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 2025. 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 2025. 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 2025. 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 2025: Nominations are invited for the Best paper award competition to be held at National Conference of the IAMM at Delhi in 2025. 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, 2025 (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 2025. 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 2025. 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 2025 :
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 2025. 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 2025. 

6. Prizes for the best papers during the IAMM Conference 2025 (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 (S. No 4-6) will be presented at the valedictory function of the IAMM Conference MICROCON 2025 to be held at New Delhi in November 2025. 

The Top Ten papers received for MICROCON 2025 will also be included for the Awards in the above mentioned subjects if the number of direct entries are less.

Please note that to be eligible for any award, IAMM membership is compulsory.

Last Date: 31st July 2025.

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

The Executive Council of the IAMM has one vacancy in the year 2025. 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, 2025.

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

•Number of Vacancy to the Executive Council: 1 (one)

•Last date for submission of nominations: 31st March 2025.

   Dr. Sonal Saxena

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

Room no 19, Pathology Block

Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110002

The two Constitutional Amendment are approved by General Body in its Annual Meeting at the 48th Annual Congress of Medical Microbiologists on 23rd November 2024 at Pune. These are hereby uploaded on website for wider circulation. Any suggestions be mailed to secretary.iamm@gmail.com.

The constitution is hereby proposed to be amended at section of Executive Council (b) to include a post of President Elect in the EC. The president elect will have voting rights. 

“b) The Executive Council shall consist of the President, President Elect, Secretary Treasurer, Editor, Joint Secretary, and a minimum of six or maximum of nine members. When number of Council Members reaches eleven, the quorum shall be six. In special circumstances additional members may be co-opted to the Executive Council, but they shall not have the right to vote”.

Indian College of Medical Microbiologists is proposed in IAMM. A clause proposing the same would be inserted in the constitution as a separate heading. The constitution is hereby proposed to be amended as:

“Indian College of Medical Microbiologists, thereafter known as ICMM would be registered as an academic body with objectives of developing and imparting trainings, fellowships and continuing medical education in microbiology”. 

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