COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KOCHI - 682 022, KERALA Prof. M.V. PYLEE AWARD FOR THE DISTINGUISHED ACADEMICIAN OF INDIA - 2015 Annual event with A Cash Award of Rs. One Lakh, Citation and Memento INFORMATION BROCHURE & NOMINATION PROFORMA Organised by Centre for Science in Society (C-SiS) Cochin University of Science and Technology MAY 2015 CONTENTS Page 1. Preface 05 2. About the Award Salient features of the Award 07 Criteria for the Award 07 Organising Committee 08 Award Committee 08 Nominations 08 Award Announcement 09 Award Ceremony 09 Time Schedule 09 3. Criteria to be followed for Nominations 10 4. Proforma for Nomination 11 5. About the University 15 6. Earlier Awardees in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 19 7. Prof. M.V. Pylee: A biographical note 21 PREFACE Prof (Dr.) M.V. Pylee Award for the Distinguished Academician is the most covetable one for a University teacher in our country, at present. The award has been instituted through an endowment created in Cochin University of Science and Technology by Emeritus Prof M.V. Pylee, former Vice-Chancellor of this University from a corpus of Rs. 10.00 lakhs donated by him. The first award went to Prof M. N. Srinivas, the famous sociologist from Karnataka . The second award for 1998 was given to Prof J.V. Narlikar, the famous astrophysicist. The recipient for the 3rd award in 2000 was Dr. M.S. Valiathan, the renowned surgeon and the veteran in Cardiac surgery. In 2003, the former member of the Planning Commission Dr. K. Venkatasubramanian was given the fourth Award. The Award for 2006 was given to Dr .V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University . The sixth MVP Award for 2009 was given to Dr. K. L. Sebastian, Amrut Mody Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The seventh MVP Award for 2012 was given to Dr. Lalji Singh, Vice Chancellor Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. The MVP Award was originally announced as an annual one with prize amount of X2.00,00% . However, certain constraints made the university to alter it as a biennial event with x2.00,00% . Recently the university syndicate reconsidered various aspects and decided to change Prof Pylee Award again to an annual event from the year 2015, with the prize of 1.00,000/- It is well-known that the prestige of an award depends mainly on the reputation of its recipients. I sincerely believe and earnestly hope that the distinguished personalities who will be sending their nominations may kindly apply their minds to nominate the most gifted and talented teacher, who is/was an asset to the institution and to the profession. I take this opportunity to thank Prof Pylee for his noble gesture instituting this award, which will go down in the history of teaching profession in our country. I am also grateful to all those who are involved in this great endeavour to promote skill, talents, commitment and devotion to duty among university teachers. Cochin University of Prof (Dr.) J. Letha Science and Technology (CUSAT) Vice Chancellor May 2015 About the Award 7 DISTINGUISHED ACADEMICIAN AWARD OF INDIA INSTITUTED BY PROF. M.V. PYLEE IN COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Annual Award Instituted in the Name of Emeritus Professor (Dr.) M.V. Pylee, Former Vice-Chancellor of the University I. Salient features of the Award 0 The university has instituted the endowment through a Syndicate resolution. The Award is instituted to encourage quality teaching and research by University teachers all over the country. A citation and a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000/- to the most distinguished teacher selected by a team of veterans, from nominations by Vice-Chancellors, Professors, recipients of national awards, research workers, Alumni and students of all Universities in the country. .0 The Award will be presented by a dignitary at a colourful function organised at Cochin. II. Criteria for the Award The Award is proposed to be given to a Professor of an Indian University, a National Institute or an Organisation, who has contributed much to the field of higher education. The awardee is expected to be an excellent teacher, a good researcher, a good research guide, a great institution-builder, a great team leader/organiser, a national leader in higher education, an educationist, an educational planner, a visionary of future programmes in higher education, etc. AGE LIMIT Now, there is no age limit for potential candidates for Prof. M.V. Pylee Award. The 60 years limit adopted in 2006 has now been lifted. Posthumous award, however, will not be considered. About the Award 8 III. Organising Committee The organisational aspects of the M.V. Pylee Award is entrusted with the Advisory Committee of C-SiS, with the Vice Chancellor, CUSAT as the Chairman. The Director of C-SiS acts as the Sec- retary of the Organising Committee. All correspondence regard- ing the Award be addressed to the Director, C-SiS in his perosnal address given in page 13 of this Brochure. Nation-wide publicity will be given through press-notes, leaflets, booklets and TV & Radio announcements. These will be repeated so that enough publicity is given. IV. Award Committee A 10 member committee consisting of VVIP's will form the Award Committee. This will consist of: Prominent Educationists Senior Professors of Universities Prominent Judges and Legal Experts Prominent Business Administrators and v) Prominent Social Workers V. Nominations Finding a single teacher worth giving such a prestigious award is a very difficult and tedious process. The first step will be getting nominations/names from old students (Alumni), current students, Vice-Chancellors, senior Professors, Researchers, Educationists and eminent personalities. This will be fed to a computer for data analysis and study. Self-Nominations are not acceptable. There will be cross-checks for short-listing. A last date will be fixed for closing the receipt of nominations for the award of a particular year. The first short-list will be prepared by the Organising Committee with index marks on various attainments and achievements of the candidates. A further shortening of the list will be effected by About the Award 9 the committee, to narrow it down to a maximum of 10. These 10 names with their bio-data will be passed on to the members of the Award Committee to prepare a rank list as per their choice independently. The final selection is based on the consensus of these rank lists. Before finalising, the steps taken will be subjected to further checking and strict scrutiny. Award Announcement The Organising Committee will hold a meeting of the Press and other media at which the name of the Awardee will be announced. Award Ceremony The Award event will be celebrated in a grand way. This may consist of one or more of the following events:- The formal Award Ceremony. The "Award Lecture" by recipient of the Award. Seminar on Educational Reforms. Model Lecture/Class, by a prominent Educationist. VIII. Time Schedule Announcement of the Award Winner for 2015 will be made by July/August 2015. The Prof. (Dr.) M.V. Pylee Award (MVP Award) for the distinguished academician for 2015 will be given by the end of 2015 in a ceremony to be held at Cochin. The date will be separately announced. Last date for the Receipt of Nominations for Prof. M.V. Pylee Award 2015 is 15 th July 2015 Nomination Criteria 10 For the attention of Nominators: Criteria to be followed for Nominating a Candidate for the MVP Award for the Distinguished Academician - 2015 The MVP Award of CUSAT is to be given to a University professor in India, who has performed well in all fields he/she has entered. The candidate should have a combination of the following "factors":- a good teacher. a good researcher. a good research guide. a great institution builder, who recognises the need for building up new institutions (Departments, Schools, Institutes, Centres etc.) for Teaching & Research and accomplishes these by his efforts. a great team leader/organiser. a national leader in higher education, as recognised by UGC, AICTE, or other All India Organisations/Academies/Associations etc., by including his/her name in the expert and Special Committees. an educationist. a planner, planning for developing higher education in the country. a visionary, in the sense that he visualises or dreams things that should happen for the benefit of society. a successful personality who has made his mark in any area where he worked in various capacities. A model of his category of people. Nomination Proforma 11 COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Proforma for Nomination for Prof. M.V. Pylee Award of the Distinguished Academician - 2015 Note: Nominators may please go through the information brochure about the award, particularly, the criteria stipulated for the nominees (page 10). Also, please note that Self-nominations are not accepted. Nominator's Name and Address Official Residential Phone: Office: Res • Fax: E-mail: I hereby nominate whose address and details, as I know, are given below for the Prof. M.V. Pylee Award for the Distinguished Academician 2015, of Cochin University of Science and Technology. Nominee's Address: Official Residential Age as on 31.12.2015 Date of birth: Phone: Office: Res.: Fax: E-mail: (P.T.O.) (Photo copies of the Nomination Proforma may also be used) Self-nominations are not acceptable. Nomination Proforma 12 3. Your impressions about the nominee:- Note: This is for creating an index mark system to select the best candidate for the Award. Please feel free in your assessment. From among such persons you know, kindly indicate your rating, by putting a tick (3) mark in the appropriate column.