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Nominations for AMI-Awards-2019

Nominations for Office bearers of AMI

Nomination for FAMSc-2019

Proceedings of G.B. Meeting held at UoH, Hyderabad, 2018

ASSOCIATION OF MICROBIOLOGISTS OF INDIAFrom the General Secretary Desk

Dear Members,

Greetings to all esteemed members of AMI! Two full terms will be completed since I have taken over as General Secretary, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), one of the reputed academic bodies in India. I sincerely thank to all office bearers of AMI and all the members of AMI for showing the confidence in me and extending the support in AMI activities. I assure every one of you that I alongwith office bearers and Central Council members are dedicated to serve AMI and hope to come up to your expectations.

All members are requested to visit the new website of AMI and update their address/ email. The ID cards are also issued to members enrolled till March, 2019, now we are issuing ID cards on six monthly basis. Our Association has entered in 80th years of its existence now and our association has been succeeding academically fine. Our official journal, Indian Journal of Microbiology (INJM) is on track of achieving greater height and now published under the banner of Springer Nature which adds laurel to AMI. Our Editor, Dr. VC Kalia has created a new milestone and the impact of our journal has a steady progression.

We welcome of new AMI President, a noted academician, Prof. J.S. Virdi, former Professor at University of Delhi South Campus. Prof. Virdi has won the many awards like Discovery Award, UK, Lab Mentor Award, US, BIRAC AMR Ideathon Prize, India, ICMR Award, India etc. We also welcome, President Elect-2019, Prof. Yogendra Singh, Professor at University of Delhi who is one of the renowned microbiologist of the country.

Further, AMI has entered into memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) in 2018. I am also delighted to inform you that Academy of Microbiological Sciences (AMSc) is planning few innovative activities under founder chairmanship of Prof. R.C. Kuhad who is also serving as Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana where we are organizing 60th Annual AMI Conference under his able leadership and guidance. The fellows are elected as FAMSc and w.e.f. the year 2016 and the rules and regulations as approved by Executive council of Academy and GB of AMI are available on AMI website.

Further, it has been decided to award the travel fellowship to research scholars/ students who are not availing any fellowship. The students can apply as per information available on website by 31st August, 2019. AMI website has all user friendly option where members can create their user ID and create their profile. I request all members to browse through the AMI website and can ask website support team for their queries.

We acknowledge the commendable activities put forth by AMI office bearers and members of central council.

I look forward to request your support for further strengthening the AMI.

Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla,General Secretary, AMIHead, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, INDIAPhone-91-1262-393398; Fax-91-1262-274133, Cell-91-8813866019, 91-9431171157 E-mail: gsami2014@gmail.com

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A. First Circular

Dear Member(s),

This is indeed our pleasure to inform you that the 60th Annual Conference of AMI will be organized from November 15th-18th, 2019 at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh - 123031, India. You are cordially invited to attend the 60th Annual Conference of AMI and participate in various scientific deliberations and AMI activities. Abstracts of the papers for presentation are to be prepared in short, not exceeding 300 words and indicating the name of the author presenting the paper. The posters are to be prepared strictly according to the size, the details of which will be informed in the Second Circular by the Organizing Secretary of the 60th Annual Conference of AMI. The details about last date for submitting the abstracts and registration fee will be notified in the second circular. For further detailed information, please contact the Organizing Secretary at the address given below:

Dates of the Conference : November 15-18, 2019

Theme of the Conference : “Microbial Technologies in Sustainable Development of Energy, Environment, Agriculture and Health”

Organizing SecretariesDr. Surender Singh & Dr. Jitendra Kumar SainiDepartment of Microbiology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh - 123031, IndiaEmail: amicuhunit@gmail.com

ConvenerProf. Satish Kumar Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh - 123031, India

Email: amicuhunit@gmail.com, satishk@cuh.ac.in

ASSOCIATION OF MICROBIOLOGISTS OF INDIA(60th Annual Conference of AMI)

November 15-18, 2019

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AMI- AWARDSNominations for AMI Awards: As approved by the Central Council (C.C.) of AMI in Its 4th meeting held on March 9th, 2019 at Committee Room, International Guest House, University of Delhi, New Delhi, the nominations are invited for the following awards* before 31st August, 2019 to be awarded during 60th Annual Conference of AMI at Central Univeristy of Haryana, Mahendergarh – 123031, Haryana, India.

* Approved in the 58th GB meeting held at Lucknow on 18.11.2017

1. AMI-Prof. G. S. Rangaswamy Award (Biennial) :

The AMI Prof. Rangaswamy award is open to all AMI members. Applicants should be 50 years but not older than 65 years and should be a member of the AMI of long standing (at least 10 years). He/she should have contributed significantly for the development of Agricultural Microbiology, in India or abroad as demonstrated by his work and publications. The award will include a cash of ` 45,000/- and a citation. The awardee shall present his/her contribution during the conference.

2. AMI Young Scientist Awards (Annual) :

The association shall give out one award each in Agricultural Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, Medical & Veterinary Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Dairy & Food Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology to young Microbiologists of India. Applicants should be less than 35 years of age on the last date of submission of the nominations, and must have demonstrated their ability as microbiologists and should be a member of the Association at the time of nomination. The awards will be given during the annual conference of AMI. The awardees will be required to make a brief presentation of the work for which they are rewarded. The each award will include a cash of ` 10,000/- and a citation.

3. AMI- Best Poster Awards (Annual) :

The award shall be given to the best poster presented in each of the following areas of Microbiology such as Agricultural Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, Medical & Veterinary Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology and

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Biotechnology, Dairy & Food Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology during the 60th Annual Conference of AMI. Each award will include a cash award of ̀ 2,500/- and a certificate. The procedure for selection shall involve review of the various posters by an expert committee jointly selected by the organizers and the C.C. AMI. Their decision will be final.

4. AMI- Dr. R.S. Rana Memorial Best Poster Award (Annual) : This award shall be given to the overall Best Poster presented at the 60th Annual Conference of AMI. All Posters presented at the 60th Annual Conference are entitled to compete. The award will consist of a cash of ` 5,000/- and a certificate. The procedure for selection shall involve review of the various posters by an expert committee jointly selected by the organizers and the C.C. AMI. Their decision will be final.

5. AMI Best Unit Award : AMI units which are active will be awarded suitably by the AMI with a cash award and certificate to be decided by the Central Council of AMI. The selected unit will receive an award in the form of a certificate/ citation mentioning all the details of the unit/chapter and a Cash prize of ` 7000/-, ` 5000/- & ` 4000 to the Ist, IInd and IIIrd Prize holders. The award will be given at the time of the annual General Body meeting and will have to be received by an officer of the unit. No TA/DA will be provided to Unit office bearers to attend GB meeting.

6. AMI-Prof. J.V. Bhat award* for the Best paper published in Indian Journal of Microbiology (Annual)

Since the Journal is open to all to publish their papers, there shall be no restriction for being a member of the Association. All papers published in the Indian Journal of Microbiology during the preceding year shall be considered for the award. The award will consist of a cash award of ` 5000/- and a citation. The two awards should be given by the AMI based on scopus indexed citations only. The awards can be given to one review article and one original research article.

*Approved in 59th GB meeting held at Hyderabad on 10.12.2018

7. AMI-Travel grants : The AMI may support travel grants to young life members of AMI (below the age of 35), for participating 60th annual conference of AMI, whose papers have been accepted for presentation at the AMI conference.

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Detailed guidelines are available on AMI website. The travel grants shall cover IIIrd AC class Railway fares by the shortest route. The funds for this shall come from interest from funds earmarked for this purpose. The number of travel grants available will depend on the funds available and the GS, based on regional distribution, shall make primary scrutiny before placing to CC for approval. Those interested in utilizing this facility should inform the General Secretary of AMI soon after their paper is accepted, at the conference, along with a copy of the paper and the acceptance letter. AMI may also consider granting partial travel assistance and registration fees to one or two members to facilitate them to attend the International conference recognized by AMI. Full details will be worked out by the Central council after a corpus has been developed for this purpose.

8. Procedure of nomination for (1) AMI-Prof. G.S. Rangasamy Award (Biennial), (2) AMI-Louis Pasteur Award (Triennial), (3) Young Scientist Awards

Each nomination should be accompanied by complete details as per format available on website of AMI alongwith proof flagged. Each nomination for the awards at Sr. No. 1, 2, 3 shall be proposed by two Life members of AMI and for the awards at Sr. No.3 the nomination may be forwarded by the Head of the Department/Major Advisor. The last date to receive the soft copy of the nomination as a single PDF file alongwith publications and proofs as a separate file by email (Mention Subject line- AWARD NAME_ APLLICANT NAME) at gsami2014@gmail.com is 31st August, 2019, and one printed copy + the soft copy on a CD by post to Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla, General Secretary, AMI, Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India.

The last date of receipt of soft copy and hard copy of applications is 31st August, 2019.

9. Fellow of Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSc) :

The fellowship nominations are invited for election of Fellow of Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSc), earlier called as FAMI, for the year 2019. In all sets of nominations complete in all respects should reach to the Prof. R.C. Kuhad, Chairman, Academy of Microbiological Sciences,

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Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana - 123031 latest by 16th August, 2019. The nominee should check the rules for eligibility and apply accordingly. The copy of the Rules and Application/Nomination form for FAMSc can be downloaded from AMI website http://www.amiindia.info/.

Address:

Prof. R. C. Kuhad, Chairman, Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana - 123031

Email: convener.academy2017@gmail.com; kuhad85@gmail.com

* Note: Those who have already applied for FAMSc in the year 2017 and 2018 are requested to update their C.V. and re-submit the application mentioning the year of application on envelope to Chairman, Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences on or before 16th Aug. 2019.

10. Election of the Office bearer’s of AMI:

President-Elect (2020), General Secretary, Treasurer, Central Council Members (06 positions) [2020-2023]

The nominations for the above mentioned positions of office bearers are invited on the format given at the end of the circular. The nomination form duly filled, proposed and seconded as per the conditions given in the format as per rules of AMI available on website should reach to the address given below on or before 31st August 2019.

Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla

General Secretary, AMI, Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India, Phone-91-1262-393398; Cell-91-8813866019, 91-9431171157 E-mail: gsami2014@gmail.com

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11. Invitation of bids to host the 61st & 62nd Annual Conference of AMI

In order to plan in advance, CC in its meeting on January 9, 2019 decided to initiate steps for the hosting of the next annual conference of AMI and accordingly decided to invite bids for hosting the 61st (2020) & 62nd (2021) Annual Conference of AMI scheduled to be held in the latter half of 2020 and 2021. All the registered units are requested to send their bid applications through their head of institutions/Vice Chancellor including theme of conference, tentative program and suggested dates for the conference. The bid application should also include basic facilities planned for the participants of the conference and other amenities for the venue. The complete application should be forwarded by the President of the Unit on or before 31st August 2019 to the address given below:

Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla, General Secretary, AMI Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India, E-mail: gsamiindia@gmail.com, pratyoosh.shukla@gmail.com

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ASSOCIATION OF MICROBIOLOGISTS OF INDIA

Minutes of the 59th General Body (GB) meeting held at Auditorium-1, Z.H.C, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, on 10.12.2018 at 12:20 PM.

1. The 59th General Body (GB) Meeting of AMI was held on December 10, 2018 at 12.20 PM in the Auditorium-1, Z.H.C, University of Hyderabad, Telangana. The list of members present in the meeting is appended at Annexure -I.

2. General Secretary, Prof. P. Shukla welcomed all the members of the AMI present at the GB meeting and initiated the proceedings with permission of the President, AMI, Prof. Appa Rao Podile. The GS briefed the GB about the major developments in AMI since the last GB meeting held at BBAU, Lucknow, during the 58th Annual conference of AMI.

3. GS, presented the minutes of 58th GB meeting held at BBAU, Lucknow on 18.11.2017 that was circulated alongwith the first circular of the 59th Annual Conference of AMI. Dr. B. Bhima proposed that the minutes be approved and Dr. Naveen Gupta seconded the proposal. The GB approved the minutes.

4. GS presented the annual report of the AMI and the proceedings of the CC meetings held during the year (2018-2019) that was circulated to the members of the GB attending the meeting.

5. Prof. P. Shukla, GS then briefed the GB about the progress made by the Association and the activities of the association during the year. Many new members have enrolled themselves with the Association during the year and the latest number of life members stands at 4798. The Association has successfully submitted its income tax return for the assessment year 2018-19. It’s annual book of accounts has also been audited by the auditors employed by the GB of the association.

6. The General Secretary informed that at the time of holding of the GB meeting, more than 10 AMI units have submitted their report on their activities. He briefed the GB that many other units are not very regular in sending their reports to the Central Unit. which is mandatory. GB took a serious view of the issue and asked the GS to send letters to the units informing them that the units might be derecognised in case they are not active in submitting their reports and office bearer details on time. The GS also informed the GB about the appreciation awards (Certificates and mementos) being given to

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the all the AMI Units which are sending their reports in time. The GS further informed that in order to facilitate and encourage the award winning unit (Ist Prize only), the AMI CC has approved the Travelling allowance (TA) of one official of the unit for attending the AMI Conference in the current year. GB praised this move and the same was approved.

It was further resolved by the GB that the Ist Award winning AMI Unit will be provided with TA as per AMI rules for receiving the Award and participate in Award function during the future GB meetings, subject to availability of funds and with prior information to GS.

7. As per the listed agenda, General Secretary, then announced the AMI Awards for the year 2018. The name of the recipients of the following awards of AMI was placed and approved by the GB on recommendations from the CC:

1. AMI-Life time Achievement Award

Dr. Hanumanulu Polasa Professor of Microbiology (Rtd) Osmania University, Hyderabad

2. AMI-PROF. B.N. JOHRI AWARD FOR MICROBIAL DIVERSITY

Dr. Anil K. Saxena Director National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM)

3. AMI-PROF. S.R. VYAS MEMORIAL AWARD

Awarded jointly to: Prof. Praveen Rishi Professor, Department of Microbiology & Ex-Dean, Faculty of Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

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Prof. Sunil Pabbi Department of Microbiology, IARI, New Delhi

4. AMI-ALEMBIC AWARD - 2018

None found suitable. Three applications were found ineligible and only one application was eligible and was not recommended by the expert.

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5. AMI -YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS

5.1 Agricultural Microbiology Dr. Ajit K. Passari Research Associate Molecular Microbiology and Systematic Laboratory Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Tanhril, Mizoram

5.2 Medical and Veterinary Microbiology Dr.Vijay K. Prajapati Department of Biochemistry School of Life Sciences,Central University of Rajasthan NH-8 Bandarsindri, Tehsil- Kishangarh, Dist- Ajmer, Rajasthan

5.3 Industrial Microbiology None recommended

5.4 Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology Dr. Kavish Kumar Jain, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi

5.5 Environmental Microbiology Dr. Sunita Varjani Scientific Officer, Gujarat Pollution Control Board Paryavaran Bhavan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

5.6 Dairy and Food Microbiology Dr. Swati Joshi Scientist (DBT_BioCARe), Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

6. J.V. BHAT AWARD FOR BEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN INJM

Ahiwale, S. S., Bankar, A. V., Tagunde, S., & Kapadnis, B. P. (2017). A bacteriophage mediated gold nanoparticles synthesis and their anti- biofilm activity. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 57(2), 188-194.

This was was recommended for the award.

The CC also resolved that in future, two awards should be given by the AMI based on Scopus indexed citations only. The awards can be given to one review article and one original research article. GB approved the proposal to be effective from 2019.

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7. AMI Best unit award:

A. First prize for the ‘AMI award for the best unit was given to Panjab University Chandigarh, Unit.

B. Second prize for the ‘AMI award for the best unit was given to the AMI-Bangalore Unit based at Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Bangalore, Karnataka.

C. Third prize is given jointly to AMI-Rohtak Unit and AMI-Pune Unit.

The GB congratulated all the awardees on their achievements and the awardees were felicitated as per customs of the AMI.

8. The General Secretary’s report was subsequently proposed for approval by Prof. Gopal Reddy and seconded by Prof. S. K. Khare. The GB has approved the same.

9. The Treasurer, AMI then presented the audited report of financial accounts of the AMI, enrollment of new members and financial help extended to various AMI units to conduct activities of the units for popularization of Microbiology in the country. He mentioned that the Association is in good financial health and total fund available with AMI, including fixed deposits as on 19.11.2018 is Rs. 2,43,71,548/-. He also mentioned that income tax return for the assessment year 2018-19 has already been submitted.

1. Total fund in AMI A/C Rs. 1,55,58,149.07/- dated 19.11.2018.

2. Fixed deposit in PNB, Delhi is Rs. 63, 31,498.00/- dated 19.11.2018.

3. From April 1st 2018 to November 20th, 2018, 118 Annual Membership applications have been received.

4. From January 1st 2018 to November 20th, 2018, 121 Life Membership applications have been received and approved. Currently, total Life Membership stands at 4785.

5. The financial contribution of INJM to AMI is the Royalty of Rs. 18,14,645/- for INJM (2017-2018) received from Springer Nature.

6. Requirement of Permanent office of AMI Delhi for getting GST No. etc.

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The treasurer informed the GB that as per the report, the Utilization Certificates and audited statements from Organizing Secretary, AMI 2015 has not yet been received even after repeated reminders and e-mails. Prof. Pabbi informed the GB that he is still reminding the organizers and he will keep the GB posted about its progress. The GB took a serious view of it and asked the GS and Treasurer to take necessary action to settle the issue.

Prof. S.S. Dudeja, GJUS&T, Hisar and Prof. L.V. Rao, Osmania University, Hyderabad sought clarification on details of accounts statement that was explained by the Treasure. The report of the Treasurer was subsequently proposed for approval by Prof. Rup Lal and seconded by Prof. Prince Sharma.

10. The Editor-in-Chief of INJM Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Kalia sent his report and the GS read the report on his behalf. In the report EiC highlighted that the Indian Journal of Microbiology (INJM), the official organ of AMI, has been making impressive progress and is serving as a mouthpiece of global researchers in the discipline. The progress has been possible because of the high quality contributions of Authors, and the dedicated efforts of the Editors and Reviewers of the journal and M/s Springer Nature.

A few highlights of the progress made by INJM during the past one year are:

• AlltheissuesofINJMduringthelast10yearshavebeenpublished in a timely manner. Papers are published on line within 7-10 days after acceptance. In 2018, 700 articles (as on 20.11.2018) have been received and processed. There is no backlog of any kind on any front.

• TheImpactfactorofINJMhasbeenimprovingsteadilyduringthelast few years: 1.143 for 2015, 1.290 for 2016, 1.310 for 2017 (Released on 26th June 2018) and is expected to improve in future.

• Thetotalnumberofcitations/yearisalsoshowinganupwardstrend. It has increased from 835 in 2015 to 1032 in 2017, the highest so far.

• ThehighlightoftheprogressmadebyIndianJournalofMicrobiology (INJM) is the fact that there are 40 papers (Published during 2007- 2017), with more than 50 cites each (Google Scholar) (The highest being 240 cites).

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Volume 56 2016 Volume 57 2017

S. Article Title JIF Article Title JIF

Cited in: Cited in:

1 Chemical Society Reviews 38.618 Biotechnology Advances (3) 11.452

2 Biotechnology Advances 10.597 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 8.050

3 The ISME Journal 09.664 Biosensors and Bioelectronics, (S) (2) 7.780

4 Clinical Microbiology and Infection 05.292 PLoS Pathogens 6.608

5 Biotechnology for Biofuels 05.203 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 6.077

6 Critical Reviews In Oncology Hematology 04.971 ACS Sustainable Chem Eng 5.951

7 Science of The Total Environment 04.900 Bioresource Technology (3) 5.807

8Frontiers in Cellular and Infectious Microbiology

04.300 Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, Biotechnology 5.605

9 Scientific Reports (2) 04.259 Environmental Microbiology 5.395

10 Chemosphere 04.208 Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, (S) 5.239

11 Frontiers in Microbiology (4) 04.076 Carbohydrate Polymers 4.811

12 Molecular Microbiology 03.898 J Virological Methods 4.663

13 Food Microbiology 03.759 Science of The Total Environment 4.610

14 Microbial Cell Factories 03.681 Frontiers in Pharmacology 4.400

15 LWT- Food Science and Technology 03.270 Antiviral Research 4.307

16 Toxins 03.030 Scientific Reports, (S) 4.259

17 Immunology Letters 02.860 Frontiers in Microbiology (4) 4.076

18 PLoS One 02.806 International J Biological Macromolecules 3.909

19 Journal of Biotechnology 02.599 Bioelectrochemistry 3.346

20 Biomed Research International 02.476 Biochemical Engineering Journal 3.226

21 PeerJ 02.200 Int J Mol Sci 3.226

22 Microbes and infection 02.152 Polymers, (S) 2.935

23 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 2.930

24 Fungal Biology 2.921

25 PLoS One 2.806

26 Process Biochemistry 2.616

27 European J Clin Microbiol Infectious Diseases 2.537

28 Process Biochemistry (2) 2.497

29 Materials 2.467

30 Dose-Response 2.435

31 Toxicon, (S) 2.352

32 Microbial Pathogenesis, (S) 2.332

33 Energies 2.262

34 Microbial Pathogenesis 2.009

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Editorial Board of INJM acknowledged the contributions of Authors, Reviewers, Editors and AMI family in enhancing the value of INJM and its continued progress. The Board hopes that the highlights of the progress made by INJM will enable the AMI family to evaluate the quality of scientific contribution of INJM. The acceptance rate of the articles submitted to INJM for the last few years ranged between 7 to 9%. The financial contribution of INJM to AMI as royalty to an amount of Rs. 18,14,645.00 for INJM (2017-2018) received from Springer Nature may also be appreciated.

The GS informed the GB that INJM is likely to scale greater heights in future under the able leadership of its EiC, Dr. VC Kalia. There was all round applause in the GB of the hard work done by the Editor-in-Chief and his team. The reports of the Editor-in-Chief were proposed for approval by Prof. T. Satyanarayana and seconded by Prof. Gopal Reddy.

11. In the next agenda item, Dr. Amulya K. Panda, Convener, AMSc, presented the approval of the Executive committee (EC) of AMSc, duly recommended by the Fellow Selection Committee (FSC) recommendations, for awarding the fellowship for 2018 by the Academy of Microbiological Sciences. The same is listed below:

Fellow, Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSc) for the year 2018

S. No. Name Affiliation

1. Dr. Poonam S. Nigam Ulster University, UK

2. Prof. Sunil K. Khare Enzyme and Microbial Biochemistry Lab, Dept. of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, India

3. Prof. Prince SharmaDepartment of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh

4. Prof. Ch SasikalaJawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

5. Prof. Rintu Banerjee Dept of Agricultural & Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

6. Prof. Anil K. Puniya College of Dairy Science and Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, India

The GB approved the recommendation of the Executive Committee of AMSc. The GB congratulated the Fellows elected to the Academy of Microbiological Sciences during the year.

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12. The result of the election for the Post of President Elect- 2019 was declared by the General Secretary approved earlier by the CC. With the able guidance from the CC under the leadership of the President, AMI and in the exercise of the responsibilities enshrined in the constitution of AMI, the General Secretary acted as the Returning Officer for the election for the President Elect-2019. The election process was held on time and all formalities for the election including inviting nominations, scrutiny of the nomination etc. were duly followed up. Prof. Yogendra Singh, Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi was elected unopposed as President Elect-2019. The GB approved the same.

Prof. Singh was congratulated by the GB and the GS informed that Prof. Y. Singh is a noted microbiologist of the country. He also informed the GB that Prof. Singh has won many awards like prestigious Moselio Schaechter Distinguished Service Award from ASM (2014), Rockefeller Career Development Award etc.

13. While finalizing the proposal for holding the 60th Annual conference of AMI, the GS informed that the proposal of Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh for organizing 60th Annual AMI Conference was received from AMI CUH Unit through the office of the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. R.C. Kuhad. The proposal was approved earlier by the CC. The GB approved the same and it was unanimously decided that the 60th Annual AMI Conference i.e. AMI-2019 will be held at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, India. The GB advised GS to inform the organizers for necessary preparations and information on the proposed dates for AMI-2019.

Dr. K.K. Dubey from AMI-CUH Unit was then invited to extend invitation to all the esteemed members of AMI for AMI-2019. Dr. Dubey informed the GB, that Hon’ble VC, Prof. R.C. Kuhad has conveyed best wishes to all AMI Members and he invites all to participate in this mega event.

14. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) with AMI was approved by GB alongwith the AMI-ISME Joint scientific session and workshop funded by ISME Regional Development funds of 10501 Euro as approved by the CC. The GS, informed the GB that the MoU is in line with ASM and MSK MoUs as approved by GB previously and this MoU is now approved by ISME Board members as well.

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15. Finally, Prof. P. Shukla, General Secretary thanked Prof. Appa Rao Podile, President, AMI, Central Council members, Past Presidents of AMI for satisfactorily conducting the meeting and all the AMI members for their active participation and whole-hearted support.

16. In his final remarks, Prof. Appa Rao Podile, President, AMI expressed his full satisfaction for completing the discussion on all the agenda items and taking significant decisions in a definite time-bound manner. He also appreciated the successful conduct of AMI, 2018.

Sd/- Sd/-

(Pratyoosh Shukla) (Appa Rao Podile) General Secretary President

DATED: 09.01.2019

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Annexure I

List of members attended the 59th General Body (GB) meeting held at Auditorium-1, Z.H.C, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, on 10.12.2018 at 12:20 PM.

Sl. No. Name Affiliation

1. Prof. App Rao Podile University of Hyderabad

2. Prof. S.S. Dudeja GJUS&T, Hisar

3. Prof. K. Laxminarayana Past President, AMI, Vijaywada

4. Prof. T. Satyanarayana University of Delhi, Delhi

5. Prof. Anil K. Puniya GADVASU, Ludhiana

6. Prof. R.K. Malik NDRI, Karnal

7. Dr. Amulya K. Panda NII-Delhi

8. Prof. Prince Sharma Panjab University, Chandigarh

9. Prof. Rup Lal University of Delhi, Delhi

10. Prof. Tapan K. Adhya Bhubaneshwar

11. Prof. Praveen Rishi Panjab University, Chandigarh

12. Dr. Kashyap Kumar Dubey CUH, Mahendergarh, Haryana

13. Prof. Namita Singh GJUS&T, Hisar

14. Bharmar Dutta C/O Dr. Rajib Bandopadhyay University of Burdwan, W.B.

15. Prof. L.V. Rao Osmania University, Hyderabad

16. Prof. Gopal Reddy Osmania University, Hyderabad

17. Prof. Ram Chandra BBAU, Lucknow

18. Dr. B. Bhima Osmania University, Hyderabad

19. Dr. S. T. Pawar T.C. College, Baramati, Pune

20. Dr. M.H. Gajbhaiye T.C. College, Baramati, Pune

21. Dr. Prafulla Shede Pune Unit

22. Dr. A. K. Saxena ICAR-NBAIM, Mau

23. Prof. Rintu Banerjee IIT, Kharagpur

24. Dr. Sunita Varjani GPCB, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

25. Hemani CUH, Mahendragarh, Haryana

26. Dr. Kavish Kumar Jain ICGEB, New Delhi

27. Dr. Ajit Kumar Passari Mizoram University, Aizwal

28. Prof. Ch. Sasikala JNTU, Hyderabad

29. Prof. Ch V. Ramana Dept. of Plant Sciences, UoH

30. Prof. G.S. Prasad University of Hyderabad

31. Dr. S. Sreedevi St. Pious X PG College, Hyderabad

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32. Dr. V. Shanmuyaiab Hyderabad

33. Dr. H.J. Purohit CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur

34. Dr. N. Manickum CSIR-IITR, Lucknow

35. Dr. Suhas Khandare JBCS, Wardha, Maharashtra

36. Pitambari Thakur Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab

37. Mahendra Vikram ICAR-NBAIM, Mau

38. Himanshu Mahawar IARI, New Delhi

39. Shiuchuni ICAR-NBAIM, Mau

40. Dr. Vijay Kumar Prajapati Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan

41. Dr. S. Kiran Dayanda Sagar Institute, Bengarulu

42. Dr. Sinosh Dayanda Sagar Institute, Bengarulu

43. Dr. N. Kajeswari Dayanda Sagar Institute, Bengarulu

44. Vaishnavi Dayanda Sagar Institute, Bengarulu

45. Aditi Dayanda Sagar Institute, Bengarulu

46. Dr. Chiranjib Banerjee IIT-ISM, DHANBAD

47. Dr. Rajeev K. Kapoor M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana

48. Dr. S.K. Ratha ABAU, Chennai

49. Dr. Upendra Kumar CRRI, Cuttak

50. Dr. S. Trivedi PJTSAU, Hyderabad

51. Megha PJTSAU, Hyderabad

52. Snehasini Rout ICAR-CRRI, Cuttak

53. Dr. M. Sharmiyasil CSIR-CLRI, Chennai

54. Archana Pattanaik SDA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

55. Ranveet Kaur Thapar University, Patiala

56. Y. Gayatri St. Francis College for Women

57. A.Tabassum St. Francis College for Women

58. Sanjeet Mehariya University of Campania, Italy

59. Prof. Virendra Pandey Rutgers University, USA

60. Deepak kulkarni Genceest

61. Parijat Ray IIT-Hyderabad

62. Anusha Rani University of Hyderabad

63. Suresh University of Hyderabad

64. Anirban Basu University of Hyderabad

65. B. Bhawana Chandra University of Hyderabad

66. Kim University of Hyderabad

67. Sahana Jasmin Vidyasagar University, W.B.

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68. Sonam Tripathi Affiliation not written by them

69. Rahul Affiliation not written by them

70. Surekha Affiliation not written by them

71. Dr. Vipin Gupta University of Delhi

72. Nirjara Singhvi University of Delhi

73. Utkarsh Sood University of Delhi

74. Priya Singh University of Delhi

75. Milind Kumbhare Affiliation not written by them

76. Dr. Swati Joshi Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

77. Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana

78. Prof. Sunil Pabbi IARI, New Delhi; Treasurer AMI

79. Prof. J. S. Virdi University of Delhi South Campus, Delhi

80. Dr. Naveen Gupta Panjab University, Chandigarh

81. Prof. Rupinder Tiwari Panjab University, Chandigarh

82. Dr. Camila Burgio Marin UNIVALI, Brazil

83. Monique Marin UNIVALI, Brazil

Sd/-Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla, General Secretary, AMI, Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India Phone : 91-1262-393398 E-mail : gsami2014@gmail.com

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Association of Microbiologists of IndiaFORMAT FOR NOMINATION FORM FOR THE POST OF PRESIDENT ELECT-2020

General Secretary/ Treasurer/ CC Member OF AMI (Term 2020-2023)

(Use the same format for sending nomination and see the rules of nomination on AMI website for different posts)

We hereby propose the name of Prof./Dr./Mr./ Mrs.___________________________________

Annual member/Life member of the Association since (AMI Membership ID with year):

____________________________

For the post of President Elect-(2020)/ General Secretary/ Treasurer/ CC Member [Term: 2020-2023](Tick any one)

Signature of the Proposer: ______________________________________________________

Name and Address in Block Letters: ______________________________________________

Signature of the Seconder: ______________________________________________________

Name and Address in Block Letters: ______________________________________________

Signature of the Seconder: _____________________________________________________

Name and Address in Block Letters: ______________________________________________

Signature of the Seconder: __________________________________________________

Name of Address in Block Letters: ______________________________________________

CONSENT OF THE CANDIDATE

I agree to stand as a candidate to the office of President Elect-(2020)/ General Secretary/ Treasurer/ CC Member (Tick any one) of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI).

Name and Address in Block Letters: _______________________________________________

BIODATA OF THE CANDIDATE: (Briefly highlight the academic and administration achievements)

The nominee for the above positions should be a life member of at least 10 years standing or as annual member for at least 15 years continuous standing and have contributed to AMI. It is mandatory for President Elect should have contributed for AMI in any capacity (CC Member, GS, Treasurer, Editor-in-chief, Joint Secretary or AMI Unit President/Secretary/Treasurer). (Please send membership proof, brief write about your contribution (Mandatory) to AMI, Future plan of action etc.).

Nominations for above positions duly proposed by FAMSc (earlier FAMI)/ Ex-President and seconded by two other members, who may be Life Members with 10 year standing, along with the consent of the candidate, shall be sent to Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla, General Secretary, Association of Microbiologists of India, Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India on or before 31st August, 2019.

Brief Notes: Incomplete applications and without the format above will be summarily rejected.

By signing this form the AMI Members contesting agrees to abide the decisions made by CC and GB of AMI.

As per AMI Rule No. 10.2.4, the election procedure or any matter related to the election to any position of AMI shall not be subject to any judicial review.