INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF HILL FARMING
भारतीय पर्वतीय कृषि संघ
(Registered under Societies Act XII of 1983)
Registration No. SR/IAHF 43/87 of 1987 (Registered under Societies Act XII of 1983)

IAHF Best Extensionist Award

Important Instructions
Duly completed Application Form should be sent by Registered Post, Courier or by Hand to Secretary, Indian Association of Hill Farming (IAHF), Head Division of Crop Production, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam-793103, Meghalaya, so as to reach not later than 20th November, 2021.

•	IAHF calls for Best Extensionist Award for 2019 and 2020 (Total 02 awards)
•	One award will be given every year across the discipline.
•	Award carries a certificate and a memento.
•	To be considered for the award, the total service length should be minimum of 5 years of which at least 3 years in any of the hill stations in India.
•	Life membership of IAHF is prerequisite for the society awards.
•	Attach a copy of evidence for duration of service in Hill station.
•	All scientists/teachers/KVK   personnel/NGO   members   contributed   in   agricultural extension are eligible to apply for the award.
•	Provide soft copy of application along with evidences for publication/other claims in the CD with appropriate headings for easy reference.
•	Claims without evidence (soft copy in CD) will not be considered for scoring.
•	Provide a detail list of publications under adequate heading and subheadings as word file in CD. Only relevant publications related to extension will be considered for scoring (Naas Rating of Year 2019 will be followed).
•	Submit TWO COPIES of Application complete in all respect
•	Application received after the closing date will not be considered.
•	Before applying for the award, the applicants are requested to verify that they fulfill above requirements. Candidates not meeting above requirements will not be considered for the award.
•	Final decision of Society President will be binding in all cases.
•	Achievements/ Publication etc up to the closing date will be considered for IAHF Award irrespective of year of Award.
•	Word format of application can be obtained through email: iahf.sec@gmail.com
COMMITTEE SCORE SHEET (IAHF Best Extensionist Award)

Sl. no	Item	Max. Marks	Marks
Obtained	Remarks
	
11a	Training programme attended	02			
11b	Special training attended abroad	02			
12.	Extension projects/activities involved with salient achievements	05			
13.	Awards and Recognitions	05			
14.	Training Organized/Coordinated for Scientific/Extension personnel	05			
15.	Training Organized/Coordinated for farmers	05			
16.	Organization of Kisan Melas, exhibitions, field days	05			
17.	Radio Talk and TV talk/Video films	05			
18.	Coverage in print and Newspapers, e-publications	05			
19.	Extension Leaflets/Popular article	05			
20.	Success stories	06			
21.	Give a brief account of innovative extension activities	05			
22.	Details of the extension work submitted for the award (as per breakup 22i to 22xii)	25			
23.	Publications based on the extension work submitted for award	15			
24.	Service rendered to Indian Association of Hill Farming	05			
Total	100			

Best Extensionist Award: Application Form

1. Name of the Award	: IAHF Best Extensionist Award	Colour photograph here	
2. Year of award	:		
3. Name of applicant
(underline surname)	:
:		
4. Designation	:		
4. Area of specialization			
		
4. Date and place of birth	:	
5. Postal and telecommunication Address along with Telephone, Fax, email etc.	:	
6. Total length of service		
7. Duration of service in hill station (enclose évidence)		
8. Life membership number of Indian Association of Hill Farming, Umiam, Meghalaya (life membership is compulsory for society award, if not a member please submit a DD of Rs. 5000/- towards membership and registration charges)		

:

9.	
Degree	Board/ University	Year	Class/ Division/ Grade/ Marks	Medals/Honors	
Graduation					
Masters					
Doctoral					
Others					

Educational qualifications beginning with the first-degree or Equivalent (in a tabular form)

10.	
Post held	Name of employer	Period	Place of posting/actual work	Nature of work	

					

Employment record (in tabular form)

11.	Other relevant experience/training
a. Training programme attended (01 mark for each training of 07 days or more)-Max.02

Title	Duration	Institution	Year	

				

b. Special training attended abroad (01 for each training)-Max.02

Title	
Duration	
Institution	
Year	

12.	Extension projects/activities involved with salient achievements in bullet points in about
02 pages (each projects as PI/team leader-01 mark, Co-PI/Associate/others-0.5, External project-
01 each for PI/Co-PI, 0.5 for others; include HYPM code or other evidence for PI/Co-PI, to score marks projects should have been implemented at least for two years) - Max. 05

13.	Awards and Recognitions - Max. 05
Awards received (ICAR/CSIR/DST/Central/State Govt. organizations awards -03 marks,
professional society/institute/university wards-02 marks, KVK/local awards from District authority/equivalent-01 mark)-Max. 03 marks	

	
Recognitions (Oral presentation in national/international events-01 mark, Presentation in
refresher courses/model training/summer/winter school etc-0.5 marks, other presentations-
0.25 marks)- Max-03 marks	

	

14.	Training Organized/Coordinated for Scientific/Extension personnel (02 marks for each training of 08 days and above, 5-7 days-1 mark, 3-5 days-0.5, 1-2 days-0.25, only for course director/coordinators): Max. 05 marks
Title of Programme	Year	Duration	No of Benefici aries	Level of involvement 	
1.					
2.					
3.					

15.	
Title of Programme	Year	Duratio n	No of Benefici aries	Level of involveme nt	
1.					
2.					
3.					

Training Organized/Coordinated for farmers (02 mark for each training of 08 days and above, 5-7 days-1 mark, 3-4 days-0.5, 1-2 days-0.25, Only for course director/coordinators): Max 5 marks

16.	Organization of Kisan Melas, exhibitions, field days, Foundation days, Innovative meet, PRA etc. (0.5 Mark for each event)- Max. 05 marks

Title and location	
Year	
Duration	Number   of
beneficiaries	
Level of involvement	

					

17.	Radio Talk and TV talk/Video films (produce evidence) (01 for each)- Max.05 marks
Topic	Radio/TV/video film	Year	Remarks	

				

18.	Coverage in print and Newspapers, e-publications etc.(0.5 for each)- Max.05 marks
Title of coverage	Published in	Page no/Year etc.	Remarks	

				

19.	Extension Leaflets/Popular article (0.5 for each)- Max-05 marks
Title	Authors	Page no/Year etc.	Remarks	

				
20.	Success stories (with evidence such as publication, annual report, recognition certificate, newspaper coverage etc., 01 for each as PI/Co-PI/Team leader only, No-marks without evidence)- Max. 06 marks

21.	Give a brief account of innovative extension activities   you are involved including problems solved, extents of coverage, convergence, collaboration, nature of work, any other. (provide suitable subheadings with quantifiable and verifiable information and present in about 2 pages)- 05 Marks

22.	Details  of  the  extension  work  submitted  for  the  award  (not  more  than  15  pages excluding publication)- Max. 25 marks
i.	Subject area of extension work submitted for the award
ii.	When, where and by whom the extension project work was conceptualized?-01 mark.
iii.	What was the socio-economic, scientific and technological relevance and priority of the extension project- 04 mark
iv.	The methodology used for implementing the project- 04 mark 
v.	Awareness creation and dissemination of technology- 03 mark 
vi.	Extent of coverage and spread of technology- 02 mark
vii.	The  impact  of  the  project  on  the  knowledge,  skills,  attitudes  and  adoption  rate  of recommended technologies by the target population- 03 mark
viii.	The impact of the project on the production, productivity, profitability and sustainability of the relevant agricultural system (in quantifiable and verifiable term, submit evidence) - 03 mark.
ix.	What was innovation in the extension project implemented- 02 mark
x.	Future scope of studies or improvement- 02 mark
xi.	Problems encountered and solutions found- 02 mark
xii.	Suggestions for policy initiatives- 01 mark

23.	Publications based on the extension work submitted for award (Other than those mentioned in S. no. 19) (Naas Rating of Year 2019 will be followed) - Max. 15 marks
a.	Extension based Research papers (Papers in NAAS impact journal, 0-2 rating- 0.25 mark, 2-4 rating- 0.5 mark, more than 4 rating-1mark for all the authors: Max. 5 Marks
b.	Bulletins (each bulletin of 20 pages or above 1 mark): Max. 2 marks
c.	Training manual/compendium of training (each training manual of 25 page or above 1 mark each): Max 2  marks
d.	ITKs documented and published (0.5 mark each):  Max 3 mark
e.	Others (folders, leaflets, abstracts etc) 0.25 mark for each publication: Max 03 Marks

24.	Service rendered to Indian Association of Hill Farming (Paper published/accepted/reviewed/served as executive committee members/attended seminar/any other, 0.5 for each activities) - Max 5 marks.

25.	A concise statement of not more than 150 words for citation in case your application is selected for the award.

26.	Please submit the PDF copy of main application (with Annexure and enclosed) by email to sec.iahf@yahoo.com.
27.	Certificate by the applicant

I certify that no vigilance / disciplinary proceedings are pending against me and the
information given in the form is correct to best of my knowledge.

(Name of Applicant)

Head of the Institute/University

Or

IAHF Fellow/ 
Fellow of any recognized professional National Society

(Note: The decision of evaluation committee and recommendation of EC, IAHF will be final and no request will be entertained by anyone. Utmost transparency will be maintained for identifying the most potential candidate based on the record provided).