Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award (B.Sc. Agriculture - Final Year Student)

What is the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award?

Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award is a merit award for one final-year B.Sc. Agriculture student at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar. According to the myScheme listing maintained under the Government of Uttarakhand's Department of Agriculture, the award carries a value of Rs 25,000 and is given for one year to recognise academic excellence in the final year of the four-year B.Sc. Agriculture degree.

The award is named in memory of Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay and is administered directly by GBPUAT, Pantnagar, the state's premier agricultural university, established in 1960 and modelled on the American land-grant system. Because the award is institution-specific, it functions as a university merit award rather than a mass welfare scheme. Only students already studying the final year of B.Sc. Agriculture at Pantnagar are in scope.

Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award is a one-time recognition. The Rs 25,000 is not a recurring stipend and is not renewed for the same student in a later year, because the eligible student is already in the final year of the course.

Who is eligible for the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award?

You can be considered if:

• You are enrolled as a final-year student in the B.Sc. Agriculture programme.
• You are studying at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar.
• Your academic record meets the merit standard set by the university committee for this award.

You cannot apply / are not eligible if:

• You study at any institution other than GBPUAT, Pantnagar.
• You are enrolled in a course other than B.Sc. Agriculture, for example B.V.Sc., B.F.Sc. or B.H.Sc. students should look at the separate Smt. Bimla Rani Memorial Award instead.
• You are in the first, second or third year of the B.Sc. Agriculture programme rather than the final year.

The award is limited to a single recipient per cycle and runs for one year only, so eligibility is narrow by design.

What benefit does the award provide?

Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award provides a merit amount of Rs 25,000 to the selected final-year B.Sc. Agriculture student. The award is a one-time benefit for the year in which it is granted. It is intended to encourage and reward top academic performance rather than to cover ongoing living or tuition costs, so it is best understood as a prize than a scholarship stipend.

Because the myScheme record does not publish a fixed disbursement calendar for this award, students should rely on the timeline stated in the university's own notice for the year they apply.

What documents are required?

myScheme states that documents must be submitted "in accordance with the university guidelines prescribed for this scheme," so the exact checklist is set by GBPUAT each cycle. In practice, applicants should keep the following ready:

Do not assume a document list from another scheme applies here. Always follow the document list printed in the GBPUAT notice for the current year.

How to apply for the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award

The award is offline only. Follow these steps:

1. Watch for the university notice. Check the GBPUAT notice boards, the College of Agriculture office, and the university website (gbpuat.ac.in) for the announcement inviting applications for the award.
2. Collect and fill the prescribed form. Obtain the application form specified by the university for this award and complete it with your personal and academic details.
3. Attach the required documents. Add your enrolment proof, marksheets and any other document listed in the notice.
4. Submit to the designated office. Hand in the completed form and documents at the office named in the notice (typically the concerned Dean or College of Agriculture office) before the stated cut-off.
5. Await committee evaluation. A committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor reviews all applications against the award guidelines, and the Vice Chancellor approves the final recipient.

How is the winner selected?

Selection is entirely internal to GBPUAT. A committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor evaluates the eligible applications against the university's guidelines for this award, ranks candidates on merit, and recommends a recipient. The Vice Chancellor gives final approval. There is no external online scrutiny stage, and no state-level DBT process is involved, the award is handled through the university's own machinery.

Common reasons an application does not succeed

• Wrong course or year; applying while not in the final year of B.Sc. Agriculture, or from a different degree, makes the application ineligible.
• Not a GBPUAT student. The award is available only at Pantnagar.
• Merit below the committee's cut-off: since only one student is selected, a strong academic record is decisive.
• Missing or late form — an incomplete prescribed form, or submission after the notice deadline, leads to rejection.

If your application is not selected, the practical fix is to confirm your eligibility for other GBPUAT merit awards and to ensure your marksheets and enrolment proof are complete and accurate for the next cycle.

How this award fits among GBPUAT's other scholarships

Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award is one of a large set of named endowment awards and medals that GBPUAT administers through its Dean, Student Welfare. The same office oversees merit scholarships, sports scholarships and tuition-fee freeships, alongside donor-funded awards. For context, GBPUAT's yearly merit scholarships typically run in the range of Rs 8,000 to Rs 15,000 a year, while alumni-funded awards such as the 4A Asha Kiran Scholarship pay a monthly stipend to resource-stressed but meritorious undergraduates. Against that backdrop, the Rs 25,000 gold-medal award is a one-time prize for a single final-year B.Sc. Agriculture topper rather than a recurring stipend, which is why a student cannot bank on it as a source of regular support.

Because each endowment carries its own donor conditions, the course, the year of study and the merit basis, a student who is not eligible for this award should ask the Dean, Student Welfare office which other awards match their branch and year. A student may hold more than one award only where the individual award rules allow it.

Where to get help

For questions about the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Gold Medal Award, contact G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar:

• University phone: 05944-233349
• Address: GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263145
• Website: gbpuat.ac.in

Students should approach the College of Agriculture office or the concerned Dean for the current year's notice, form and deadline, since these details are issued by the university and can change from year to year.

If a student believes an application was not considered or a decision was unfair, the accountable route is a written representation to the Dean, Student Welfare, and, failing that, a Right to Information (RTI) application to the university's Public Information Officer asking how the award was decided for the year. Because the award is handled internally rather than through a state grievance portal or a DBT payment system, there is no online status tracker to chase, the university office is the single point of contact for both the application and any complaint.