In order to provide recognition to outstanding teachers and to promote quality teaching in the field of Agriculture, four outstanding teacher awards are given annually. Each award consists of ₹1.00 lakh in cash + travel grant of ₹1.00 lakh to promote innovation in teaching. The applications through proper channel in respect of the eligible teachers are invited from SAUs, CAUs and DUs. The forwarding authority may give clear cut recommendation highlighting the most significant contributions made by the concerned teacher.
Sponsor of the Award : Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Objective of the Award :
- To provide recognition to outstanding teachers
- To provide incentive for excellence in teaching
- To promote quality teaching
Nature of Award : These awards are meant for individual teachers independently offering a full course or part of an integrated course. An individual award will consist of Rs 1,00,000 in cash + travel grant of Rs 1.0 lakh to promote innovation in teaching across the country including travel and a citation. A total of four such awards have been provided as given below in one each in every discipline :
i. Crop and Horticultural Sciences : 1
ii. Natural Resource Management &Agril. Engineering : 1
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iv. Social Sciences : 1
Frequency : Every year
Eligibility : Criteria All teachers who have been given Best teacher award at the University/DUs level as per ICAR guidelines are eligible provided they take on an annual average of at least 96 lectures in SAUs/CAU at undergraduate/post-graduate teaching while in ICAR DUs a minimum of 32 lectures (including practical) and have an independent teaching experience for a minimum of five academic years in the particular subject area. The awards are primarily meant for individual teachers independently teaching a course or part of a integrated course. The teaching work submitted for the award must have been done during the five years preceding the year of the award.
Administration of the Award : The award will be administered by the ICAR through the Award Cell.
There will be a Judging Committee consisting of 4-5 eminent agricultural educationists including the Chairman with the provision to co-opt additional expert(s) if felt necessary. All the members and the chairperson will be nominated by the DG, ICAR. The Judging Committee will evaluate the nominations, identity outstanding teachers in various subject areas and make recommendations to the Council. If no outstanding entries have been identified, no award will be given in the particular subject area. Post Award grant would be administered/monitored through the Agricultural Education Division.
Evaluation Criteria:
The focus will be on ability to teach, integrity, efforts made in using new education technology tools, support and guidance provided to students, and over all efforts made in institutional education improvement and the following efforts
- Design and development of instructional programme.
- Design and development of individual courses to meet specified learning objectives and to impart specific competencies
- Design, development and use of quality instructional materials required for effective teaching
- Length of teaching and lectures taken annually( For the last 5 years)
- Development and use of appropriate and efficient teaching techniques
- Rating by students who have completed the UG/PG Degree programmes.
- Mentoring of students.
Procedure : Applications for the award will be invited during September/October of the year of the award. Applications made in the prescribed form, obtainable from the Award Cell, will be accepted up to the end of November/December of the year of the award. The ICAR Judging Committee will evaluate the short-listed nominations, identify outstanding entries, and make recommendations to the Council along with the draft citations. If no outstanding entries have been identified, no award will be given in the concerned subject areas.
Presentation : The presentation of award will be made on the Foundation Day of the ICAR i.e. 16th July of the year.
How to Apply :
The prescribed eligibility criteria, the guidelines and the pro-forma for applying for these awards may be obtained from the Council before 30.11.2016 by sending a self addressed stamped envelope. It can also be downloaded from the ICAR’s website (www.icar.org.in). Seven copies of application with complete documents should be sent to Dr. Shiv Prasad Kimothi, Assistant Director General (Coordination), ICAR, Room No. 502, Krishi Bhawan, Dr.Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110 001 so as to reach him on or before 31.12.2016. The last date for candidates in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, States/Union Territory in the North Eastern Region, Ladakh Division of J&K State and Sikkim is 15.01.2017. The candidates are required to submit seven copies of applications/documents failing which the application will not be considered. Annexures, if any, may be attached with one copy only. The candidates should also clearly mention their contact details (mobile No./ e-mail) along with Bank Account No., Bank Address, IFSC Code and PAN No. A copy of cancelled cheque may be attached. The Council will retain the award winning applications/thesis for the record.
Each candidate will be judged on the basis of the originality and the applied value of the investigations as revealed in the documents submitted by him. In all matters relating to the award, the decision of the Council shall be final and no correspondence on this account will be entertained.
