Haryana Vigyan/Yuva Vigyan Ratna Awards 2022-23

Eligibility
To be eligible, an applicant must –

• Be 40 years of age as of 31st December 2022 (For Haryana Vigyan Ratna award) and 40 years of age as of 31st December 2021 (For Haryana Yuva Vigyan Ratna award)
• Have worked and/or educated in Haryana State for ten years or more OR
• Be in possession of a valid Haryana resident certificate
• Have made outstanding contributions in the field of S&T, which are cut above and have been well acknowledged in their respective fields of work

Benefits
The selected candidates will receive the following awards –

• Haryana Vigyan Ratna Award – A cash prize of INR 5 lakhs, a citation, and a trophy
• Haryana Yuva Vigyan Ratna Award – A cash prize of INR 1 lakh, a citation, and a trophy

Documents

• Highest technical/professional/academic qualification
• One set of hard copy and soft copy of published translated works/teaching & popularization aids developed/activity kits, charts, manuals, etc.
• Major achievements beyond official capacity
• Impact of work/reach

How can you apply?

The eligible candidate can apply by following the below-mentioned steps –
Step 1: Click on the “Apply Now” 
Step 2: Navigate to ‘ Haryana Vigyan Ratna And Yuva Vigyan Ratna-2022’ and download the nomination form.
Step 3: Send the nomination form in the prescribed format with relevant documents to the address given below –

Secretary, EC, Haryana State Council for Science,
Innovation & Technology, Bays Nos. 35-38,
Sector-2, Panchkula

Important Dates
Application Deadline – 31st July 2022

Selection Criteria
The candidates will be selected based on the fulfilment of the eligibility criteria.

Terms and Conditions

• Nominations must be made in the specified format.
• Direct application or self-nomination will not be entertained under any circumstances.
• Awardees will be intimated by post or email or through selected newspaper announcements.
• Canvassing in any form will be an automatic disqualification.
• No correspondence will be entertained regarding the selection of awardees or the selection procedure.
• HSCST will have the sole right to select the awardees & formulate rules governing such selection.
• Nominations, incomplete in any respect, unaccompanied by the requisite information or without the desired number of copies or received after the last date will be summarily rejected.
• A selection committee consisting of eminent persons will recommend names for awards. The decision made by the committee will be final and binding.
• The committee may, if it deems fit, decide to withdraw the awards at any time without assigning any reasons thereof.
• In case of the non-availability of scientists of appropriate merit, the awards can also be left blank.
• In case of repeat nominations, those nominations which were clearly found unsuitable at the time of previous evaluations will not be considered. Fresh evaluation will be considered only if there is a substantial increase in their research work/scientific contribution.
• Awardees will be intimated by post or email or through selected newspaper announcements.
• All materials/scripts/documents etc. submitted for consideration of the nomination are non-returnable.
• The abstract sheet should be submitted in original and overall 10 sets (one original and remaining photocopies) of the nomination form and the abstract sheet should be attached.
• The scanned copy (soft copy in CD) of the original nomination form and abstract sheet along with the list of publications, patents, awards etc. should also be provided.
• Please type or compose the nomination (all pages) on A4 size paper using black colour ink (for ease in scanning and photocopying).
• Please complete the “Abstract sheet” very carefully. Proof in support of every claim both in the nomination proforma and the abstract sheet must be attached.