Nomination and Endorsement forms may be modified/submitted up until the final deadline set by the J K Aggarwal Prize Committee.

To Endorsers of the J K Aggarwal Prize Nominee:

Your name has been listed as an endorser for a nomination of the individual named on this form for the J K Aggarwal Prize of the IAPR. A copy of the completed Nomination Form should have been sent to you. To qualify as an endorser, you must be qualified to judge the technical contribution cited on the Nomination Form.

Your description of the significance and impact of the technical contribution must be based on factual data and objective observations; glowing generalities will carry little weight.

In completing items this form, please keep in mind that the J K Aggarwal Prize is to be given in recognition of a technical contribution of far-reaching significance and impact on the field of pattern recognition or its closely allied fields by a young investigator under 40 years of age on the nomination deadline.

The information on the Nomination Form should not be repeated word for word on this Endorsement Form since that would place in question the endorser’s ability to judge the technical contribution.

Please complete this form within 30 days. Nominations for the J K Aggarwal Prize will not be eligible for consideration by the J K Aggarwal Prize Committee unless the Endorsement Forms from at least four of the listed endorsers (among whom you are included) are received.

IAPR Statute S.7 for the J K Aggarwal Prize

S.7.1 The J K Aggarwal Prize is to be awarded biennially to a living person in recognition of substantial contributions to the field of pattern recognition. The Prize honors Professor Jake Aggarwal who is widely recognized for his extensive contributions to the field of pattern recognition. The Prize consists of a cash amount and a suitably inscribed certificate. The costs of the Prize are borne by a special fund set up for this purpose.

S.7.2 The Prize recipient shall be selected by the J K Aggarwal Prize Committee, subject to approval by the IAPR Governing Board, upon nomination by a member of a member society of IAPR and the endorsement of four other members, representing at least two member societies different from that of the nominator and nominee. Nominations will be considered only for the Prize of the year for which they are submitted.

S.7.3 Members of the IAPR Executive Committee, as well as of the J K Aggarwal Prize Committee, shall be ineligible for the prize and may not serve as nominators or endorsers.

S.7.4 The Prize recipient is a young scientist, under the age of 40 at the date of the deadline for nominations, who has brought a substantial contribution to a field that is relevant to the IAPR community and whose research work has had a major impact on the field.