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i) It shall meet at least once in a year preferably during the annual conference of the society being presided by the President of the Society.
ii) It shall consider the resolutions moved by the E.C. for approval.
iii) It shall consider the resolutions moved by the individual members in the GB meeting for approval.
iv) It shall consider the audited account of the Society placed by the Treasurer for approval.
v) It is to take the final decision on the election of the of members of the E.C. and Editorial Board for each term for a period of three years.
vi) It shall ratify the names of President and Vice President, nominated/elected by the past Presidents and EC members of the society in a specially convened joint meeting.
vii) Lien for G.B. is ???th of total members or 50 whichever is less.
i) It shall be responsible for effective working of the Society and meet at least eight times in a calendar year.
ii) It shall review, discuss and finalize the matter relating to the organization, finance, publication and day to day affairs of the society.
iii) Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of the EC shall be recorded and placed before the next EC meeting for confirmation.
iv) It may form the sub-committee as and when necessary to facilitate specific work of the Society.
v) It shall appoint an auditor to audit the annual accounts.
vi) It shall open a bank account in the name of the society to be operated by both the Treasurer and secretary based on the requisition by the Secretary.
vii) It shall manage all the properties of the society and accept any trust or fund or endowment in which the Society is interested and raise funds with for the society through gift/donation.
viii) It can appoint from time-to-time persons on adhoc basis for carrying out the affairs of the society.
ix) Lien for EC is one half (??) of its members or 10 whichever is less.
i) He/She shall preside over all the meetings of the Society.
ii) He/She shall have the power to convene an extra ordinary meeting of the GB/EC/Editorial Board in case of exigency, after serving a three days’ notice. He/She can also convene an extra ordinary General body meeting on requisition by more than 30 members of the society by serving a three days’ notice.
iii) He/She shall deliver the Presidential address during the annual conference of the society on his/her area of research/ teaching/any academic interest.
iv) Besides his/her voting right as a member he/she can exercise his/her power of casting vote in case of a tie in any of the meeting he/she presides.
• He/She performs all the functions of the President in his/her absence.
i) He/She shall be in-charge of the day-to-day management of the affairs of the Society and execute all the decisions of the GB and EC.
ii) He/She shall prepare the annual report and minutes of the GB and proceedings of the EC and place in the respective meeting.
iii) He/She shall convene all the meetings/send official circulars to all the members.
iv) Invitations/circulars/letters to all members must be sent in advance by e-mail or through post in case e-mail is not available. He/She can use other methods of communication to reach the members.
i) The joint secretary will co-ordinate the Secretary for smooth running of the Society in the respective regions.
ii) They will actively operate the membership drive of their regions and appraise the Executive Committee about the development.
iii) Any of the Joint Secretaries as decided by the executive Committee shall function as the Secretary in absence of the Secretary.
i) He/She shall be in-charge of the operation of the funds of the Society.
ii) He/She shall receive all the contributions, donations or any other payments on behalf of the society.
iii) All the drawals from the Society’s account by the treasurer shall only be done by both the Treasurer and secretary after receiving requisitions from the Secretary.
• The members of the EC shall bear the responsibilities for the smooth functioning of the Society and discuss actively about the development and day-to-day activities of the society in the meetings of the EC and GB.