Fellowship

CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR FELLOWSHIP OF THE WAST – 2025

ELIGIBILITY FOR FELLOWSHIP:

Any person, who is an Indian Citizen or a foreign citizen holding OCI/PIO cards, and who has worked for 10 years or more in aggregate in one or more institutions in the state of West Bengal, is eligible for Fellowship of the Academy.

Fellow Nomination Guideline 2025:

1. Fellows of good standing of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology and/or the Fellow of any one or more or the following National Academies* are eligible to nominate (propose and second).
□ West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST)
□ Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
□ Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)
□ National Academy of Sciences (NASI)
□ Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
□ National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) (NAMS)
□ National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
2. If the Proposer and/or Seconder is NOT a Fellow of the WAST, but a Fellow of one or more National Academies from the above list, then she/he needs to submit a self-declaration on her/his work experience in West Bengal as suggested in Clause 2.3 of the Rules and Regulation of the WAST (i.e. worked for 10 years or more in aggregate in one or more institutions in the state of West Bengal).
3. The Proposer and/or Seconder may belong to any Section, but they should certify from personal knowledge the scientific credentials of the nominee and verify the information given in the nomination form.
4. Only soft copies of the nomination will be accepted, which should be prepared as per the following guideline:
• The nomination package should contain the following documents:
• a) Nomination Form (word file can be downloaded using the download button below) is to be filled in in English and duly signed by the proposer and the seconder.

Download Nomination Form for Nominee from Academia and R&D Download Nomination Form for Nominee from for Industry

• b) b) Reprints of ten most significant refereed publications as listed in the nomination form under item 7(e) for nominees from Academia and R&D and under item 9(e) for nominees from Industry (these need not be the top cited publications).
• c)c) Documentary proof of the entries under item 9 for nominees from Academia and R&D and under item 8 for nominees from Industry.
• d)d) Nominee’s Curriculum Vitae bearing all the information as instructed on the nomination form and a complete list of publications.
• e)e) Nominee’s passport size (45mmx35mm) colour photo in JPG format of size not more than 50 kB.

Documents (a)-(d) are to be merged to a single PDF bearing a file name "Fellow2025_SecNo_initials of nominee’s name in capitals with the year of birth". For example, if Samir Kumar Ghosh is nominated for the fellowship under section IV and his year of birth is 1961, then the file should be named as "Fellow2025_SecIV_SKG1961.pdf”. The JPG file of item (e) above should be identically named as "Fellow2025_SecIV_SKG1961.jpg”.

The nominator will have to submit the above-mentioned merged PDF file and the JPG file as attachment in the same email to wastfellownom@gmail.com