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West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology

Honorary Fellowship

Deadline of submission September 30

Nomination for Fellowship of the Academy

Fellow:

Any citizen of India, who is a resident of the state of West Bengal, by birth or domicile, and who has worked for 10 years or more in an institution in the state of West Bengal, is eligible for Fellowship of the Academy. The deadline for submission is September 30.

Distinguished Fellow:

The Council may elect a nominee, who is a resident of the state of West Bengal, by birth or domicile, and who has worked for 10 years or more in an institution in the state of West Bengal, as a Distinguished Fellow in special recognition of his/her outstanding contribution in the field of science and technology and such election shall be announced at the Annual General Meeting. A Fellow of good standing of WAST may nominate one for his/her distinguished contribution in any area of science and technology. The deadline for submission (online) is 30th September (will be activated on September 1)

Honorary Fellow:

The objective of the programme is to involve distinguished scientists/ technologists, not residing and working in the state of West Bengal, with the activities of the WAST. They may be citizens of India residing and working in a state other than West Bengal or abroad or citizens of any other country residing and working in a state other than West Bengal or abroad. The total number of Honorary Fellows at any time shall not exceed 50. A Fellow of good standing of WAST may propose any person for distinguished contribution in any area of science and technology. The deadline for submission (online) is 30th September(will be activated on September 1)

Honorary Fellow Nomination Guideline

  1. A Fellow of WAST can nominate a suitable candidate.
  2. Any Fellow can act as a nominator as well as a seconder/supporter.
  3. Only soft copies of the nomination will be accepted. Those should be prepared as per the following guideline:
  4. Please download the nomination form and prepare the nomination package as per the following guideline.

    DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM

Each candidate must be nominated by at least two Fellows of the Academy in good standing, one of whom shall act as proposer and the other one as the supporter.

The nomination package should contain the following documents:

  • a) Nomination Form (word file provided) to be filled in in English and duly signed by nominator
  • b) Nominee’s Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a complete list of publications.
  • c) Nominee’s passport size colour photo in JPG format with size not less than 20KB.

Documents (a)-(b) are to be converted to a single PDF bearing the file name "Hon Fellow Nomination for nominee’s name".

The nominator will have to submit the nomination files by email to the Secretary of the Academy latest by September 30.

The nominator will have to submit the nomination files by email to the Secretary of the Academy (wastsecretariat@gmail.com) latest by September 30, .