Section A
Rules & Eligibility
- For the paper to be considered for the award, it shall be necessary for the author to e-mail the full paper to the Chairperson, Awards Committee by a date to be determined by the Executive Council of the CPS-CZ. The paper should be prepared in accordance with the "Instructions to Contributors" published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences. An abstract of the paper (not more than 200 words) shall be enclosed with the paper.
- To be eligible for the award, the paper must fulfill each of the following criteria:
- It must be a research paper based on work done in India.
- It must not have been submitted to, accepted for publication, or published in a scientific journal at the time of submission of the award paper to the IPS-CZ annual conference, nor presented at a national or international conference earlier.
- The principal author, the author presenting the paper, and at least 50 percent of all authors must be members of the Central Psychiatric Society — Central Zone at the time of closing date for the award. Not more than two papers will be considered from any member, as the principal author, for the award.
- An author or co-author must not have won the Best Paper Award in the immediately preceding year.
- The award-winning paper will become the property of the Indian Psychiatric Society — Central Zone and shall be published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences with the necessary editorial corrections. An undertaking of the same has to be submitted while applying for the award. Full paper not submitted to the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences shall not be awarded.
- It, or a significantly similar paper, must not have earlier received an award of the IPS-CZ. A paper with substantially the same content cannot compete in more than one category in the conference. A declaration should also be submitted.
- A panel of judges shall rate the paper. The marks are assigned for preparation, compilation and presentation of the paper. The paper securing the highest total marks (out of 100) shall win the award, subject to ratification by the Awards Committee and the Executive Council of the society. In case of a tie, the concerned papers will be declared the joint winners. Furthermore, the award-winning paper must secure not less than 50 per cent of the full marks.
- All the authors of the award-winning paper(s) shall be considered to have won the award, will be issued certificates, and will be eligible for the award money. The prize money (₹ 11,000) shall be handed over to the principal author for disbursement among the co-authors.
- None of the judges appointed for this award shall be a contestant for this award. However, a judge is eligible to contest for any other award.
- The paper competing for the Best Paper Award will have to be presented by the principal i.e. first author. The paper winning the Best Paper Award will be eligible to compete for the Bombay Psychiatric Society Silver Jubilee Award at the Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society to be held the next year.
Submission of nominations/papers for awards to be sent to:
Dr. Chitij Shrivastava — srivastavachitij@gmail.com
and CC to Dr. Abhishek Pratap Singh — dr.aps1983@gmail.com
and CC to Dr. Abhishek Pratap Singh — dr.aps1983@gmail.com