The Distinguished Alumni Award is recognition of alumni of the VAMNICOM that are well known and respected in their chosen field and The Distinguished Alumni Award is recognition of alumni of the VAMNICOM that are well known and respected in their chosen field. For more info visit: http://www.vamnicom.gov.in/en/content/distinguished-alumni-award-process-overview

1. Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management
Alumni Association
Distinguished Alumni Award - Overview
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What is Distinguished Alumni Award?
The Distinguished Alumni Award is recognition of alumni of the VAMNICOM that are
well known and respected in their chosen field and have made significant contributions in
academia, industry and other fields around the world. It is awarded by the VAMNICOM,
Pune
When was the award instituted and who have been the recipients?
The award has been instituted from the current year 2013 and 2 awards will be given
every year. There will be no separate award for different programmes and only one male
and one female member of Alumni shall be selected as a winner of the award.
Who decides the awards?
A selection committee consisting of eminent personalities both from VAMNICOM and
outside will review the nominations and select the awardees for the year.
How is the selection committee formed?
VAMNICOM invites eminent persons including non-alumni to be on the selection
committee. To address the diverse disciplines and roles in which VAMNICOM alumni
are active, the selection committee will have eminent people representing cooperatives,
academia, industry and research. The selection committee will also have representation
from members nominated by the Director, VAMNICOM, Pune.
If there are nominations in fields that cannot be evaluated easily, the selection committee
will invite experts in those fields that can review and assess such nominations.

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Is there an award ceremony?
The awards shall be given during the Convocation Function / Sutra (Alumni Meet) /
VAMNICOM foundation day.
How are candidates identified and nominated?
Each year, communication shall be sent to members of VAMNICOM Alumni seeking
nominations.
What is the need for this process?
To ensure greater participation, high visibility, transparency and objectivity.
Who is eligible to be nominated?
Any person who has passed out PGDM (earlier PGDBM), DCBM, DMCO from
VAMNICOM is eligible to be nominated.
What criteria shall be used for choosing the person for the award?
Since there is no purely quantitative way to define ‘outstanding accomplishment and
contribution’, there is an element of subjectivity in both nomination and final selection.
However, it is possible to use guidelines that will ensure that only candidates that have a
reasonable chance of being chosen for the award are nominated:
- The person must be well known and respected in his / her chosen field. This
usually implies that the person would have received other awards in recognition
of his performance and contribution from reputed institutions and publications.
- Academia uses measures such as number of publications and citations, h-index
and others that are widely accepted. Industry uses revenue, profitability, market
capitalization, etc. to measure business leaders. Depending on the field in which
the candidate works, appropriate criteria should be used
Is there a template I can use for nomination?
Nomination Form is enclosed or can be downloaded www.vamnicom.gov.in under
Alumni Section
You can include relevant media reports or other third party news items as attachments.
Avoid including too much details such as complete list of publications or patents –
a well written nomination typically contains 4-5 pages.

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Where should I send nominations?
Nominations using printed matter should be addressed to :
The In-charge, Alumni Committee
Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of
Cooperative Management,
University Road,
Pune – 411 007
Tel : 25701260
Nominations by email should be sent to alumni@vamnicom.gov.in
In addition to sending nominations, are there other ways that I can participate in
the process?
Yes, you can help by sharing this communication with other alumni that may not have
received it directly. You can invite VAMNIANs known to you to send their contact
information to us and we will contact them. This will significantly widen and strengthen
the alumni network.