National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Nominations for election of Fellows 2027

Nominations for election to NAAS Fellowship for the year 2026 are invited.

The Academy initiated the online submission of the Nomination Form in 2023 and the same will be available in the Academy’s portal from March 15, 2025 onwards. You are kindly requested to wait till the Form is available on the NAAS Nomination Portal https://naasnominations.in/. The duly completed nomination form available on Academy’s Nomination Portal https://naasnominations.in/ for election to Fellowship 2025 may kindly be submitted on or before 15^th April 2026.

Nominations will be grouped under the following 8 sections:

I. Crop Sciences, covering Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Genetic Resources, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, Seed Technology, Post-Harvest Technologies, and Bioinformatics for all field crops

II. Horticultural Sciences, covering Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Genetic Resources, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, Seed Technology, Post-Harvest Technologies, and Bioinformatics for all horticultural crops

III. Animal Sciences, covering Animal Genetics & Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Animal Physiology, Animal Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Animal Production, Animal Reproduction, Animal Health, Animal Products Technology, Dairy Sciences, Poultry Sciences, and Bioinformatics

IV. Fisheries Sciences, covering Fish Genetics & Breeding, Fish Nutrition, Fish Pathology, Fish Biotechnology, Fish Biosystematics, Fish Processing &Technology, Fisheries Resource Management, Aquaculture, and Bioinformatics

V. Natural Resource Management Sciences, covering Agricultural Meteorology, Agronomy, Environmental Science, Forestry, Agroforestry, Soil Science including Soil Microbiology, Water Management (other than Soil and Water Engineering), Agricultural Physics, and Bioinformatics

VI. Plant Protection Sciences, covering Agricultural Chemicals, Agricultural Entomology, Plant Pathology, Nematology, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, and Bioinformatics

VII. Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Farm Machinery & Power, Soil and Water Engineering, Agricultural Process Engineering, Value addition and Post- Harvest Technology, Food Technology, Textile Technology and Computer Application including Bioinformatics in Agriculture

VIII. Social Sciences, covering Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Statistics, Extension Education, and Community Science  

Before submitting the nomination, please ensure the following:-

1. A Fellow can propose upto two candidates and Second upto three candidates in a Year.
2. Please ensure that all the information provided in Part B of the Nomination Form is correct to the best knowledge of the Proposer and Seconder.
3. A copy of each of the best 40 papers is attached.
4. A copy of each of the proofs for claims made in items (3), (4), (5) & (6) in Part – B of the Nomination Form is attached.
5. Please note that 10 Technology / Product mentioned should be other than those claimed in 40 best publications.
6. Proofs of category of Technology / Commercialization / Patent / Copyright / Developer / Co-developer must be enclosed.
7. All columns in application including Technology, Products, Books and Awards must be filled in with details otherwise no marks will be given.
    

NOMINATION FORMS FOR ELECTION TO NAAS FELLOWSHIP 2027