The prescribed nomination / application forms are available from the API Office and on the API website (apiindia.org). Persons are selected from the recomendations received from members of the Association. The recommendations for the above assignments must be acompanied with reasons for recommending a particular person showing the value of his / her research and eight copies each of three of his / her best publications. All relevant papers in connection with the suggestions, such as the bio-data, list of publications etc., should be submitted in 8 sets by the proposer. The recipient of the above awards (except Dr. Shurvir Singh Trust Visiting Professorship) should deliver a lecture pertaining to his / her work at the Annual Conference in January, 2010. As regards Dr. Shurvir Singh Trust Professorship the selected candidate should visit a medical institution as directed by the Hon. Secretary of API during the year 2009.

A person who has received oration in the past is not eligible for any oration.

All lectureships, orations are open to eminent persons from the discipline of medicine and allied subjects such as Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Pathology and Physiology. The orator in the discipline of medicine should preferably be a member of API.

The elected members of the Governing Body of API and the elected members of the Faculty Council of ICP are not eligible to receive any oration, lectureship or award.

Dr. Milind Y. Nadkar
Hon. General Secretary