(Citation and Certificate)
(For overall contributions in the field of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology)
- The award will be designated as “Fellow of ISVS” (FISVS)
- The Fellowship is open to regular serving/ retired teachers/ Scientists 45 years and above of age, working in the discipline of Veterinary Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Radiology and Imaging in Veterinary College/ Veterinary or Agriculture University/ related Institutions in India. Age will be calculated on basis of last date of application (Enclose attested age proof).
- The applicant should possess Master/ Ph.D. degree in the field of Veterinary Surgery, Anaesthesiology Radiology and Imaging (Enclose academic degree certificates).
- The applicant aspiring to become Fellow of the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery should have at least 20 years of professional experience as regular Assistant Professor/ equivalent & above in the field of Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Radiology and Imaging excluding study leaves and/ or extraordinary leaves. (Enclose copies of related appointment letters).
- The candidate must have completed minimum of 5 years as regular Professor / equivalent & above (Enclose copy of appointment letter).
- Applicant should be a life member of the ISVS for at least 20 years (attach copy of life member certificate).
- He/ She have participated in at least Ten ISVS symposium (Enclose list in chronological order). Apart from participation, the applicant must have also presented at least Ten papers including oral presentation/ lead papers himself/ herself or having up to second authorship in the ISVS symposium (Attach list of presented papers in bibliographic form in chronological order).
- He/ She have published at least 8 full research papers in Indian Journal of Veterinary Surgery as 1st, 2nd or 3rd authorship besides other publications in national and international journals of repute. Three rare single clinical case reports will be considered as one publication if the candidate is having 1st, 2nd or 3rd authorship. (Attach list of papers in bibliographic form in chronological order).
- Twenty most important publications having NAAS rating 5.0 and above should be listed and reprints of the papers so listed should also be attached. (Attach list of papers in bibliographic form).
- The applicant should not have any inquiry or criminal case pending against him/ her. An undertaking to this effect should be given by the applicant.
- The applicant should have high professional acumen with teaching innovations, quality scientific publications, authored books, patents, award and honours to his/ her credit. Scientific achievements and work carried out in different categories need to be provided in the separate sub-heads as mentioned in the Performa along-with proof (Proof for claims made in different columns should be attached).
- Nominator/ Proposer while sending the proposal to bestow Fellow ISVS must send a precise statement limited to 150 words on nominee’s professional and scientific achievements in accordance to the guidelines for Fellow ISVS, which form the basis for nomination/proposal signed by the proposer. In absence of such statement, the proposal will be considered incomplete and will not be considered (Enclose duly signed recommendations of two proposers).
- The application should be accompanied by a bank demand draft for a sum of Rs 5,000/- in favour of Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery (ISVS) and payable at the Society Headquarters (Hisar) towards application fee (non-refundable).
- Eligible and desirous candidates may submit duly filled application form in the prescribed format along with necessary documents, draft of Rs.5000/ and recommendation of two eminent senior ISVS Fellows, which should reach to the Executive Secretary on or before the date announced for submission each year.
- Application(s) of candidate(s) who is not fulfilling any of the minimum eligibility requirements or have not provided complete/correct information as per application format or without prescribed demand draft or recommendation of two eminent senior Fellow ISVS will be liable for outright rejection.
- Each application shall be screened by a committee and the screening report after decoding will be presented before the Executive council for consideration and approval. The application(s) found fulfilling minimum eligibility requirements will only be forwarded to Accreditation committee.
- An Accreditation/ Evaluation committee consisting of three eminent senior life members shall be appointed to evaluate the suitability of the candidate for award of Fellow ISVS. The Executive Secretary of the Society shall be Ex-Officio member and shall act as member secretary of the committee.
- The Accreditation / Evaluation Committee will be approved by the Executive Council. The term of office of the Accreditation / Evaluation committee shall be of two years. Other than the Executive Secretary, no member of the Executive Council shall be member of the Accreditation / Evaluation committee.
- The recommendation report of the Accreditation committee along with the Evaluation Matrix (Score card) to bestow Fellow ISVS shall be placed before the Executive Council for approval and recommendation to the General body ISVS. While recommending a candidate, the Accreditation /Evaluation committee is to provide full justification with the Evaluation Matrix (Score card). The recommendation of the committee without submission of the Evaluation Matrix (Score card) shall not be considered.
- Accreditation/ Evaluation committee or its member will not be empowered to relax any clause of the minimum eligibility criteria.
- A member of the Accreditation/ Evaluation committee during his/her tenure including Executive Secretary and other office bearers for ISVS shall not be considered for award of Fellow ISVS.
- Total number of fellow ISVS bestowed each year shall not exceed more than FOUR. In case the recommended number of candidates is more than four, selection shall be made on basis of seniority cum merit of the candidate.
- The name(s) of the candidate(s) for the Fellow ISVS shall be announced in preliminary session of the current symposium/ conference and will be presented in next year annual symposium/ conference.
- A Fellow ISVS shall receive a citation and certificate of honour. The award shall be awarded by the President of the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery at Annual Conferences of the Society.
- A hard as well as soft copy of list of Fellow ISVS with all related documents should be maintained and kept at HQ secretariat (Executive/ Joint/ Additional Secretary, as the case may be) for record.
Note: All entries should be typed as per application format
| 1. | Application Form | DOWNLOAD |
| 2. | Nomination Form | DOWNLOAD |


