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Home / 9th Research Awards – VIRA 2023
The VISTA 2022
Disciplines
- Agricultural Sciences
- Engineering
- Health and Medical Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Science
- Management
- Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Categories
- Award for Excellence
- Distinguished Researcher
- Outstanding Researcher
- Young Researcher
9th Research Awards – VIRA 2023
7 January 2023 at Green Park Chennai
The VIRA 2023 (F.No.RA23/SN09/AAP–II) is conducted in accordance with the VIF Board Meeting resolution vide F. No. VIF/MIN/BM–I/20221 held on 7 July 2022 at VIF Head Quarters.
The process for VIRA commences with the release of “Call for Nominations”. The VIRA 2023 invites nominations vide F. No. VIF/CFN/RA/2023 opened on 2 December 2021 from “Researcher and Faculty Member” working in the Institutions of Scientific, Academic or Industries with a recognized qualification.
Categories and Criteria
Young Researcher
- Each year since 2020, this award is conferred for a remarkable Researcher/ Faculty Member for the contribution to New Theories, or Insights on the discipline.
- The nominee must be above 27 years of age and at least have 5 years of service as on 30 June 2022.
Outstanding Researcher
- Each year since 2020, this award is conferred for a remarkable Researcher/ Faculty Member for the exceptional contribution to Fundamental Discoveries, New Theories, or Insights.
- The nominee must be above 34 years of age and at least have 10 years of service as on 30 June 2022.
Distinguished Researcher
- Each year since 2020, this award is conferred for a remarkable Researcher/ Faculty Member for the exceptional contribution to Fundamental Discoveries, New Theories, or Insights have had an Impact on the discipline
- The nominee must be above 44 years of age and at least have 20 years of service as on 30 June 2022.
Distinguished Award
Award for Excellence
- Each year since 2020, this award is conferred for a remarkable Researcher/ Faculty Member for the exceptional contribution to Fundamental Discoveries, New Theories, or Insights have had an Impact on their own discipline and beyond and cutting-edge achievements.
- The nominee must be above 55 years of age and at least have 25 years of service as on 30 June 2022.
- The VISTA 2022 judging is a peer review process. The panel (from diverse backgrounds, working individually) is instructed to score entries from 0 to 100, using the criteria. The VIF aggregates the scores to determine each category.
- The panel decision is final and binding. For each category/discipline (Eg. Outstanding Researcher – Engineering) the expert committee will select 3 nominees. However the Apex Committee reserve the rights to honour less or more than 3 nominees in any category who meet standards set by the expert committee.
- The committee will use discretion if an individual is nominated for two concurrent awards and will move the nomination to appropriate category based on their judgment. If a nominee meets the criteria for an award, other than the one nominated for, the committee will be deciding to move the nomination to a suitable category.
Judging Criteria