Selection of Award Winners

Selection of Award Winners

1

Awards Committee

1.1

The Award Committee consists of:

• A Chairman appointed by Section Governing Board (SGB) of NIGIS

• A panel of judges appointed by the Chairman for evaluation of applications received for various categories of awards

1.2

Duties and Responsibilities

Decisions taken by the Chairman, Awards Committee and NIGIS shall be final and binding to all stake holders Except that applications are not to be individually evaluated by him / her. The Chairman is responsible for all activities including :

• Review of completeness of all applications after opening them

• Assign a confidential code number to each application / applicant and prominently write the same on all documents to be forwarded to judges for evaluation of applicants / applications with name of the applicant suitably masked.

• Forward to all judges in  a sealed envelope marked “confidential”

(a) All applications after ensuring that name of all applicants are suitably masked in all documents being forwarded to judges for evaluation of applications.

(b) Evaluation sheets for each category of award containing (i) all attributes and their weightage points (marks), (ii) confidential code numbers of all applicants and (iii) guidelines for evaluation of applicants / applications.

• Review of evaluation sheets of judges to confirm that all applications have been evaluated in accordance with specified guidelines/ criteria.

• Informing the award winners about the decision of the Awards Committee after computation of total marks of applicants during a joint meeting with the judges.

• Presentation of awards during the Award Ceremony in consultation with NIGIS.

Each judge shall be responsible for:

• Evaluation of all applications according to specified guidelines / criteria

• Forwarding of all duly- marked evaluation sheets in a sealed cover to Chairman according to a mutually agreed schedule.

• Attending a meeting of judges with the Chairman at NIGIS office to compute total marks of applicants, based on total marks given by each judge on evaluation sheets without names of applicants.

2

Criterion for Evaluation of Applicants / Applications

 

All applicants shall be evaluated according to standard guidelines and criteria by an independent panel of judges, co-ordinated by the Chairman, Awards Committee. The applicant’s identity shall not be disclosed to judges. Thus all award winners will be selected on the basis of merit of details provided by them in their applications.

The award committee will consider following attributes (points of merit) for evaluation of applicants for selection of award winners. Each attribute will have a certain weightage point (mark) depending on the category of the award.

2.1

Attributes of Applicants  for all  Individual Awards except  Student  Awards

 

i)

Knowledge & Technical Competence  

(a) Education

(b) Experience - General

(c) Experience - Relating to Award Applied for  

ii)

Contribution to the Field of Corrosion Science & Technology

• Corrosion Related Technical Publications

• Development / improvement of technology

Implementation  / indigenization of technology

Development of innovative  / unique solutions to industrial problems

Introducing / pioneering technologies that are new to India

• Human Resource Development / Training Programs

iii)

Corrosion Awareness Promotion Activities & Awards

• Membership of Corrosion Related Institutes / Organisations

• Participation in Corrosion Related Conferences / Seminars

• Awards Received for Contributions to the Field of Corrosion

2.2

Attributes of Applicants  for Laboratory Awards

 

I)

Objectives of the Laboratory

ii)

Technical Competence

•  Certification / Approval of Tests Conducted by the Laboratory

• Manpower, Equipment & Facilities

iii)

 Experience (Last Five Years)

• Number of Tests Conducted During Last Five Years

• Number of Research / Development Projects carried out

iv)

Publications and Special Technical Contributions

v)

 Corrosion Awareness Promotion Activities & Awards

• Membership of Corrosion Related Institutes / Organizations

• Participation in Corrosion Related Conferences / Seminars

• Awards Received for Contributions to the Field of Corrosion

2.3

Attributes of Applicants for Student Awards ( Thesis)

 

I)

Knowledge & Technical Competence  

• Education

• Experience

(a) General

(b) Relating to Award Applied for

ii)

Thesis Work

• General: Topic of Thesis, External Examiner’s / Thesis Guide’s Comments, Source of Funds etc.,  

• Technical: Type of Thesis Work, Technical Papers Published and Awarded, Patents registered and Practical Application of  Work etc

iii)

Corrosion Awareness Promotion Activities & Awards

• Membership of Corrosion Related Institutes / Organizations

• Participation in Corrosion Related Conferences / Seminars

• Awards received for contributions to the field of Corrosion