1. Dr SC Agarwal Oration 2025: This award is supported from the interest incurred from a fund donated by Dr SC Agarwal. It is to be given to a senior member of the association above 50 years for his /her outstanding contribution to the field of Medical Microbiology. Nominations for the award, duly proposed and seconded with consent of the nominee along as a soft copy of his/her biodata should reach the IAMM Secretary’s office on or before 31st July 2024. The award carries a citation and a gold medal. The awardee is to deliver an oration at the National IAMM Conference to be held in 2025. Nominations must come as a soft/hard copy to be sent to Secretary IAMM by the last date.

2. Dr. H. I. Jhala Memorial award 2025: This award is given to a senior member of the association above the age of 50 years, who has made significant contribution to the development of Medical microbiology in India. This award is supported from the interest from the fixed deposit donated by the organizers of the IAMM congress held at Sholapur in 1983. Nominations for the award, duly proposed and seconded with the consent of the nominee along with consent of the nominee as a soft copy of his/her biodata should reach the IAMM Secretary’s office on or before 31st July 2024. The award carries a citation and a gold medal. The award will be conferred at the National IAMM Conference to be held in 2025. Nominations must come as a soft copy to be sent to Secretary IAMM by the last date.

3. IAMM Endowment lecture award 2025: This award is supported by the annual interest obtained from the fixed deposit, donated by the organizers of the IAMM congress held at Hyderabad in 1985. This award is given to an eminent Medical Microbiologist, over the age of 50 years from India and abroad for their outstanding work in the field of Medical Microbiology, Bacteriology, Virology, Mycology, Parasitology/Immunology/ Epidemiology and Microbiological techniques. Nominations for the award, duly proposed and seconded with the consent of the nominee along with consent of the nominee as a soft copy of his/her biodata, including a write up on the contribution of the nominee to Medical Microbiology should reach the IAMM Secretary’s office on or before 31st July 2024. The award carries a citation and a gold medal. The awardee is to deliver an oration at the National IAMM Conference to be held in 2025. Nominations must come as a soft copy to be sent to Secretary IAMM by the last date.

4. Dr KB Sharma Memorial Junior Best paper award 2024: Nominations are invited for the Best paper award competition to be held at National Conference of the IAMM at Pune in November 2024. This award is supported by the annual interest obtained from the fixed deposit, donated by the Dr. Urmil Sharma W/o Dr. K.B. Sharma. The contestant should be a member of IAMM, less than 35 years of age as on Aug 31, 2024 (certificate showing the proof of age should be attached) and be the principle author of the paper. The same paper should not have received any other award or be published in any other award or be published in any journal and should be so certified, as a signed declaration by the contestant. The above mentioned declarations as a soft copy of the full paper complete with tables, figures, etc. (prepared according to the format of the IJMM) should reach the IAMM Secretary's office on or before 31st July 2024. The award carries a citation and a gold medal. The selected candidate will receive the citation and a gold medal at the valedictory function of the IAMM Conference in November 2024. Nominations must come as a soft/hard copy to be sent to Secretary IAMM by the last date.

5. Prof AN Chakrabarthy memorial Prize for the best published paper in Mycobacteriology 2024 :
Any member, who has published a paper in the field of Mycobacteriology during the preceding year i.e. 2023-24, in any National/ International journal will be eligible to submit paper for the award. The paper should not have received any other award and a declaration to that effect should be submitted while applying for the award. The above mentioned declarations and soft copies of the full paper should reach the IAMM Secretary's office on or before 31st July 2024. The award carries a citation and a gold medal. The awardee will receive the award at the valedictory function of the IAMM Conference in November 2024.

6. Prizes for the best papers during the IAMM Conference 2024 (total seven categories listed below):
The following six prizes are given during the National Conference of the IAMM in Various categories:

1. NAWOPIA Dr. Pankajlaxmi V Venugopal Prize for the Best paper in Mycology.

2. Dr. SR Sengupta- Dr. AM Saoji memorial prize for the best paper in Immunology.

3. Dr. SS Kelkar Memorial prize for the best poster (any subject in Medical Microbiology).

4. IAMM silver Jubilee Prize for Best Paper in Parasitology.

5. Mumbai-Belgaum Prize for the best poster in Medical Mycobacteriology.
6. Belgaum-Mumbai Prize for the best paper in Bacteriology

7. I. D. Aggarwal-Broor Prize for the Best paper in Virology

Nominations are invited for the above said prizes. Any IAMM member is eligible to contest for these awards. Abstracts for the award papers from interested members must be submitted along with membership number to the IAMM Secretary’s office in a soft copy and also to the Organising Secretary. These will be subjected to peer review and only selected abstracts will be allowed to be presented as a paper at the respective oral/ poster sessions. The best paper amongst those will be adjudged the best paper by the panel of judges. The authors of an abstract must express their interest in a particular category while submitting the abstract. All the awards will be presented at the valedictory function of the IAMM Conference MICROCON 2024 to be held at Pune in November 2024. The Top Ten papers received for MICROCON 2024 will also be included for the Awards in the above mentioned subjects.
 

7. IAMM Me´rieux Award 2024: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health issue worldwide. In order to provide an incentive for promising young investigators working in the field of AMR, Institut Me´rieux has decided to institute a special Me´rieux Award in partnership with IAMM in announcing, selecting and giving the Award at IAMM annual conference. The value of the award is approximately Euro 10,000, paid in equivalent Indian Rupees. 

Selection criteria for the Me´rieux Award: Investigators identified through IAMM and serving in a hospital or in a relevant research institution on a full time basis as infectious diseases clinician, clinical or molecular microbiologist or epidemiologist, with less than 10 years of either clinical practice experience or < 10 year of working experience in microbiology after their M.D / Ph.D. and who are involved and have made significant contribution in AMR research and/or patient management with a national impact. The applications received for the said award will be assessed by the jury and 2 or 3 suitable applications will be forwarded to the scientific board of the Institut Merieux with their recommendations for the selection of the laureate. Institut Merieux will notify the association the name of the laureate, then the association will organize an award ceremony during its annual congress. In order to receive the award money, the institution (university, hospital, college etc.) hosting the laureate should engage an agreement with Institut Merieux. The intent letter from the head of the institution to receive the grant and its utilization must be submitted by the applicant. The award money will be transferred only to the host institution of the laureate, and the institution will hold responsibility for proper utilization of the fund for research by the laureate. All interested applications should reach the IAMM Secretary's Office in hard and soft copies both on or before 31st July 2024.

Notification for Elections of Executive Council (EC) Members of the IAMM

The Executive Council of the IAMM has two vacancies in the year 2024. As per the constitution of the IAMM, notice is hereby issued by the Secretary IAMM, inviting the nominations to these positions in EC of the IAMM. The following rules apply as per the Constitution of IAMM.

•Members who have already served the Executive Council of the IAMM in the past are not eligible for re-election until after the lapse of two years.

•Nominations for the memberships of Executive Council may be made by any two founder/Life members and shall be sent to Secretary's office. Such nominations must be accompanied by written undertaking from the nominee that he/she is willing to serve Executive Council. Candidates for the Executive Council membership must have been the IAMM member for at least 5 years continuously.

•All nominees should send a written intimation, duly proposed and seconded by two founder/Life members as aforementioned along with a copy of their brief CV and a photograph (scanned on email as a copy. The same must be sent to as a hard copy to the Office of the Secretary. This must reach Secretary's office by March 31, 2024.

•Nominations sent only by email or fax communication are not valid and will not be accepted.

•Number of Vacancies to the Executive Council: 2 (Two)

•Last date for submission of nominations: 31st March 2024.

   Dr. Sonal Saxena

Secretary, IAMM &
Director Professor & Head , Dept. of Microbiology,

Room no 19, Pathology Block

Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110002

Microcon-2024

Event Timing: 20th to 24th November, 2024
Event Address: Department of Microbiology, BJ Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, Maharashtra
Contact us at: microcon2024@gmail.com  

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