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Society shall be known as the
Indian Society of Agronomy. |
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Objectives |
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To disseminate knowledge of Agronomy in its widest perspective. |
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To encourage research and education in the scientific and
practical aspects of the soil, water and crop management. |
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To provide suitable forum such as National and International
symposia/seminars to diffuse scientific knowledge among scientists
and to facilitate personal contacts among Agronomists and those
in related disciplines. |
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To publish journals, bulletins, reports, books and newsletters
for the advancement of the aims of the Society. |
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Members and Privileges of Members: |
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The Society shall consist
of life members, members, associate members and sustaining members.
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Members: Scientists
engaged and interested in teaching/research/extension in Agronomy
and related subjects shall be admitted as members after they
pay the prescribed fee (subject to revision). They shall be
entitled to receive the Journal of the Society free of charge
from the year from which subscription is paid, will have right
to vote and hold an office of the Society provided they have
been members (ordinary or life member) for minimum period of
two years prior to the year of election. (Ref. Clause 8.5). |
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Life Members:
Scientists/persons on payment to the value of 10 years annual
subscription at the current rate (subject to revision by the
Executive Council) made be enrolled as life members. The life
members shall enjoy all the privileges of the members. They
shall, however, not be entitled for back issues of the journal
of the Society published before enrolment. The application for
the life membership is accepted in the prescribed format. |
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Associate Members:
Persons who do not possess basic degree in agriculture science
shall be enrolled as associate members only on payment of sum
equal to that charged as subscription from members. They shall
enjoy all the privileges of the members except the right to
vote at meetings/elections or to hold an office. |
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Sustaining Members:
Institutions or organisations in India on payment of Rs.70,000
(equivalent to US $ 2000 in the case of Institution in foreign
countries or Indian Institutions or Organisation with Headquarter
abroad) as sustaining members. They will be entitled to receive
the Journal of the Society free of charge, but will not enjoy
voting rights or rights to hold office of the Society. |
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Withdrawal/Discontinuance/Expulsion
of Members |
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A member may withdraw from the Society signifying his/her
wish to do so in a letter addressed to the Secretary. He shall,
however, not be entitled for the refund of any fee paid by him/her.
Any member so resigning may, however, re-apply for admission. |
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Members who do not pay their annual subscription by 31 December
shall cease to be the members for the Society. They will have
to re-apply for the membership and will not be entitled for
the issues of the journal for the concerned year published prior
to date of enrolment. A request for the back issues of year,
when payment of the membership is delayed beyond 31 December
can, however, be made to the Executive Council, which if considered
in the interest of the Society, may accept such requests. |
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Any member indulging in activities against
the interests of Society or the activities, which block the
functioning of the Society, shall discontinue to be a member
of the Society. The Executive Council will discuss such cases
on merit and in case the majority decision is for expelling
a member it will refer the matter to the General Body Meeting
which may be convened for this purpose, if necessary. In case
the matter is urgent and the General Body Meeting is likely
to be delayed, the Executive Council may resort to opinion poll
among the members of the Society through secret postal ballot.
The members who do not communicate their negative opinion through
ballot will be considered to have agreed to the proposal of
the Executive Council. The expulsion will be affected if three-fourth
or more of the members (on roll on the date of the opinion poll)
vote for it. The General Body can expel a member from the Society
for a fixed term of two or more years or the entire life period,
if it finds that the damage caused by the member to the Society
is irreparable. The expulsion orders by the General Body will
also apply to the life members, who, however, will continue
to receive the journal of the Society free of charge. The expelled
members/life members will have neither right to vote nor they
can contest for any office of the Society. |
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Subscription |
| 5.1 |
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The subscription rates, which may be revised
by the Executive Council from time to time will apply for one
calendar year (January to December) |
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The Indian Journal of Agronomy is published since 1956-57, quarterly in March, June, September and December by the Indian Society of Agronomy. This journal is available online at: www.indianjournals.com
Membership fee and subscription rates for the year 2010 are as follows:
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MEMBERSHIP (To individuals only)
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Indian nationals |
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Foreign nationals |
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Rs. 400.00 |
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US $ 65.00 / EUR € 40 |
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| Life |
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Rs. 4000.00 |
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US $ 740.00 / EUR € 450 |
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SUBSCRIPTION (To libraries and institutions)
| Name of journal |
Print only |
Online only |
Print + online |
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Foreign
(US $ or its
equivalent) |
Indian (Rs.) |
Foreign
(US $ or its
equivalent) |
Indian (Rs.) |
Foreign
(US $ or its
equivalent) |
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| Indian Journal of Agronomy |
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Rs. 1800.00 |
$ 260 / € 60 |
Rs. 1800.00 |
$ 260 / € 60 |
Rs. 2600.00 |
$ 390 / € 240 |
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| * Subscription for libraries / institutions abroad is US $ 250.00 or its equivalent |
| * A 10% rebate will be allowed to booksellers and book agencies. |
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The rates for other publications will
be fixed by the Executive Council. |
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The Executive Council |
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The administration, direction and management
of the affairs of the Society shall be entrusted to the Executive
Council consisting of the Patron, President, Vice President,
Secretary, Joint Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Editor and Councillors
of states. Normally, minimum of 20 members can elect a state’s
Councillor. Two or three smaller states may, however, unite
and have one Councillor. All the past Presidents of the Society
will be ex-officio members of the Executive Council. The representation
of the members from the industry or other organizations, which
do not fall in the normal stream of agronomic research and teaching
may be made by separate Councillors. The Executive Council may
examine the needs and may take decision on the provision of
such Councillors. This should be later got approved in the General
Body Meeting. The immediate past President and Secretary shall
be ex-officio members of the Executive Council of the Society
with voting right. |
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The meetings of the Executive will be
presided by the President/Vice President. |
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The Secretary shall have overall responsibility
for the conduct of the affairs of the Society under the directives
of the Executive Council. He shall convene the Meetings of the
Executive Council, General Body Meetings and shall be responsible
for recording of their proceedings. The Joint Secretary shall
generally help the Secretary in his work and conduct the work
of the Secretary other than those relating to finance during
his absence from the Headquarters. |
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The Secretary in consultation with President
and/or Vice President shall have powers to appoint or terminate
the services of the paid employees of ISA working at the Headquarter.
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The Treasurer in consultation with the
Secretary shall be responsible for the financial affairs of
the Society. He shall submit to the Council a statement of the
accounts of the Society of each year. |
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The Treasurer in consultation with the
President, Vice President or Secretary shall have power to make
sundry expenditure of Rs.5000/- per annum. |
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- A member of Executive Council may be paid the travel
expenses for not more than two meetings in a calendar year.
Prior approval of President on the subject would be necessary.
- A rational view may be taken so that most of the Executive Council members get equal opportunity for participation in the meetings.
- The travel expenses should be restricted to the second class train fare only. In addition, the incidental charges not more than Rs.300/- (Rs.100/- for onward journey + Rs.100/- for return journey + Rs.100/- for one halt at Delhi) may be paid to those who take more than 12 hours journey (one way) while for others, it may be restricted to Rs.100/- only. The fixed deposit of Rs.10.00 lakhs may be made in December 2000 and the payment of Travel Expenses may start after one year preferably from January 2002.
- The expenses on this account will be met from the interest accrued on a fix deposit of Rs.10 lakhs.
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Editorial Board |
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The Executive Council will appoint the
Chief Editor and other Members of the Editorial Board for a
tenure of two years. However, any additions or deletions in
the Editorial Board may be made by the Executive Council as
and when deemed necessary. |
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There is no tenure limit on the member
of the Editorial Board and members may continue in the Editorial
Board for as many years as the Executive Council may consider
it appropriate. Thus while the Executive Council members change,
the members of the Editorial Board may continue to hold the
office, provided the current Executive Council considers it
desirable. |
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All members of the Executive Council will
also be the members of the Editorial Board. |
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The new Executive Council after biennial
election shall have the powers to reconstitute the Editorial
Board including Chief Editor. The Executive shall also have
powers to reconstitute the Editorial Board including Chief Editor,
if desired, at any time during the term of Executive Council.
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Once appointed the Chief Editor will also
be a member of the Executive Council. |
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Election of the Office Bearers |
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The members of the Executive Council
(President, Vice President, Secretary. Joint Secretary, Treasurer
and Councillors) will be elected by the secret ballot paper
for a tenure of two calendar years. In the case of unavoidable
delays in the elections the Executive Council will continue
to function until new Executive Council takes over and in no
case more than three months after expiry of the term. |
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Eminent scientists/persons who can provide
dynamic leadership to the Society can be chosen as Patron of
the Society in its General Body Meeting. The position is not
to be filled by the election but by the general consensus in
the General Body Meeting. Once chosen the patron will be the
member of the Executive Council. However, he will have no voting
right but can preside over Executive Council Meetings/General
Body Meetings. If needed he will provide guidance. In the case
of crisis, if any, the Patron will have the responsibility of
managing the affairs of the Society including the conduct of
the election. |
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The Secretary and the Treasurer shall
be persons normally staying at the Headquarters of the Society.
The Headquarters here means the town and not any specific institution
or organization. |
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No member will hold the same office for
more than two consecutive terms. He may, however, hold any other
office(s) for the other two terms, if elected. |
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The voters list in year of election will
be made by the Secretary by end of January and will include
members who have paid membership dues of past two years by 31st
December prior to the election year. Thus, persons who had been
members consecutively for a period of 2 years and life members
only will be entitled to vote. In case of life members, only
those will have rights to vote who have paid all the membership
dues in the preceding year of election. This list will be reserved
and approved by the Executive Council and additions or deletions
can not be made later in the list unless approved by the Executive
Council in its next meeting. |
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The Executive Council will appoint a
Returning Officer for the Society elections. The Returning Officer
shall be a non-contesting member. A member of the Executive
Council provided he is not contesting election can be appointed
as Returning Officer for the Society elections. |
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In August of the election year all the
members in the voters list will be asked by the Secretary in
consultation with the Returning Officer to send their nominations
to the Returning Officer by a date fixed by the Returning Officer.
The nominations can be proposed and seconded by voter members
only. |
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The Returning Officer will scrutinize
the nominations and he will communicate the proper names for
various offices along with their address to the contestants
for their consent. The names of the members communicating/conveying
their willingness for contesting elections will be passed on
to the Secretary for getting the ballot papers printed. The
ballot papers having names and address of the contesting candidates
duly numbered and signed will be dispatched by the Returning
Officer. The ballot papers must be sent back by the members
to the Returning Officer by the fixed date to be indicated on
the ballot paper. |
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The ballots will be counted by the Returning
Officer in the presence of at least two members of the Executive
Council. The members getting the highest votes will be declared
elected. In the case of tie, the immediate past President will
have the casting vote. |
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The results will be communicated by the
Returning Officer to the Secretary, who will inform the members
directly or through a publication in the journal of the Society/or
in public press. |
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Unless elections are delayed, the elected
new Executive Council will take charge from 1st January of new
term. |
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For the position for which the nominations
are not received, the Executive Council will have option to
elect by a majority of vote by show of hands. |
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Meeting of the Council |
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The Executive Council shall normally
meet at least once in three months, more often, if necessary
and shall review the financial position of the Society, review
the progress made in the publication and other activities of
the Society and such other matter as the Council is empowered
to deal with under the rules. |
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The Secretary, in consultation with the
President, shall convene meetings of the Council and intimate
to all the members of the Council the date, place and time of
the meeting, and the agenda of the subjects to be discussed. |
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A minimum of 20 per cent of the members
of the Council shall form a quorum. |
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The President, or in his absence, the
Vice President shall take the chair. In the absence of the President
or of the Vice President, the members of the Council shall elect
a Chairman. |
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The ordinary method of voting shall be
by show of hands, but the votes shall be taken by ballot on
a motion to this effect being duly carried. |
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The Chairman shall be entitled to vote
with other members of the Council; and when the votes are equal,
he shall have a second i.e., a casting vote. |
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Minutes of proceedings of every meeting
of the Council shall be taken during its progress by the Secretary,
or the Joint Secretary, or in their absence, by one of the members
of the Council appointed by the Chairman. |
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A copy of the minutes of each meeting
of the Council shall be circulated to the members of the Council
and placed before the next meeting of the Council for confirmation. |
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The Council may constitute from among
their own body or from among the members of the Society, committees
for the consideration of special subjects. Committees shall
cause minutes to be taken of their proceedings. They shall report
to the Council on all matters referred to them, producing such
minutes, if called for. Committees shall have their own Chairman
and Secretary, their duties etc. in other respects may be defined
by the Council which may also dissolve such Committees, if necessary. |
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General Body Meetings |
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General Body Meetings of the Society shall
be of two kinds viz. Biennial General Body Meeting and Extra-Ordinary
General Body Meeting. |
| 10.1 |
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The Biennial General Body Meeting of
the Society shall be held under the following rules: |
| 10.1.1 |
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A minimum of 20% of the members/life
members will form the quorum of General Body Meeting. In case
the membership exceeds 400, a minimum of 80 members (ordinary/life
members) will form the quorum for General Body Meeting |
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The Biennial General Body Meeting of
the Society shall be held at a University or an Institution
on invitation or at the headquarters of the Society. This should
have the concurrence of the Institution or the University concerned
so as to provide the facilities for holding the meeting and
also the boarding and lodging for the members of the Society
attending the sessions. On receiving the suggestion, the Council
will take such steps as may be considered necessary. |
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Notice of the meeting, date, hour and
place and the business to be transacted there at, shall be given
to all the members immediately after the venue and dates are
fixed. |
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The order of business at the Biennial
General Body Meeting shall be as follows: |
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- The minutes of the last meeting shall be confirmed after correction, if necessary, duly signed by the Chairman.
- The Secretary or in his absence, one of the members of the Council authorized for the purpose shall present the Council's report on the activities of the Society during the preceding year(s).
- The Treasurer of the Society will present the statement of accounts.
- Other reports and communications from the Council shall be discussed.
- The President then shall deliver his presidential address.
- Scientific papers and communications received from the Council shall be read in the order determined by the Council.
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The following rules shall be applicable
to Extra-ordinary General Body Meetings: |
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Such meetings shall be convened by a
majority decision of the Executive Council and shall be convened
by the President when called upon to do so by requisition signed
by not less than 25 per cent of the total strength of Members
/ Life Members and stating the business to be transacted there
at. |
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Notice of the date, hour and place of
the meeting and of the special business to be transacted there
at shall be given to all Members / Life Members, at least fifteen
days before the date of meeting. |
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No business other than that included
in the notice shall be transacted at such meetings, nor shall
any non-member be permitted to be present. |
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- "Proposals for additions, deletions or alterations in the existing rules may be placed before the Biennial General Body Meeting or an Extra-ordinary General Body Meeting of the Society specially called for the purpose under Clause 10.2.
- "Proposals for such modifications in the existing rules from members or life members of the Society shall be sent to the Secretary at least six weeks before the Biennial or Extra-ordinary General Body Meeting of the Society.
- "The proposals together with any amendments shall be brought before the Biennial or Extra-ordinary General Body Meeting of the Society together with remarks of the Council, if any and if accepted by a two-third majority of the members and life members present and voting at such Meeting.
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Funds and Accounts |
| 11.1 |
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The funds of the Society shall consist
of (a) annual subscription of members, (b) Life Membership fee,
(c) donations, (d) grants-in-aid from Governments, Institutions,
Societies or individuals interested in the work of the Society,
(e) subscriptions to the journal of the Society and sale proceeds
of the publications, (f) charges for publishing advertisements
in the publications of the Society, and (g) other sources as
determined by the Council. |
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The accounts and vouchers for receipts
and payments of the Society shall be subject to examination
by the Executive Council any time and shall be subject to annual
audit by an internal Auditor as well as by a Chartered Accountant.
The Annual Statement of Accounts shall, after audit, be printed
in the report of the Council to the Society. |
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All securities and money which are the
property of the Society, shall be lodged for safe custody in
the name of the Society in such bank or banks as may be approved
by the Council for the purpose. Executive Council may also make
rules for fixing the limit for the cash to be kept with the
Treasurer, the imprest advance that may be given to the Secretary
or Joint Secretary etc. |
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The money of the Society may be invested
for higher returns. For this, the Society may appoint a Business
Manager. |
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The Secretary and the Treasurer will
jointly operate the Bank account of the Society, and will deal
in all Government Securities. |
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The Executive Council is empowered to
incur necessary expenditure for publication and other activities
of the Society, for maintaining an office and necessary staff
etc., but an estimate of the proposed expenditure to be incurred
under the above heads during the year should be shown in the
budget placed before the Biennial General Body Meeting. The
Executive Council shall appoint among the members of the Society
an Internal Auditor who will check the accounts of the Society
at least once a month. The report of the internal auditor shall
be placed before the Executive Council Meeting. The Executive
Council is also empowered to appoint a Chartered Accountant
on such remuneration as may be fixed by them for auditing the
accounts of the Society once a year. |
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No part of the fixed deposits/time deposits
and their interest can be withdrawn and also no loan can be
taken against these deposits until and unless approved by General
Body of the Indian Society of Agronomy with a minimum quorum
of 100 active members. Fixed deposits will be automatically
reinvested on their maturity date. These fixed deposits will
be made in scheduled bank or other institutions under the control
of Reserve Bank of India. |
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There will be yearly budget of the Society.
Budget will be approved by the Executive Council of the Society.
Budget may be brought to the notice of all members through Newsletter. |
| 11.8 |
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The cash book may be verified fortnightly
or monthly by one of the nominated members from the Executive
Council preferably other than the present Secretary and Treasurer.
President of the Society may also verify the cash book quarterly
or half yearly for effective check on expenditure and flow of
funds. |
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Publications |
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The Executive Council shall be empowered
to make necessary rules for publishing the Journals and bringing
out other publications of the Society e.g. selecting the printers
and publishers, appointing referees to scrutinize scientific
papers received for publication, fixing rates for advertisements
in the publications of the Society, fixing the charges payable
for the reprints, fixing the rates for sale of back issues of
Journal, supply of free copies of Society’s publication
either on exchange or without exchange etc. |
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Alterations in the rules |
| 13.1 |
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Proposals for additions or deletions
in the existing rules may be placed before the Biennial General
Body Meeting or an Extraordinary General Body Meeting of the
Society specially called for the purpose under Clause 10.2. |
| 13.2 |
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Proposals for such modifications in the
existing rules from Members or Life Members of the Society shall
be sent to the Secretary at least six weeks before the Biennial
or Extraordinary General Body Meeting of the Society. |
| 13.3 |
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Any amendment to the above proposed modifications
shall be sent by Associate Members and Life Members to the Secretary
at least a fortnight before the Biennial or Extraordinary General
Body Meeting of the Society. |
| 13.4 |
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The proposals together with any amendments
shall be brought before the Biennial or Extraordinary General
Body Meeting of the Society together with remarks of the Council,
if any and if accepted by a two-thirds majority of the members
and life members present and voting at such meeting. |
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Headquarters of the Society |
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The Headquarters of the Society should
normally be at IARI, New Delhi in the Division of Agronomy.
In case three-fourth of the members feel that the Headquarter
should be changed, this may be done by opinion poll to be conducted
by the Society and thereby placing the results of the poll in
the General Body Meeting for the final approval. |
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Chapters of the Society |
| 15.1 |
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Name: The Chapter
shall form a unit of the Indian Society of Agronomy and shall
hereafter be called (Name of the location) Chapter of the Indian
Society of Agronomy. |
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Objectives:
The Chapter shall promote the objectives of the Indian Society
of Agronomy by exchange of scientific information of regional
interest with other Chapters, holding symposia and group discussions
and help in enrolment of new members. |
| 15.3 |
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Office of the Chapter shall be located
at the central or sub-campus of the University / Institute.
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Membership:
All members and life members of the Indian Society of Agronomy
located at the centre or its sub-campus shall automatically
become a member of the Chapter. Any member of the Society may
become the member of the Chapter by making a written request.
A minimum of 20 members shall be necessary to form a Chapter
at any Centre. The Chapter shall cease to function if the membership
falls below 20, but can be revived when the membership is again
20 or more. |
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Office Bearers:
The Chapter shall elect a President, a Vice President, a Secretary
and a Treasurer, and two other members of Executive Committee
for a tenure of two years. |
| 15.6 |
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Operational Fund:
The Chapter will receive an annual contingent grant of Rs.500/-
from the headquarters of the Society for meeting the expenditure
on day-to-day activities. Besides, the Chapter will also receive
a grant of Rs.1500/- (to be incurred on printing and stationary
and postage only) biennially for organizing symposium/seminar
at the Chapter level. The grant of subsequent year(s) will be
released only if the accounts of the chapter for the preceding
year(s) are duly received by the Society. The Chapter of the
Society shall be authorized to open a bank account in the name
of the Chapter in any scheduled bank. The amount shall be operated
jointly by the Secretary and Treasurer of the Chapter. The Headquarters
of the Society shall not take any responsibility regarding any
liabilities of accounts of the Chapter. The Chapter shall send
the accounts of the Chapter of the year ending in 31st December
to the Headquarter by the end of January each year. |
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Meetings: The
Chapter shall hold at least two general body meetings in any
year in addition to the annual business meeting held for the
election of its Executive Committee. The Chapter Secretary shall
convene this meeting in consultation with the President. The
agenda and the notice for the meeting will be given in advance.
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Report: The
Chapter shall send a brief and concise account of the activities
of the Chapter during the previous year to the Headquarters
of the Society for being included in the Annual Report of the
Society. |
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Legal suits by and against the
Society |
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The Society may sue or be sued in the
name of the President/Vice-President/Secretary or any other
person or persons authorized by the Executive Council of the
Society after passing a resolution to this effect in accordance
with Rules and Regulations. |
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Award of ISA Gold Medals and
Fellows |
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The Society shall have ISA Gold Medalists
and Fellows amongst the outstanding active ordinary and life
members in recognition of their professional leadership, outstanding
contributions and service to the ISA. Total number of Fellows
shall not at any time exceed 10 percent of the life membership
subject to a maximum of 200 and the number of Fellows elected
each year shall not normally exceed six. The number of ISA medallists
each year shall not exceed two.
The Executive Council of ISA shall appoint search committee
comprising 5-6 members amongst the Gold Medalists, Fellows of
ISA and honorary members. The selection of Gold Medalists and
Fellows by the search committee may be based on the personal
knowledge of the members or the committee may invite the biodata
of all those being considered for these awards. The committee
shall submit the recommendations to the Executive Council of
ISA for its final approval.
The Society may also elect individuals (non-members) as Fellows
who in its opinion have rendered conspicuous service to the
cause of Agronomy, provided that not more than one person shall
be so selected in any one year. |
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Other Awards for Outstanding
Research |
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- ISA Poster Presentation Award:
Poster presented during the Society's symposia/seminars
will be judged by a committee appointed by Executive Council
of the Society for first, second and third prizes carrying
a citation and cash awards of Rs.500, 300 and 200, respectively.
- ISA Best Paper Award : Annual,
carries a citation and cash prize of Rs.1000/-.
- ISA Best Ph.D. Thesis Award :
Annual, carries a citation and cash prize of Rs.5,000/-.
- ISA P.S. Deshmukh Young Agronomist Award:
Annual, carries a citation, gold medal and cash prize of
Rs.10,000/-.
- ISA Lifetime Achievement Award:
Biennial, carries a citation and cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-
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