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AAsMaAn Portal
AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIP OF AFST(I) EDU. PUBLICATION TRUST FOR 2025-26
The AAsMaAn Portal is the official platform for submitting applications for various awards presented by the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) [AFST(I)]. This portal facilitates a streamlined process for members and non-members to apply for prestigious awards recognizing excellence in food science and technology.
Through this portal, applicants can:
Applications/Nominations for the following awards of the AFST(I) for the year 2025 are invited. AFST(I) members / Central Executive Committee/ Local Executive Committee can also nominate eminent persons for the awards. CEC/LEC members of AFST(I) are not eligible to apply for the award during their tenure period. Further, those who had already received an award of AFST(I) under a specific category in earlier years, can not apply for the award in same category. Fellow and Prof. V Subrahmanyan Industrial Achievement are the top awards of AFST(I). Generally, application from any person who already is a Fellow of AFST(I) will not be considered for the Prof. V Subrahmanyan award and vice-versa. The awardees will be selected based on the prescribed score card that will be evaluated/verified by a committee duly constituted by the CEC of AFST(I).
1. All the award applications are open only to Indian citizens or Indian citizens who are currently living / working abroad, unless otherwise specified. Award is granted for the work carried out in India, except in case of the AFST(I) Fellow Award & V Subrahmanyan Industrial Achievement Award, wherein work carried out abroad will also be considered for evaluation.
2. An individual or group can make an application / obtain nomination for only one award. However, one can nominate different individuals for different awards, if eligible.
3. Fellow and Prof. V Subrahmanyan Award being the highest award of Association, those who are already awarded any one of these shall not be eligible for any other category of award except for AFST(I)-FSSAI award.
4. AFST(I) awardees of past three years are not eligible to apply for any awards i.e., those who have received any AFSTI award (except for AFSTI trust scholarship) in 2024, 2023 & 2022 are not eligible for applying to any AFST(I) award for this year.
5. Applicants may go through the check list of documents and formats before filling their on-line application. No hard copy of application will be considered. All the applications are to be submitted on the dedicated online platform of AFST(I) Awards; AASMaAn portal in AFST(I) web page Link: www.afsti.org/awards
6. Marks are awarded for the claim, only if supported with relevant objective evidence.
7. Self-Evaluation Score sheets are reviewed by the Committee, nominated by CEC. Please note that inflated score sheet of applicant (>50% than those of Committee evaluated marks) is liable for rejection. Pl. note, specific changes are made this year for few marking patterns of journal publication authorship & patent claims.
8. For specific awards, applicant shall include only those claims (publication, patent, process, technologies etc), relevant to specified subject: Ex: Pulse processing & utilization (Dr PP Kurien Award), Cereal Sci. & Tech. (Karl Hoseney Award), Biochemistry and/or Carbohydrate/Edible gum research (Dr DB Wankhede Excellence Award), Devlpmnt.of Fruit & Vegetable Preservation industry with research (Dr JS Pruthi Award), Grain Science & Technology (Dr KK Bhattacharya Memorail Travel Grant). Non-relevant claim shall not be considered.
9. Citations of only Scopus / Web of Science to be given
10. Applicants are advised to carefully go through the Instructions before filling the Forms and keep all the required documents (including nomination letter, if applicable) ready in the soft form (PDF) so that delay/inconvenience/glitches and last minute rush can be avoided while submitting online.
11. The period for consideration of AFST(I) Awards for 2025 is January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
12. Canvassing in any form and / or bringing any influence will lead to the disqualification. The decision of the duly constituted committee by the AFST(I) CEC, ratified by CEC is final.
13. All Nominations/Applications along with all appropriate supporting documents compulsorily shall be submitted by Online AASMaAn web portal link: www.afsti.org/awards on or before 5.00PM on 04.11.2026.
Starting date of Applications/Nominations for the various awards of the AFST(I) : 05.10.2026.
The link is also available in AFST(I) Awards Web Page: www.afsti.org/awards