Evaluation and selection procedure:

Our expert panel of Judges across India, will critically evaluate all submitted Thesis and then submit their evaluation report to us. Short listing of the best Thesis will be on the basis of marks given by the judges. Accordingly, an announcement will be made for the Winners in each subject. The Award Ceremony is scheduled to be held in the year 2016, to felicitate Winners & their Research guides of 2014-15 & year 2015-16.

Prize:

Each Winner will be awarded a Trophy of the PharmInnova Award, a certificate & cash prize. The Winner’s Research Guide will be felicitated with a certificate & cash prize as below -

One Winner in each subject (total 5 winners): Rs.51,000/-

5 Research Guides of Winners: Rs.25,000/-

Notes: Cash prize will be given by way of banker’s cheque.

Criteria for participating in
M. Pharm Thesis Competition : Year 2015-16

Eligibility criteria for participation:

Following Colleges / Institutes / Universities can participate in the competition –

1. All U. G. C approved Universities (established under the Act) having Master's program in Pharmacy.
2. All AICTE approved colleges running Master's program in Pharmacy.
3. All NIPER institutes running Master's program in Pharmacy.

Procedures for participation:

Step 1:
Colleges (affiliated to UGC approved university) / University approved by UGC are required to submit their participation form duly filled, stamped and signed. The participation form is attached herewith and can also be downloaded from our website.

Last date:
The participation form should reach us on or before 31st August 2015. You can also email the participation form ( pdf ) along with approval status of your College/ Institute/University. Please note that the participation form will not be accepted if it is not accompanied with a copy of the approval status document as mentioned in the eligibility criteria.

Please note that the participation form will not be accepted if it is not accompanied with a copy of the approval document as mentioned in the eligibility criteria. (Colleges running full-time Ph. D. program - Please attach copy of affiliation letter & UGC approval of the University).

Note:
On receipt of your participation form, we shall send you the following:
a) Competition poster for the purpose of display on your notice board.
b) Blank Thesis Abstract Format to be filled by students. E-format will be available online on our website.
c) Abstract Submission form to be filled by students, who are then required to submit the same along with Thesis Abstract Format to their respective College / Institute / University.

Step 2:
The participating College / Institute / University in this competition are required to invite Abstracts of Thesis in the prescribed format from their M. Pharm students and carry out the first round of evaluation at their end and then select the most eligible Abstract for nomination in the PharmInnova Award. Each College / Institute / University can nominate a maximum of one entry in each subject.

Last Date:
The selected Abstract should reach us on or before 10th October 2015. We reiterate that each College/ Institute / University may send a maximum of 5 entries i.e. 1 entry in each subject.

Step 3:
Our panel of jury will select the best 5 abstracts in each subject (Total 25). Subsequently, we shall ask for the full Thesis of these Abstracts for the final round of evaluation towards selection of Winners.