Holding Of Seminars, Symposia And Workshops Including Industrial
Workshops On Various Important
Aspects,
D.
Pre/Post Conference Continuing Education Programme/ Workshop/ Hands
On Training.
7.
Oration
Awards
The
General Secretary, through the News Bulletin to be published just after the annual
conference, shall call for nominations for different Oration awards of the
Association, that include (1) Awadhesh Saran Memorial Oration Award, (2) K.
L. Gupta Memorial Oration Award, (3) Seth G. S. Medical College Oration
Award (4) Dr. T. N. Pattabiraman Oration Award (5) Mrs. & Dr. G. P.
Talwar Oration Award and any other award coming in this category.
The nominations along with some information about suitability of the
nominee should be sent to the Secretary, who in turn shall forward them to members of Award Committee, constituted for the purpose. There shall be one award committee for all the awards. The committee
shall be constituted by the Executive Committee or the President with the
consent of the General Secretary . The Award committee shall select at
least 2 names in each award in order of preference and communicate the
decision to Organising Secretary. The award committee, if it finds no
suitable nominee in any award, shall suggest a suitable speaker. The
Organizing Secretary, will then invite the first person of each award. In
case, the nominee shows inability, the second person of the list will be
invited. All these procedures should be completed at least 3 months in
advance of the conference.
Please refer to Annexure-1 for the details on Orations
8.
Call for
Papers :
A first flier informing the members about the venue of the conference
as well as the main topics or themes and attractive features of the place of
conference must be sent to members at least 6 months in advance. This
information can be additionally circulated through first News Bulletin and
Notice on ACBI Website. At this time, members shall be requested to send
names and topics to participate in symposia.
In the second information brochure containing
invitation should go from Organizing Secretary to members at least 3 months
in advance of the date of commencement of the conference to attend the
conference and send abstract of papers for various Awards (such as Sita Devi
Award, etc in detail), for Symposia and for other oral
or poster presentation during the conference,. The abstract must reach the
conference secretariat at least 2 months in advance along with registration
fee of the conference. Any person who is not a member can also present paper
provided he / she becomes sessional member for the conference by paying Rs.
250/ and also pays registration fee. The sessional membership fee can be
collected either by Joint Secretary (Head Office) or by Organizing
Secretary. The sessional fee collected by Organizing Secretary shall be
later remitted to Head Office.
The abstract should preferably be submitted on CD
or by e-mail attachment or by 3 hard copies in the way suggested by the Organizing
committee (which should be on the line of IJCB) Members
should be advised to prepare slides or power point presentation which is
clearly visible from a distance of at least 15 meters. Bad slides will not
be accepted during preview of slides. The slides must be given to the
projectionist at least 30 minutes before the start of the session.
The author presenting the paper should be a
member or sessional member of the Association and must mention
membership number on the registration form and send registration fee along
with the paper. If the member later desires not to attend the conference,
the paper will be deemed to be withdrawn and will not appear in the Abstract
book. Authors should be informed
about the duration, date and time of the presentation at least 10 days in
advance, preferably putting the program on website.
The abstract of papers shall be reviewed by the scientific committee
and if found suitable, shall be accepted. The letter of acceptance of the
paper should be sent to the authors as soon as possible in order to enable
him/her to obtain permission and assistance to attend the conference from
their institutions and should not wait for receipt of registration fee or
finalization of programme.
9.
Arrangement
for Scientific Sessions:
Required number of Halls of adequate size (usually 3) and facility,
having screen and proper lighting arrangement for switching on & off all
the lights of the room, should be available for parallel sessions. A slide
projector, LCD projector and an overhead projector with spare bulbs should
be made available to each hall. One set of projectors should be kept
reserved for failure of these equipments in any hall. There should be a
trained projectionist well versed in using those projectors available for
each hall. In addition there should be proper lectern, collar mike and light
pointer.
One responsible persons for each scientific session ( co-coordinator)
with a volunteer should be deputed for each session whose work will be to
see that the Chairpersons are informed in time, every facility is available,
and session starts in time and keep memento / certificate ready for being
presented to the chairpersons and speakers.
10.
Financial
Resources and Liabilities:
To start with, the Organizing Secretary can get a refundable advance of up to Rs. 30,000/- from the Association
secretariat on request.
The following are other sources of income:
A.
Delegate
registration fee. It should be kept as low as possible.
B.
Advertising
charges for the souvenir.
C.
Charges
of exhibition stall bookings.
D.
Sponsorships
for symposia, workshops or for invited speakers
E.
Assistance
from own institution / University / Government.
F.
Donations
from local colleagues - as reception committee membership fee.
G.
Assistance
from extra mural funding agencies, for example --
a)
INSA,
ICMR, UGC for sponsoring scientific programme
b)
NAMS
for
pre-conference workshop under continuing medical education.
c)
This
activity should not be projected as conference activity to
NAMS
.
d)
DST,
DBT & CSIR for workshop, symposia, etc.
Note:
The
rate for advertisements, exhibition stalls and sponsorship charges for
symposia / workshop should be kept at a realistic rate in consultation with
the members of National Advisory
Committee consisting of (i) Advisor or his nominee and (ii) Chairman of
ACBI-Corporate Wing and (3) Representative of Corporate members or his/her
nominee. and few past Presidents
in order to attract more industrial participation.
a)
The management of fund should be efficiently done, so that a
handsome amount of money is saved for the parent organization. The
Organizing Secretary has to give 10% of stall bookings to ACBI-Corporate
Wing and after that to give 50% of the remaining savings from conference to
the central fund of the Association. 50% of the savings will remain with
Organizing Secretary to be spent on Institutional improvement or local
activities in consultation with the organizing committee.
b)
Losses
incurred by the Organizing
committee are not made good by the Association Secretariat.
c)
The
Account of the conference should be audited and full report along with full
statement of income and expenditure shall be presented to the General
Secretary for being placed in next Executive Council meeting.
11.
Registration
of Delegates :
(1) As per G.B.
resolution dated 29.12.1983, the last date of registration on payment of
normal fee should be 8 weeks prior to the onset of the conference. Any one
registering after this date shall be liable to pay a late fee of an amount
to be decided by the Organizing secretary.
After having registered as delegate, if any member informs the
organizing secretary about his or her inability to attend the conference at
least 4 weeks in advance of the start of the conference, he or she shall be
entitled for refund of 75% of the registration fee. But when request reaches
2 weeks in advance, only 50% and no
refund, if the member informs within 14 days of the start of the conference
or does not turn up. However, the accommodation and return journey ticket
charges shall be refunded after necessary deductions.
(2). Registration Fee: -
The registration fee should be kept as low as possible. The President
and Secretary are not asked for registration fee and Accommodation charges.
Office bearers should also be exempted from paying registration fee.
Accommodation should be arranged for the President and the Secretary at the
venue or nearest point to the venue to facilitate the secretariat work at
the conference. 5 free registrations and 5 half registrations should be
given to post graduate students on first come-first serve basis or as
regional service award.. If the Organizing Committee is hard pressed for
fund then this should be disbursed by ACBI. This should be publicized
through News Bulletin and Conference circulars.
(3) The Organizing secretary shall invite through conference
brochure, applications for Travel grant for attending the conference. Only members whose age is
below 35 years are eligible for the grant. The applicant has to give
undertaking that he / she has not received any assistance from any other
source including his or her institution. The grant is limited to return 3
tier (non-AC) rail fare but not exceeding Rs. 1000.
4) President and other Executives are given rail
fare if funds permit.
12.
Executive
Committee Meeting:
The meeting is held on the day prior to the conference. The meeting
is of 2 -3 hours duration and is held in the afternoon. Suitable time slot
and place of meeting should be indicated in the programme. In order to
attend these meetings, some members have to come one day in advance. It
would be ideal if one night accommodation payment is made by the Organising
committee for those members who have to come one day in advance to attend
the meeting.
For the meeting, a hall with a capacity of 50 persons is kept ready for the
scheduled period. Arrangement for a steno typist should also be made. Also
there should be arrangement of a cassette recorder to record the
proceedings. Arrangement for snacks and tea or cold drink and water is
highly appreciated. Another meeting of the Executive committee is held on
the day following the General Body Meeting. Arrangement for that meeting
should also be made and time provided in the programme.
13.
General
Body Meeting
The General Body meeting is generally held on the second day of the
conference between
4 to 6 pm.
and for which the Secretary notifies to all the members. The Organising
Secretary includes this programme while drafting the programme of the
conference. He also arranges a steno typist and a cassette recorder to
record the proceedings.
14.
Collection
of Association Subscription and Dues:
There are many delegates who desire to renew their subscription or apply for
membership during the conference. Hence, the Organising Secretary will keep
a counter at the reception desk manned by a volunteer for this purpose. The
treasurer and /or the Secretary or Joint Secretary of the Association or
their representative will assist the volunteer.
If the Organising Secretary has
received association subscription or sessional membership fee ( equal to
prescribed fee for ordinary membership ) along with delegate fee, he should
pay to the Association Treasurer / Secretary that amount during the
conference so that proper receipt is issued to the members.
Any delegate whose name does not appear in
the current Directory of Members or does not show receipt of up-to-date
payment should be charged membership fee along with the application for
membership or sessional membership.
15.
Inaugural
Function:
On the dais,
besides arrangement for special guests, Organising Secretary and Chairman of
the reception committee, there should be sitting arrangement for the
President, Vice-President and Secretary of the Association. At this
function, besides welcome and inauguration, General Secretary will give a
talk about activities of the association, then Presidential speech, followed
by installation of the new President, presentation of awards & medals
and address by chief guest or any other guest. The inaugural function should
not last for more than 90 minutes
16.
Arrangement
For Food And Tea:
(1)
Breakfast to delegates is arranged at the venue.
(2)
Lunch also arranged at
the venue.
(3)
Tea/Coffee
break be arranged nearer to exhibition area and/or Poster session area to
increase visit to
exhibition and poster lobby.
(4)
A
welcome dinner is given to Corporate members and Executive Committee
members after the first Executive Committee meeting.
(5)
Banquet
is arranged on first or second night of the conference.
(6)
It must be stressed that the food served, as far as possible,
should be of all taste so that it is acceptable to people from all parts of the country.
There should not be too much
stress on
local menu.
It is needless to stress that proper hygiene is taken care in
preparation and dispensation of
food articles. There should be
arrangement of good quality
drinking water and
disposable glasses at suitable places.
17. Cultural
Programme:
It is
usually arranged on 1st or second
night of the conference.
18.
Souvenir
Of The Conference:
This should be published. Besides containing articles about the local place
and information about the conference, it should contain President's address,
Secretary and Treasurer's report. Souvenir should be a source of income for
the conference by taking advertisements. Abstract of papers being presented
should go in to it.
A
separate Handbook for Delegates should be published showing map of venue and
location of rooms for meetings, food, Preview room etc. Map of the city
showing railway stations, airports, bus stand, hotel locations, market
places and sites of importance for visit should be included
19.
PROGRAMME
FOR DELEGATES AND THEIR SPOUSE:
[1]
One half day during conference period should be utilized by taking the
delegates to some
nearby important places, or to some important centres of arts & crafts
or to some
renowned institution worth seeing or to some industries, etc. THIS
IS ALSO A VERY
IMPORTANT
PART OF ANY CONFERENCE
[2] There should be a separate and simultaneous
programme for co-delegates, spouses and children of delegates, like
visiting places of importance or visiting important shopping centers. If
such programme is not arranged, there should be no registration fee for
the spouse and Food to them should be optional on the basis of food
coupons, which may be purchased one day in advance. One person from the
Organising committee should be made responsible for the programme for the
Associate Delegates.
20.
Conference
Account :
The Income - Expenditure Account of the
conference, duly audited by Chartered accountant and approved by the
Organising committee must be submitted to the Secretary and the Head Office
for record, within 6 months after the end of the conference. This report is
also frequently asked for by the funding agencies.
21.
Conference Programme
Programme of the conference is prepared in
consultation with National Conference committee members consisting of
President, Secretary, Advisor and any member nominated on this committee.
22. CERTIFICATES AND MEDALS
The certificates and medals for Oration awards
and Fellowship award are made ready by the Head Office. The rest
certificates and medals are prepared by the Organizing Secretary.
Annexure- I
ACBI Oration Awards
[1]
AWADHESH SARAN MEMORIAL ORATION AWARD
This is an important activity. This oration was started ACBI in 1978
to commemorate the Founder President, Dr. Awadhesh Saran, who died
prematurely in 1976. An eminent scientist is invited to deliver a lecture on
a subject of interest to the clinical biochemists. The speaker may or may
not be a biochemist, may or may not be member of ACBI and may or may not be
Indian national.
The organizing Secretary shall provide free
registration and Hospitality to the speaker. A sum of Rs.4000=00 or less
depending upon bank interest rates is available annually from Awadhesh Saran
Memorial Fund kept at the headquarters for this purpose and can be used for
giving TA . A suitable memento and a certificate have to be presented to the
speaker. The Orator may be requested to provide copy of the oration for
future publication
An introduction to this oration is kept in a CD
with photo of Late. A. Saran at the Head Office from where it should be
obtained.
[2]
K. L. GUPTA MEMORIAL ORATION AWARD
The Oration was started in 1993 by Dr T. Malati and her brothers by
donating a sum of Rs. 40,000. The
nominee should be an eminent scientist working in the field of Oncology and
may or may not be member of ACBI.
The organizing Secretary shall provide free
registration and Hospitality to the speaker. A sum of Rs.4000=00 or less
depending upon bank interest rates is available annually from K.L. Gupta
Memorial Fund kept at the headquarters for this purpose and can be used for
giving TA . A suitable memento and a certificate have to be presented to the
speaker. The Orator may be requested to provide copy of the oration for
future publication
An introduction to this oration is kept in a CD with photo of Late.
K. L. Gupta at the Head Office from where it should be obtained.
[3]
K. E.
M. HOSPITAL AND SETH G. S. MEDICAL
COLLEGE ORATION
This oration was started in 1992 by the then Organising Secretary,
Dr. A. V. Potnis, Prof. of Biochemistry of K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay by
donating a sum of Rs. 15,000=00 from savings of the conference. Dr. Sucheta
Dandekar, Professor of Biochemistry,
Seth
G.S.
Medical
College
, Mumbai has further added Rs. 15,000/ from the savings of a Workshop on
Quality Management held in December 2005 at
Seth
G.S.
Medical
College
, Mumbai.
The
nominee should be an eminent
Biochemist/Pathologist/Clinician/Scientist to give a lecture on topic
related to Clinical Biochemistry.
The
organizing Secretary shall provide free registration and Hospitality to the
speaker. A sum of Rs.3000=00 or less or more depending upon bank interest
rates is available annually from Seth G. S. Medical College Oration
Fund kept at the headquarters for this purpose can be used for giving
TA . A suitable memento and a certificate have to be presented to the
speaker. The Orator may be requested to provide copy of the oration for
future publication.
Introductory words for the oration is kept in a CD at Head Office and
can be used to introduce the Oration.
[4] Dr. T.
N. Pattabhiraman Oration
This oration was created in year 2004 in
the name Dr. T. N. Pattabhiraman, Ex-Professor of Biochemistry,
Kasturba
Medical
College
, Manipal and Past President of ACBI, by donation of Rs. One lac and one
thousand by his admiring students.. The oration will take place annually
during ACBI National Conference.
The Award nominee should be an eminent
Biochemist/Pathologist/Clinician/Scientist to give a lecture on topic
related to Clinical Biochemistry.
The
organizing Secretary shall provide free registration and Hospitality to the
speaker. A sum of Rs.10,000=00 or less depending upon bank interest rates is
available annually from Dr. T. N. Pattabhiraman Oration Fund kept at the
headquarters for this purpose and can be used for giving TA . A suitable
memento and a certificate have to be presented to the speaker. The Orator
may be requested to provide copy of the oration for future publication.
Introductory words for the oration is kept in a CD at Head Office and
can be used to introduce the Oration.
[5] Mrs.
& Dr. G. P. Talwar Oration
This Oration was created in 2005 by a donation by Dr. G. P. Talwar
Foundation of Rs. one lac deposited in two installments. Dr. G. P. Talwar is
a renowned Biochemist who was Head of Biochemistry in All India Institute of
Medical Sciences,
New Delhi
and later, Director of Indian Institute of Immunology,
New Delhi
. He was President of ACBI in the year 1982.
The Award nominee should be an
eminent Biochemist/
Immunologist/ Pathologist/ Clinician/ Scientist to give a lecture on topic
related to his research done in
India
in the last 5 years.
The organizing Secretary shall provide free
registration and Hospitality to the speaker. A sum of Rs.10,000=00 or less
depending upon bank interest rates is available annually from Mrs. & Dr.
G. P. Talwar Oration Fund kept at the headquarters for this purpose and can
be used for giving TA . A suitable memento and a certificate have to be
presented to the speaker. The Orator may be requested to provide copy of the
oration for future publication
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ORAL PRESENTATION OF AWARD PAPERS
The Organizing Secretary shall invite papers for
the below mentioned Awards from members of the Association through the final
brochure and the papers should reach by the date fixed for receiving papers
for the conference. These papers shall be evaluated by Scientific Committee
of the conference consisting of Organizing Secretary/or a person nominated
by him, Vice President and President. On the basis of evaluation done by
members of the scientific committee, the organizing secretary shall select 2
best papers of each award and inform their authors to present them at a
special session for award papers before 3 judges selected from amongst
senior delegates by the President for this purpose. Each presentation shall
not be of more than 10 minutes duration. After presentation of each paper, 5
minutes shall be devoted on discussion by the judges and the audience. The
best paper author of each Award as decided by the judges shall be given at
the valedictory function. The Head
Office arranges the medals, certificate and prizes.
[1]
PITABUS-JAMUNA
BURMA
MEMORIAL MEDAL PAPERS
Dr. D. P. Burma, Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical
Sciences. of
Banaras
Hindu
University
instituted the award in memory of his father and mother by donating a sum of
Rs.5000/ in 1982.
Any member including
Sessional Member whose age on 31st December of the Year is below
35 years, is eligible to take part in the contest.
The
applicants have to submit a write up (not more than 2000 words) on an
original research work in medicine based on approaches in biochemistry or
molecular biology, published by any other author/authors excluding
himself and his group in any prestigious journal of the world in the
preceding one year. Application along with (1) 4 typed/photo copies of the
write up, (2) 4 photocopies of the original paper,
(3) documentary evidence of age (4) proof of
membership of ACBI should
be submitted to the Organizing Secretary before the dead line.
The winner of the award shall be given a cash award and a certificate
at the Valedictory function of the same conference.
[2]
SITA DEVI AWARD PAPERS
This award was created by a donation of Rs.5000/ by the Organising
Secretary of 6th. Annual Conference of ACBI, Dr. C. Sita Devi, in 1980 and
later again Rs.5000/ from her own side. The cash award and a certificate are
given to the person whose paper in oral presentation was considered best and
worth. Any member including
Sessional Member, whose age on 31st December of the Year is below
35 years, is eligible to take part in the contest.
The applicant shall submit (1) 4 typed/photo copies of the paper, (2)
documentary evidence of age (3) proof of membership of ACBI (4) no objection
certificate from co-authors, if any, to the Organizing Secretary before the
dead line.
The winner of the award shall be given a cash award and a certificate
at the Valedictory function of the same conference.
[3]
P. S. MURTHY AWARD FOR BEST PAPER IN THE FIELD OF (1) INFECTIOUS
DISEASES,
AND
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS FROM PLANT SOURCES.
These awards were created by a donation of Rs.10,000/ by Prof. P. S.
Murthy in 1993. Papers for the award are invited under 2 categories, i.e.
(1) Infectious Diseases, and (2) Development
of Drugs. One best paper in each category is awarded with certificate
and cash Any member including Sessional Member, whose age on 31st
December of the Year is below 35 years, is eligible to take part in the
contest.
If no
paper under one category is available or considered worth, then both awards
shall go to two top papers of the other category. In case no paper in either
category is considered worth, then similar papers in Poster Sessions should
be considered for the award. The award shall be presented to winners during
the Valedictory Function of the conference.
The applicant shall submit (1) 4 typed/photo
copies of the paper, (2) documentary evidence of age (3) no objection
certificate from co-authors, if any and (4) evidence of membership of ACBI ,
to the Organizing Secretary before the dead line.
[4]
MGIMS AWARD FOR BEST PAPER IN THE FIELD OF
TROPICAL DISEASES
This
award was created in the year 1994 by a donation of Rs.10, 000/ by Dr. B. C
.Harinath, the Organising Secretary of XX ACBI conference, Sevagram,.
The Award is open for original work in biochemical/ immunological/
molecular aspects of Tropical Diseases. The applicant for the award must be
a member of the Association including sessional member and must be below 35
years of age on 31st. December of the year. The applicant shall submit (1) 4
typed/photo copies of the paper, (2) documentary evidence of age (3) no
objection certificate from co-authors and (4) evidence of membership of
ACBI, to the Organizing Secretary before the dead line.
. In case no paper is considered worth, then
similar papers in Poster Sessions should be considered for the award. The
award shall be presented to winners during the Valedictory Function of the
conference.
[5]
NIMS
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER.
The award was instituted in 1994 by a donation of Rs. 10,000/ by the
Organising Secretary of XIX Annual Conference of ACBI, Dr. T. Malati,
Professor and Head of the Dept. of Biochemistry, Nizam's Institute of
Medical Sciences (NIMS),
Hyderabad
.
There are 2 awards - One award is for the best poster in the field
of Cancer and another in Non-Cancer field. There is no
application required to win this award. All posters shall be evaluated by a
panel of judges drawn from the delegates, who have been selected by the
President in consultation with the Organising secretary. The award
shall be presented during the Valedictory function of the conference.
[6]
POSTER AWARDS FROM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Organizing Committee shall also announce 5
or more awards for excellent posters and the process of selection will be
the same by the same judges of the NIMS Award.
Thus Poster awards fall in following categories:-
(1)
Cancer – 1
(2)
Non-cancer – 1
(3)
In case no award is given for Oral presentation of
(a)
P. S. Murthy Award for (i) Infectious diseases
(ii) Development of drugs from plant
'
sources
(b)
MGIMS Award for papers on Tropical diseases.
(4)
Organizing committee award for visually excellent Posters.
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AFMC
QUIZ AWARD
This award was instituted by the
Organizing Secretary of 33rd ACBICON 2006, Pune, Col. Parduman
Singh by giving a sum of Rs. 2,00,000 from the savings of the conference. The money shall be deposited in Fixed Deposit by Head
Office and out of annual interest accrued, 70% shall be used for giving
award and 30% shall be reinvested in fixed deposit to take care of inflation
and varying interest rates. There shall be two awards each year based on
QUIZ contest held during conference.
Col. Singh has further donated a sum of Rs. 5000.0 for
preparation of a RUNNING TROPHY which shall be given to one who scores
highest marks in the contest. He / she shall return the trophy to the next
Organizing Secretary before next annual conference is held.
Annexure - II
PROPOSAL FOR HOSTING ACBI CONFERENCE
1.
Proposer’s name and address (both Institutional
& Residential)
(Note:
Proposer should be eligible for election by GB for the post of Organizing
Secretary)
2.
Proposer’s date of birth
3.
Date of joining ACBI as Life member (give Life
membership number and year of becoming life member)
4.
ACBI conferences attended giving place and year
(attach photocopy of attendance certificate.)
5.
Experience of organizing any conference,
Symposia, Workshops etc (give evidence)
6.
Is his / her Institution ready to host the
conference (letter from Head of the institution
to be attached)
7.
What other National / State level or
International conferences have been held in past three years by that Institution?
(Attach list of those showing number
of delegates who attended)
8.
Proposed venue name and location, its distance
from Institution- if it is other than the Institution,
distance from Railway Station, Nearest Airport and Highways.
9.
Detail about available halls at the venue for
Inauguration, Scientific sessions (three), Workshop,
Rooms for slide preview room, Office room, room for office support such
as fax, computer, printer, e-mail, telephone, photocopy etc, suitable
hall for Executive Council
meetings, corporate meeting and sub-committees meetings
10. Availability of internet and telephone facility
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