The Meenakshi Mukherjee Memorial Prize
The Meenakshi Mukherjee Memorial Prize was instituted in 2011 in the memory of the second Chairperson of the IACLALS, Prof. Meenakshi Mukherjee (1993-2005). She taught English literature and Critical theory at a number of colleges in Patna, Pune, Delhi and the University of Hyderabad. Her last and longest spell was as Professor of English in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a visiting professor in several universities outside India, including the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Chicago, the University of California at Berkeley, Macquarie University (Sydney), the University of Canberra and Flinders University (Adelaide).
The MMM Prize is awarded for the Best Paper published by a member(s) of the IACLALS during the block of previous two years. The prize now carries a certificate with citations, and a sum of Rs. 10,000. At the time of its institution, the prize carried the sum of Rs. 5000 with a certificate. IACLALS provides single return airfare (Domestic) to the awardee, to join the annual conference at the time of the award. In case of joint awardees, all the privileges, extended to the awardee [prize money, single return airfare (domestic)] shall to be shared equally between the authors.
Guidelines for The Meenakshi Mukherjee Memorial Prize
1. An article published in a journal or a chapter included in a published book may be entered for the prize. Both online and print publications shall be acceptable. Whole books by a single author will not be eligible. Along with the submission, candidates will need to submit the title page and contents page, and complete publication data in the case of online journals.
2. Candidates competing for the prize must have been members both at the time of publication of their work and at the time of submitting their entry for the prize.
3. Co-authored papers: In case of co-authored papers, all the authors should jointly apply for nomination through a signed application. They should have been members at the time of publication of papers and at the time of the award. All privileges extended to the awardee [prize money, single return airfare (domestic)] will be shared equally between the authors.
4. The submission should make some original/fresh contribution to the existing corpus of knowledge -- theoretical, textual or interpretive.
5. IACLALS will conduct Plagiarism check before sending the papers for review.
6. All Published papers being submitted for the MMM Prize, in addition to the scanned document from the parent print publication, should be accompanied by their pdf/word file to facilitate plagiarism check and other processes.
7. Minimum word limit for a submitted article is 3500 words, excluding citations.
8. One member can submit only one nomination. In the covering mail, members will need to clearly declare their membership status. There is no (other) entry fee.
9. Earlier awardees will be able to apply for the nomination only after a gap of 3 years from the year of the award.
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The MMM Prize is awarded for the Best Paper published by a member(s) of the IACLALS during the block of previous two years. The prize now carries a certificate with citations, and a sum of Rs. 10,000. At the time of its institution, the prize carried the sum of Rs. 5000 with a certificate. IACLALS provides single return airfare (Domestic) to the awardee, to join the annual conference at the time of the award. In case of joint awardees, all the privileges, extended to the awardee [prize money, single return airfare (domestic)] shall to be shared equally between the authors.
Guidelines for The Meenakshi Mukherjee Memorial Prize
1. An article published in a journal or a chapter included in a published book may be entered for the prize. Both online and print publications shall be acceptable. Whole books by a single author will not be eligible. Along with the submission, candidates will need to submit the title page and contents page, and complete publication data in the case of online journals.
2. Candidates competing for the prize must have been members both at the time of publication of their work and at the time of submitting their entry for the prize.
3. Co-authored papers: In case of co-authored papers, all the authors should jointly apply for nomination through a signed application. They should have been members at the time of publication of papers and at the time of the award. All privileges extended to the awardee [prize money, single return airfare (domestic)] will be shared equally between the authors.
4. The submission should make some original/fresh contribution to the existing corpus of knowledge -- theoretical, textual or interpretive.
5. IACLALS will conduct Plagiarism check before sending the papers for review.
6. All Published papers being submitted for the MMM Prize, in addition to the scanned document from the parent print publication, should be accompanied by their pdf/word file to facilitate plagiarism check and other processes.
7. Minimum word limit for a submitted article is 3500 words, excluding citations.
8. One member can submit only one nomination. In the covering mail, members will need to clearly declare their membership status. There is no (other) entry fee.
9. Earlier awardees will be able to apply for the nomination only after a gap of 3 years from the year of the award.
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MMM Prize: Roll of Honour
YEAR WINNER
2012 Makarand R. Paranjape
2013 Meena T. Pillai
2014 Somdatta Mandal
2015 Nilanjana Mukherjee
2016 Nishat Haider
2017 Shailendra Kumar Singh
2018 Fatima Rizvi
2019 Avishek Parui
2020 Ritwick Bhattacharjee
2012 Makarand R. Paranjape
2013 Meena T. Pillai
2014 Somdatta Mandal
2015 Nilanjana Mukherjee
2016 Nishat Haider
2017 Shailendra Kumar Singh
2018 Fatima Rizvi
2019 Avishek Parui
2020 Ritwick Bhattacharjee
