Award Paper

In every year, IPS West Bengal Branch invites Papers from Post-Graduate and MPhill Students of Psychiatry and allied fields during the annual state conference, PSYCON. From the 2017, a cash-award of Rs. 5000/- has been instituted in the memory of Dr. K L Narayan. From the year 2023, the award money has been increased to Rs. 7000/-.

 

Award Paper submission guidelines:

Full papers (soft copy only – hard copy is not required), written in English, in the format prescribed for Original Research Papers in “Instructions to Authors” by the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, should reach the Chairperson, Award Committee of PSYCON within the stipulated date (to be announced through the Conference Brochure through email (announced through the Brochure) in order to be eligible for an award. The Five Best Papers will be required to be presented in powerpoint format during PSYCON.

 

Please note the following guideline for Award Paper presentation:

The presenter must make a PowerPoint presentation as per the date mentioned in next PSYCON.

Time of presentation will be 7 minutes followed by 3 minutes Q & A.

Try to limit the presentation within 15-20 slides.

The presentation should follow the IMRaD (Introduction, Aims & Objectives, Methodology, Result, and Discussion) format.

Award Poster

In every year, IPS West Bengal Branch invites Posters from Post-Graduate and MPhill Students of Psychiatry and allied fields during the annual state conference, PSYCON. From the year, a cash-award of Rs. 5,000/- has been instituted in memory of Dr. P. P. Roy, for the best poster presented at PSYCON.

 

Award Poster guidelines:

There will be Award Poster section. Poster size: 3ft (W) x 4ft (H). Please send a soft copy of poster before the the date as mentioned in the Brochure to the Chairperson, Award Committee of PSYCON (through email as mentioned in Brochure of next PSYCON). Five Best posters will be selected. The posters which will not be selected as Award Poster can be presented as Free Poster. The poster(s) in above-mentioned size are to be displayed at the venue of PSYCON in the stipulated time mentioned in Brochure.

 

Guideline for Award Poster presentation:

  • Award Poster presentation has to be done physically at the venue of PSYCON 2023 on 9th September 2023 between 2:00-3:00 pm.
  • The dimension of the poster should be – 3ft (W) x 4ft (H)
  • The poster needs to be mounted on the board provided at the venue with both side adhesive tape.
  • The poster presentation should follow IMRaD (Introduction, Aims & Objectives, Methodology, Results and Discussion) format in case of presenting a study OR Background, The Case, and Discussion format when presenting a particular Case.
  • The background of the poster should ideally be of lighter shade and words should be in darker shades.
  • Images and/or tables can be added in posters but those should be clearly readable.
  • The presenter needs to be present in front of his poster at the scheduled time to face queries from the judges.