Invitation Silver Jubilee Oration of Indian Orthopaedic Association-2026

The Silver Jubilee Oration was instituted in 1980 to commemorate the 25 years of our association. It is a mark of recognition to a member whose original, Unpublished work is worthy of this prestigious award. The awards are mainly to promote the scientific and original work performed in India. The Award is based solely on the value and merit of the manuscript submitted.
Indian Orthopaedic Association invites applications for the prestigious Silver Jubilee Oration of IOA to be presented during the Annual conference of IOA (IOACON) 2026 at Ahmedabad - Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat. Last Date for submission is 20th September 2026 5 PM. Applications received after 20th September 2026 5PM will not be considered .
Link to apply in Google Form - https://forms.gle/jQFvWuzWcF89S1w4A

Guidelines & Criteria:
Eligibility:
1. The Orator must be a Life Member of the Association. Please Fill Life Membership Number in Google form
2. It shall be his/her personal work and work should have been done in India.
3. The subject of oration should not have been published or presented in its present form elsewhere. He should certify to that effect. Attach self-declaration PDF in Google form
4. Age limit for Silver Jubilee Oration shall be below 50 Years . The cut-off date for age would be 31st December of the year of conference. (31st December2026)
5. ONLY Selected Candidate will be asked to submit his/her CV as One slide to be published on screen as Introduction before his presentation . Selected Candidate will make presentation of 20-25 minutes. (5 minutes for Introduction – Felicitation- Presenting Award).

6. Those who had submitted application last year and were not selected may also submit the application again mentioning their intent to continue as applicant for the current year.
7. Selected author must also submit the full manuscript for publication in IJO by online submission on IJO Submission Portal in next 3 months so that it can be published within January to June issue in next year after peer review by subject experts and formalities and formats prescribed by IJO.
8. The selected manuscript shall become the property of the Association and all such anuscripts shall be kept in I.O.A. Library in New Delhi Office.
9. Silver Jubilee Oration award includes: Cash award of Rs. 25,000/-, a certificate and Silver salver.
10. No Travelling or other allowance shall be paid

All applicants are required to submit their application on google form link https://forms.gle/jQFvWuzWcF89S1w4A with following documents to be attached in
PDF format in Google form :
Mark the documents as :
(A-1) Complete Manuscript in PDF format Blinded (First page should have only subject name and no Author name or any direct or indirect identity indication in total content ) to be reviewed by referees.
(A-2) Single Page in PDF with Name of Applicant and Subject only
(A-3) Certificate of self-declaration with signature of his/her original work done in India and not published/presented in present form in PDF format.
Deadlines:

a. Last date for submission is 20th September 2026 5 PM
b. Final decision for selection to be conveyed to selected candidate is after 10th October, 2026.

Procedure of Selection:
1. Blinded Manuscripts will be reviewed by the expert referees-Judges
2. These expert referees-Judges shall screen the blinded full manuscript and the expert referees-Judges’ decision would be final.
3. Each referee will mark the manuscript. The average of summation of all will be final as per rules.
4. The manuscripts shall be judged or assessed according to following format:

Total 100 marks divided as follows:
a. Content of the study (20%)
b. Method of study (40%)
c. Relevance (20%)
d. Evidence based conclusion (20%)
5. The referees may recommend that none of the manuscripts were found to fulfil the criteria. If majority of referee send this recommendation, the oration will not be presented that year. The President of IOA will introduce the orator.

6. Once submitted manuscript shall be considered for 2 years, it will be sent for re-review next year also along with all new entries on request of applicant for that year.
Only Selected candidate is required to send One print copy of each - full manuscript, Bio data for introduction before oration and certificate of self-declaration with signature mentioning his/her original work done in India and not published/presented in present form Print copies of above documents of only selected Candidate should be sent to :

IOA
House 69, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area Behind Batra Hospital, M.B. New
Delhi-110062