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.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The person must have retired from the active service before 1st January of the year of the award.
4. The contributions of the applicant/nominee should have national/international impact.
5. 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.
6. Based on the recommendations with justification of nominee, Executive Committee will decide the name of awardee.

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:

1. The award is open to all ISWS Fellows and ISWS Recognition Award holders only.
2. 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.
3. The contributions of the awardees should have national/international impact.

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:

1. The award is open to all Indian Scientists, who have worked /working, in India/ Abroad, in the field of Weed Science.
2. 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.
3. The contributions of the awardees should have National /International impact.
4. 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.

This award has been instituted to encourage/motivate young Indian weed 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.
A cash prize of Rs 10000 with a memento each is given from the amount received from the interest earned from the donation given by Late Dr. T.V. Muniyappa and Dr. AN Rao

1. M.Sc. degree from any recognized University/Institute in India/abroad.
2. At least five years research experience in weed science as evident from the published work in reputed journals.
3. 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, 1985.

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. Two awards will be given in the biennium (one award for all and one award for women-only). A cash prize of Rs 10000 with a memento each is given from the amount received from the interest earned from the donation given by Dr. AN Rao

This award is selected by the Judging Committee for the best article published in IJWS for the years 2020 and 2021 A cash prize of Rs 10000 with a memento each is given from the amount received from the interest earned from the donation given by Prof. BS Chauhan.

1. This award has been instituted for the books on weed science published in English or Hindi.
2. One award each for English and Hindi books will be given during the biennium.
3. The books can be authored / edited, and must contain at least 200 pages.
4. 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.
5. One hard copy of the book should be submitted along with the prescribed proforma, which will not be returned back to applicant.
6. A Judging Committee will evaluate the books based merit based on the originality, applicability, publisher, and advancement in the field of weed science.
7. 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.
8. Application should be submitted through proper channel along with prescribed proforma. However, retired persons may submit directly.
9. The award will carry a certificate and memento.
   

1. Ph.D. students who have completed one year of study are eligible for this grant.
2. The students must be working on thesis problem related to weed science.
3. Five students will be selected based on the academic record and topic for this award.
4. Selected students will be provided 3rd AC Train fare at the Conference besides waving of registration fee.
5. Students who have already completed their Ph.D. degree will not be eligible for this grant.
6. Applications in the provided format should be submitted through the Email ID of the Chairman / advisor of the student with recommendations.

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.