This award will be given toany person with a post-graduate qualification (medical degree or doctorate or masters degree) who has done outstanding work in any field related to neuro-oncology pertaining to either service, education, or research with potentially significant impact


Eligibility criteria

The applicant:
  1. should have either post-graduate medical degree (MCh/DM/MD) or doctorate in life sciences/health sciences (PhD), or masters degree (MS/MSc).
  2. should be a person of Indian origin.
  3. should be less than 45 years of age as on 1st January 2017.
  4. should have done the majority (if not entirely) of the submitted work pertaining to the field of neuro-oncology in an Institute / Medical College / University within India.
  5. should be lead researcher or played significant role in the collaborative group for submitted work.
  6. should be an ISNO member at the time of submitting the work for the award.


Other conditions:
  • Application should highlight the details of the work done and its relevance at national and international level.Any pertinent abstracts presented in a major national/international conference and/or full length papers (published or accepted) within the last 2 years (calendar year2015-2016) may be attached with the application.
  • Applicant can submit application himself without the need for nomination by an ISNO member.
  • Applicant should provide contact details (name, institution, affiliation, phone number and e-mail address) of three referees (national and/or international) with their application, without which the application will be considered as incomplete.
  • Applicants with published full length papers in high-impact journals will be preferred.
  • The award carries a cash prize and a citation.
  • The awardee will be given an opportunity to make a brief oral presentation describing his/her work during the Annual Meeting of the ISNO at Bangalorein the Awards Session.


Submission procedure:

Please send the application in paper format detailing the scientific contributionsincluding the reprint of any relevant abstracts/papers (if any) to be considered for the award. A curriculum-vitae (CV) of the applicant and contact details of three referees must accompany the submission. A soft copy (in the form of a CD/DVD or as e-mail attachments) of the submission also needs to be included along with application. Incomplete submissions will be liable to be not considered for the award.


Last date for submission: 14th February, 2017

The application should be addressed to

Dr. Dattatreya Muzumdar / Dr. Tejpal Gupta
General Secretary / Joint Secretary, ISNO
Room No. 1129/1132, Homi Bhabha Block
Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai: 400 012
Tele:+91-22-24177029 and +91-22-24177153
E-mail: isnosecretary@gmail.com and drtejpalgupta@gmail.com