UPOA: Fellowships

Fellowships

Fellowships
13.4.1 UP Orthopaedic Association Traveling fellowship (2); Eligible Members of the Association below 40 years of age will be selected and sent to Orthopaedic centers of either Kolkata coinciding with the visit of J&J fellows of the IOA. A sum of Rs. 3000/—(Three Thousand) shall be paid to each fellow to cover the expenses. The Secretary will try to arrange th6 local hospitality at the centers. The funds for this fellowship will be provided by the Secretary out of the savings of conference/Symposium of the Association. The fellows will submit the report to the Secretary which will be published in the Journal. They will be given a certificate at the Inaugural function.
13.4.2 UP Orthopaedic Association Visiting Fellowship (2): This fellowship shall be given (one from teaching group and one from non teaching group) to eligible member of the Association below 45 years of age for teaching and below 50 years for non teaching group. The selected person will present two papers in Orthopaedic clubs. The visiting fellow will submit his report to the Secretary along with the papers to be published in the Journal. He will be presented a certificate at the Inaugural function. He will also be given his travelling expenses ( 2nd A.C.).UP Orthopaedic Association visiting Fellowship for the non-teaching group has been named as Dr. Bhola nath Memorial Visiting Fellowship and UP Orthopaedic Association Visiting Fellowship for the teaching group has been named as Dr. A.N. Srivastava Memorial Visiting Fellowship.
13.4.3. UP Orthopaedic Association Exchange Fellowship (two): This fellowship shall be given to bonafide Post graduate students who are at least Associate member of the Association. They will attend the Annual Conference of Madhya Pradesh Orthopaedic Association of IOA. The local hospitality and registration charges will be met by the host Orthopaedic Association on reciprocal basis, travel expenses ( 2nd A.C.). will be given by the Association (approved and decided by Executive committee). The fellows shall be required to present a paper at the conference and participate in the deliberations of .the conference. They shall submit their report to the Secretary for the publication in Journal. They shall be given a certificate in the Inaugural Function.
13.4.4. Lucknow Fellowship: Two selected fellows will be spending 10 days at the Sancheti Hospital, a Super-speciality Center at Pune. Prof. O.P. Singh has donated Rs. 1,00,000/- (One Lakh) for this fellowship. The members awarded this fellowship will be granted Rs. 5,000/-(Five Thousand) each towards their expenses and a certificate in the Inaugural function. The selection Committee of this fellowship will consist of President, Secretary of Association and Prof. O.P. Singh.
13.4.5. Varanasi Exchange Fellowship: The selected fellow will visit Ahmedabad during the visit of the Johnson & Johnson fellows. Varanasi Orthopaedic club has donated Rs. 30,000 (Thirty Thousand) for this fellowship. He will be presented a certificate at the Inaugural function. A sum of Rs. 3000/—(Three Thousand) shall be paid to the fellow to cover the expenses.
13.5. Criteria for selection of various awards.
13.5.1. Selection for Fellowship and AwardsFellowship and Awards shall be decided by a Fellowship committee consisting of three members i.e. President, Secretary and Immediate Past President (Except specified otherwise as for Lucknow Fellowship, Varanasi Oration and Bhagwan Prasad Medal). Information about all awards should be circulated amongst all members by the Secretary of Association by post in the 1st circular of Association. The 1st circular must be circulated within two months from Last Annual Conference. The application forms duly completed by desiring persons should reach the convenor of the Fellowship committee within one month from the date of circular. The fellowship committee shall have the following guide lines in deciding the award for different fellowships./. Post graduate qualification• No. of attempts in D.Ortho /No. of attempts in MS (Ortho)2. Papers published in• U.P. Orthopaedic Association Journal/other State Orthopaedic Association Journals• 1.0.A. Journal/other State Orthopaedic Association Journals• International Journal3. Papers presented in• U.P, Orthopaedic Association conferences• I.O.A. conferences• International Conference4. Conferences attended• U.P. Orthopaedic Association conferences• I.O.A. conferences• International Conference5. Any other academic awards/ activities.6. Experience