Guidelines for Selection of Candidate for IPGA Fellowship Award
The guidelines for the fellowship award of IPGA are as follows.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant should possess a minimum basic degree in pharmacy i.e. B.Pharm from a recognized university / institution in India and be a life member of IPGA for at least last 15 years. He should have high integrity and reputation as a professional which would be evidenced by his achievements and contributions made by having been actively associated with IPGA as an office bearer of Central / State Branches for at least two terms.
Nomination procedure:
Any person fulfilling the above criteria should be nominated by a life member of IPGA and the same should be seconded by at least two Life members of the IPGA. Nominations for IPGA Fellowship Award can be invited by publishing a notice for the award in IPGA Today and/or other pharmaceutical journals.
Scrutiny of nominations
Scrutiny of nominations will be done by the IPGA fellowship award committee of the IPGA to verify the information furnished by the applicants on the basis of record available in the office of IPGA.
Consideration by the Committee
A five member Committee may be constituted with one member as the chairman and may be named as IPGA Fellowship Award Committee. While constituting committee, apart from chairman, one eminent member each from the following fields may be taken:
• Pharmaceutical Education
• Regulatory Affairs
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Hospital , Community & Clinical Pharmacy (Pharmacy Practice)
Fellowship Award Committee
The nominations with correct information should be considered by the committee and the Committee should give recommendations for the award of Fellowship to the nominated persons as it deem fit. The nominations with incorrect information should be rejected summarily. The committee should forward their recommendations to the Executive Committee of IPGA which should take final decision in the matter
Privileges of FIPGA Awardee
Awardee will be entitled to attend the professional conferences/seminars organized by the federating associations of IPCA in India on behalf of the association and will be entitled to reimburse delegation fee and travelling expenses as per policy of the association for the one year in which the award is granted. The fellowship award will be given at the annual conference of the IPGA. Every year two (2) fellowship awards will be instituted by IPGA.
Scroll of Honour and Certificate
The awardee will be presented with a scroll of honour which will highlight the achievements of the recipient that empowered him to get this award. F- IPGA (Fellow of IPGA) will be entitled to attend the conference/seminar organized by IPGA on behalf of the association for the whole life.
All the members unanimously approved the above guidelines and it has been decided that the same may be published in coming issue of IPGA TODAY for calling the nomination of the IPGA fellowship award.
