This award has been instituted to honour weed scientists who have made outstanding professional contributions at the national level as evident from patents/technologies developed, published work and/or promoting the discipline of weed science. One award will be given in two years.

Eligibility:-

• This award is mainly for the retired weed scientists to recognize and honor their contributions, who has spent their whole life in pursuance of weed science and for uplifting of the ISWS.
• The award is open to all the ISWS life members. The person must be life member of ISWS for at least 20 years at the time of sending application/nomination.
• The person must have retired from the active service before 1st January of the year of the award.
• The contributions of the applicant/nominee should have national/international impact.
• The selection for this award will be based on recommendation along with justification/biodata of nominee from the past awardees of ISWS Gold Medal and Life time Achievement and members of Executive committee.
• However, aspirants may also submit the application directly for consideration for EC.
• Based on the recommendations with justification of nominee, Executive Committee will decide the name of awardee.

Award holder

Year	Name	Photo
2016-2017	Dr. R.P. Singh, BHU, Varanasi
2014-2015	Dr. Gita Kulshrestha, IARI, New Delhi
	Dr. L.S. Brar, PAU, Ludhiana
2012-2013	Dr. R.K. Malik
2011-2012	Dr. H.S. Gill, Ludhiana
2010-2011	Dr. V.S. Rao, UAS
2009-2010	Dr. S.K. Mukhopadhya, Sri Niketan
2008-2009	Dr. O.P. Gupta, Jaipur
2007-2008	Dr. S. Sankaran, Coimbatore
2006-2007	Dr. V.M. Bhan, Jabalpur

The ISWS Gold Medal is conferred in recognition of professional leadership, outstanding contributions and services to the Indian Society of Weed Science rendered by the life members of the Society. One Gold Medal will be given for each year.

Eligibility:-:

• The award is open to all ISWS Fellows and ISWS Recognition Award holders only.
• The candidate must be ISWS Fellow for at least four years and ISWS Recognition Award holder at least 10 years at the time of inviting application for the award.
  
• ISWS Fellow holder will be eligible, who have obtained the award before 2013 or before 2013 / ISWS Recognition Award awardee will be eligible, who have obtained the award before 2007 or before 2007
  
• The contributions of the awardees should have national/international impact.

Award holder

Year	Name
2017	Dr. Prasanta C. Bhowmik, USA
2016	Dr. T.K. Das, New Delhir
2015	Dr. C.T. Abraham, KAU, Thrissur
2014	Dr. J.S. Mishra, ICAR-RCER, Patna
2012	Dr. V. Pratap Singh Pantnagar
2013	Dr. Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi Bala Singh IARI New Delhi
2011-2012	Dr. A. N. Rao Hyderabad
2010-2011	Dr. Samunder Singh Hisar
2009-2010	Dr. Jay G. Varshney	Jabalpur
2008-2009	Dr. N.N. Angira	Palampur
2007-2008	Dr. A.N. Tewari
2007-2008	Dr. T.V.S. Ramachandra Prasad	Bangaluru
2008-09	Dr. R.S. Balyan	CCS HAU Hisar 125004
2007-08	Dr. Gita Kulshrestha	IARI, New Delhi 110 012
2006-07	Dr. U. S. Walia	PAU Ludhaina, Punjab
2005-06	Dr. R. M. Kathiresan	Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, TN
2004-05	DR. N. T. YADURAJU	DWSR, Jabalpur, MP
2003-04	Dr. Ram Kanwar Malik	CCS HAU Hisar, Haryana
2003	Dr. R. P. Singh	BHU Varanasi, UP
2003	Dr. L. S. Brar	PAU Ludhiana, Punjab
2003	Dr. Govindra Singh	GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand
2003	Dr. C. M. Singh	HPKVV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
2001	Dr. J.S. Kolar	PAU Ludhiana, Punjab
2001	Dr. S.V.R. Shetty	Hyderabad, AP
1998	Dr. S.K. Mukhopadhyay	West Bengal
1998	Dr. O.P. Gupta	Rajasthan
1997	Dr. S. Sankaran	Tamilnadu
1997	Dr. K.S. Sandhu	PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab
1997	Dr. V.M. Bhan	Madhya Pradesh
1997	Dr. G.B. Singh	Uttar Pradesh
1993	Dr. K. Krishnamurthy	Karnataka
1993	Dr. V.S. Mani	Delhi
1993	Dr. Bibhas Ray	Maharashtra

Award holder

Year	Name	Photo
2016-2017	Dr. Mayank Yadav, Hyderabad
2014-2015	Dr. Bibhas C. Ray, New Delhi
	Dr. Devraj Arya, RML AgTech (P) Ltd.
	Dr. Dr. Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Australia
2011-2012	Prof. R.K. Ghosh, BCKV,Mohanpur, WB
2010-2111	Dr. A.S. Rao, Guntur
2009-2010	Dr. C.B. Gaikwad	Rahuri
2008-2009	Dr. C. Chinnusamy	Coimbatore
2007-2008	Dr. Sushilkumar	Jabalpur

The ISWS Fellow is conferred in recognition of professional leadership, outstanding contributions and services to the Indian Society of Weed Science rendered by the life members of the Society. Three ISWS Fellows will be given for each year.

Eligibility:-:

• The award is open to all Indian Scientists, who have worked /working, in India/ Abroad, in the field of Weed Science.
• The candidate(s) must be a Life Member of the ISWS for at least 10 years at the time of inviting nominations for the award. (Applicant should be a life member of the Society before 31 December, 2008)
• The contributions of the awardees should have National /International impact.
• The candidates should be of the rank of Associate Professor/Senior Scientist or above with at least 7 years’ experience or Asstt. Professor / Lecturer/Scientist with not less than 15 years’ experience.

Award holder

Year	Name
2017	Dr. D. Subramanyam, Tirupati
	Dr. B.D. Patel, Anand
	Dr. Virender Sardana, Ludhiana
2016	Dr. G.N. Dhanapal, Bengaluru
	Dr. Anil Kumar, Jammu
	Dr. P.K. Singh, , ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur
2015	Dr. Neelam Sharma, CSKHPKVV, Palampur
	Dr. B. Duary, VB, Sriniketan
	Dr. V.S.G.R. Naidu, CTRI, Rajahmundri
2014	Dr. Dharambir Yadav, HAU, Hisar
	Dr. C.R. Chinnamuthu, TNAU, Coimbatore
	Dr. Mahesh K. Upadhyaya, UBC, Canada
2013	Dr. R.S. Chhokar
	Dr. R. Devendra
	Dr. Suresh Kumar
	Dr. Gulshan Mahajan
2012	Dr. Anil Dixit
	Dr. Sanjoy Shah
	Dr. Guriqbal Singh
2011-2012	Dr. D.R. Arya, Mumbai
	Dr. R.C. Gowda, Bangaluru
	Dr. Rohitasav Singh, Pantnagar
	Dr. R.P. Dubey, Jabalpur
2010-2011	Dr. I. C. Barua, Jorhat
	Dr. A.K. Pandey, Bhopal
	Dr. T.K. Das, New Delhi
	Dr. C.T. Abraham, Thrissur
	Dr. Prasanta C. Bhowmik	USA
2009-2010	Dr. S.S. Punia	Hisar
	Dr. D.J. Rajkhowa	Jurhat
	Dr. V.P. Singh	Jabalpur
2008-2009	Dr. M.L. Kewat	Jabalpur
	Dr. Shobha Sondhia	Jabalpur
	Dr. K.P. Jayanth	Bangalore
	Dr. Surjit Singh	PAU Ludhiana
	Dr. Shashi Bala Singh	IARI, New Delhi
2007-2008	Prof. R.K.Ghosh	BCKV, Mohanpur, WB
	2.	Dr. C. Chinnusamy	Coimbatore
	Dr. R.K. Pannu	CCS HAU Hisar
	Dr. K. C. Gautam	New Delhi
	Dr. Samar Singh	CCS HAU Hisar
	Dr. A. N. Rao	Hyderabad, AP
2006-2007	Dr. (Mrs.) P.N. Ganga Visalakshi	Bangalore
	Dr. J. S. Mishra	NRCWS, Jabalpur, MP
	Dr. A. R. Rao	APAU, Hyderabad, AP
	Dr. Ashok Yadav	CCS HAU Hisar, Haryana
2005-2006	Dr. Samunder Singh	CCS HAU Hisar, Haryana
	Dr. H. V. Nanjappa	UAS Bangalore, AP
	Dr. Gita Kulshrestha	IARI, New Delhi
	Dr. A. K. Gogoi	ICAR, New Delhi
2004-2005	Dr. Rajender Singh Balyan	CCS HAU Hisar, Haryana
	Dr. Ujjagar Singh Walia	PAU Ludhiana, Punjab
	Dr. T. V. Rama Chandra Prasad	UAS Bangalore, Karnataka
	Dr. O. S. Kandasamy	TNAU, Coimbatore, TN
2003-2004	Dr. N. N. Angiras	HPKVV,Palampur, HP
	Dr. Krishna N. Reddy	Southern Weed Science Research Unit Stoneville, Mississippi, USA
	Dr. Ricardo Esteban Labrada Romero	FAO, Rome, Italy
	Dr. Virendra Partap Singh	GBPUA&T Pantnagar, Uttrakhand
	Dr. R. K. Singh	BHU Varanasi, UP
2002-2003	Dr. A. N. Tiwari	Kanpur, UP
	Dr. Rm Kathiresan	Annamalai, TN
	Dr. S. K. Pahwa	Hisar, Haryana
	Mr. G. Shukla	Monsanto, Mumbai
2001-2002	Dr. R. R. Bellinder	Cornell Univ., NYC, USA
	Dr. Peter Hobbs	Nepal
	Dr. Megh Singh	Univ. of Florida, USA
	Dr. Gurjeet Singh Gill	Australia
	Dr. Y. Singh	Pantnagar
	Dr. R.K. Malik	HAU Hisar
	Dr. T. V. Muniappa	UAS Bangalore
	Dr. N.T. Yaduraju	NRCWS Jabalpur
	Dr. S.A. Ram	Mumbai
1998	Dr. Jai Prakash	HAU Hisar
	Dr. L.S. Brar	PAU Ludhiana
	Dr. R.P. Singh	BHU Varanasi
	Dr. D. Leela	Bangalore
	Dr. N.M. Hosmani	Dharwad
	Mr. J.C. Majumdar	New Delhi (BASF)
1997	Dr. R.E. Dhanraj	Maharashtra
	Dr. C.M. Singh	Himachal
	Dr. Govindra Singh	Uttat Pradesh
	Dr. Raj Prassad	Canada
	Dr. S.M. Kondap	Karnataka

This award has been instituted to encourage/motivate young Indian scientists for high quality fundamental or applied research in the field of weed science. The award is open to all scientists in the field of weed science. One award will be given for each year.

This award is from the financial support from LateDr. T.V. Muniyappa and carries a cash award of Rs. 10,000/ and with memento.

Eligibility:-:

• M.Sc. degree from any recognized University/Institute in India/abroad.
• At least five years research experience in weed science as evident from the published work in reputed journals.
• Age not more than 35 years as on 1st January of the year in which the applications are invited and he/she would have born after 31 December, 1983
  

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Award holder

Year	Name
2017	Dr. C. Sarathambal, Kozhikode
2015	Dr. Ramphool Punia, SKUAST, Jammu
2012	Dr. Amit Jha Jabalpur
2011-2012	Dr. Puja Ray Jabalpur
2009-2010	Dr. M.T. Sanjay	Bangalore

This award has been instituted to motivate high quality fundamental and applied research amongst Ph.D. scholars in India in the field of Weed Science. This is an annual award open to all Indian students in the field of Weed Science working in India or abroad. Only those applicants will be considered for this Award whose final viva-voce examination is completed by 31st December of the year for which the award is applied. The award carries a citation and memento. One award will be given for each year.
This award is from the financial support from Dr. A.N. Rao on the name of his Father late Shree Adusumilli Rama Rao, It carries a cash award of Rs 5,000/ with memento.

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Award holder

Year	Name
2017	Dr. Maninder Kaur, Ludhiana
2016	Dr. Chaitanya Prasad Nath, New Delhi
2015	Dr. N. Viji, TNAU, Coimbatore
	Dr. Nimmi Jose, KAU, Thrissur
2013	Dr. (Mrs.) Masoumeh Yonnesabadi
2012	Dr. (Mrs.) K. Sivagamy
2011-2012	Dr. Mangal Deep Tuti (Joint) Almora
2010-2011	Dr. Mustafa Kunnathadi (Joint) Thrissur
2009-2010	Dr. Mrs. Ramanjeet	Ludhiana
2007-2008	Dr. Puja Ray	Jabalpur

• This award has been instituted for the books on weed science published in English or Hindi.
• One award each for English and Hindi books will be given during the biennium.
• The books can be authored / edited, and must contain at least 200 pages.
• Author should submit a soft copy of the synopsis of the book highlighting the importance of the book as a significant contribution for the benefit of the authors and how it is different from other books already published on the topic. He should also attach scanned copies of front page and back page showing the name of publisher /ISBN no. etc.
• One hard copy of the book should be submitted along with the prescribed proforma, which will not be returned back to applicant.
• A Judging Committee will evaluate the books based merit based on the originality, applicability, publisher, and advancement in the field of weed science.
• Recommendation of the judging Committee will be examined by the Executive Council, which will examine the quality of printing and other content in hard copy. The decision of EC will be final and binding.
• Application should be submitted through proper channel along with prescribed proforma. However, retired persons may submit directly.
• The award will carry a certificate and memento.

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ISWS Best Book Award (English)

Award holder

Year	Name
2016	Dr. Shobha Shondia, Jabalpur	“Herbicide Residue analysis”
2015	Dr. Bhagirath S. Chauhan & Dr. Gulshan Mahajan	“Recent Advances in Weed Science”
2012	Dr. V.S.G.R. Naidu	Jabalpur
2011-2012	Dr. O.P. Gupta	Jodhpur
2009-2010	Dr. Shobha Sondhia and Dr. Jay G. Varshney	Jabalpur
2007-2008	Dr. V.S.G.R. Naidu and Dr. Jay G. Varshney	Jabalpur

ISWS Best Book Award (Hindi)

Year	Name
2011-2012	Dr. V.S.G.R. Naidu and Dr.Chandrabhanu	Jabalpur
2009-2010	Dr. R.L. Arya and Dr. Jay G. Varshney	Kanpur
2007-2008	Dr. Sushilkumar and Dr. Jay G. Varshney	Jabalpur

Posters presented by scientists during the biennial conference organized by the Society are judged by a committee, and the first, second and third prizes for the best paper presented each day will be two such awards for posters presented by the PG students will also be given.