Prof. (Dr.) Shiv Gautam Oration Award in Geriatric Mental Health:

It is one of the most the most prestigious awards of IAGMH. Only members of IAGMH are eligible for contesting for this award. The award consists of a medal, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 10000.

Nominations for the award are to be invited in the first announcement of GERON for the said year. They interested member may directly apply, or may be nominated by another member of IAGMH. Members desirous of contesting for the award should submit a soft copy of the Nomination (Name of nominee, Name of award, biodata of nominee along with a detailed list of publications in geriatric mental health) to the Chairman, Awards Committee.

IAGMH Annual Awards:

The IAGMH-Annual award will be a competition for the best original research in geriatric mental health. There will be three awards (Ist, IInd and IIIrd). Only members of IAGMH are eligible for contesting for these awards. The principal author and at least 2/3 of all the authors should be members of IAGMH. Each award comprises of a certificate and award money; Rs. 25,000, Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively for the Ist, IInd and IIIrd awards.

Members desirous of contesting for the awards should submit a soft copy of the full paper to the Chairman, Awards Committee, as per the last date specified for that year. In addition to the covering letter, all the authors of the award paper have to submit an undertaking duly signed by all the authors that they are aware about the submission of the paper and that they are aware of the content of the paper (format as per the contributor’s form available in the JGMH website) and agree to the clause that if their paper wins the award, then the paper will be published in Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, the official journal of the Association.

The Chairman of the Awards Committee will intimate to the principal author in writing about the receipt of the paper for the IAGMH award. The Chairman, Awards Committee, will examine the papers to confirm that they fulfill the eligibility criteria for contesting for the awards. Only the papers found to meet the eligibility criteria will be processed. A maximum of 5 papers will be selected for oral presentation, among the highest scorers of the theory evaluation. These papers will go on to compete for the oral presentation at the annual conference of the said year.

Smt. Shweta Tiwari Memorial Young Researcher Award in Geriatric Mental Health:

This is an award for young researchers, comprising of a medal, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 10000.

The applicants should have at least one previous publication in Geriatric Mental Health and should be less than 45 years of age on the last date of submission of the award paper. Only members of IAGMH are eligible for contesting for this award. The current work submitted for the award should be unpublished, original research.

Members desirous of contesting for the awards should submit a soft copy of the unpublished paper to the Chairman, Awards Committee. In addition to the covering letter, all the authors of the award paper have to submit an undertaking duly signed by all the authors that they are aware about the submission of the paper and that they are aware of the content of the paper (format as per the contributor’s form available in the JGMH website), as well as the proof of birth of the principal author. The authors also must agree to the clause that if their paper wins the award, then the paper will be published in Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, the official journal of the Association.

A total of 3 papers will be selected for oral presentation, among the highest scorers of the theory evaluation. These papers will go on to compete for the oral presentation at the annual conference of the said year, which will be intimated to the qualifying authors by the Chairperson, Awards Committee.

Dr. Charles Pinto Poster Presentation Award

This award has been instituted in memory of Dr. Charles Pinto for the best Poster Paper Presentation based on the original work done in India in the field of geriatric psychiatry by a member (Principal author) within 5 years of completing his/her Post Graduate study (DPM, MD,DNB, DM) on any aspect of psychiatry. The principal author must be below 35 years of age.( till the last date of submission of abstract)

1. For a Poster paper to be considered for the award, it shall be necessary for the principal author to submit the abstract [maximum 300 words] of the paper to the Chairperson, Awards Committee.
2. The abstract should contain the aims/objectives, methodology, results and conclusion.
3. The principal author and 50% of the authors must be members of IAGMH. The principal author must submit a letter from the concerned Head of the department, mentioning the period of PG course under him/her, place and period of study and proof of age.

An award money of Rs.5,000/- and a certificate will be given to the authors of the winning poster. All the authors will be considered to have won the paper.