Description
The Fingerprint Division Haque and Bose Award will be offered to the most outstanding presentation at a Fingerprint related event or work stream during the calendar year.
Azizul Haque and Hem Chandra Bose, were two statisticians recruited by Sir Edward Henry to utilise anthropometry in the advancement of the science. It was Haque who first derived the subdivision of fingerprints records into 1024 different groups that became the basis of the system for fingerprint classification, subsequently credited to Sir Edward Henry and is universally called the Henry system of classification. Haque and Bose both went on to have careers with the Bengal Police Service and have long been recognised within the worldwide fingerprint community. The Fingerprint Division has decided that the contribution of these two pioneers, who were young researchers employed in developing forensic identification methods, should be recognised by encouraging others within the field.
Criteria
The prize will be awarded to the most outstanding presentation submitted to be given at a Fingerprint related event or work stream within the calendar year*. All presentations given at a Fingerprint event or work stream will be eligible for the award.
The award of the Haque and Bose prize will be decided by an appointed group. The decision of the appointed group will be final with no right of appeal.
The work will be judged on the following criteria:
- Impact
- Innovation
- Quality of the Presentation abstract
Eligibility
The person that is awarded the prize must be a member of The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences.
The Award
For CSFS members the award is in the form of either one year's gratis on their membership subscription or a voucher to the same value against attendance at a CSFS event.
* Presentation will be judged on abstracts submitted.