Alumni
 
 
 
 Rules and Regulation of the Association
 
             A. NAME AND OBJECT:
   
 
  1. The Association shall be named as “Alumni Association of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology Kanpur”.
  2. The head office of the Association shall be at C.S.Azad, University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208 002.
  3. The area jurisdiction of the Association shall be throughout the nation.
  4. The objectives of the Association shall be the following:
    (a) to provide a platform for the interaction amongst the Alumni,
    (b) to publish news letter and other publications as may be considered desirable,
    (c) to organize meetings and discussions for the improvement of education, research & entrepreneurship in agriculture,
    (d) to secure and manage funds and endowments for the strengthening of the Alumni Association & CSA University, and
    (e) to undertake such other activities as may assist the University in fulfilling its objectives.


    B. MEMBERS:
  5. The Association shall consist of Honorary Members, Ordinary Members, Life Members and Founder Members.
  6. Honorary Members shall be limited to five, with not more than one selected each year. They shall be selected from among the Alumni of the University. They shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of Ordinary Members but no voting rights
  7. Ordinary Members shall be the persons who obtained a degree from Govt. Agricultural College/ UP Institute of Agril. Sciences/ CSA University, Kanpur.
  8. Life Members shall be those members who pay a sum equal to ten years subscription of Ordinary Members.
  9. Founder Members are those Ordinary Members who attended the first meeting and joined the Association.

    C. PRIVILEGES:
  10. Members of the Association shall be entitled to the following rights and privileges:
    (a) to attend and to vote at all the Annual Meetings,
    (b) to propose and second motions,
    (c) to receive, gratis, one copy of such publications of the Association as the council may determine,
    (d) to fill any office in the Association as being duly selected thereto subject to rules given later, and
    (e) to participate in the meetings of the Association and to take part in discussions on them.

    D. ELECTION AND ADMISSION OF MEMBERS:
  11. Candidate for Ordinary Membership shall be admitted on payment of annual membership fee.
  12. Honorary members shall be proposed by the Council, which shall, at the same time, state the grounds for the recommended election is proper and/or desirable. The election so proposed by and approved by three-fourths of the Council will be subject to ratification at the next Annual General Meeting of the Association.

    E. FEES:
  13. The annual subscription of Ordinary Members shall be Rs. 100/- (Rs. one hundred) only, payable by the end of January each year. Members from outside India shall pay £ 5.00/ $ 10.00 per annum. The Life Membership will be Rs. 1,000/- only (£ 50/ $ 100 for overseas members). Ordinary Members who do not pay their subscription for the current year before 31st December shall cease to be Members of the Association but can rejoin the Association by paying arrears before 30th June following. It the arrears of subscription are not paid by the 30th June of the following year, the Member’s name will be removed from the rolls.

    F. CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP:
  14. Any member may withdraw from the Association by a letter addressed to the General Secretary. The Association, however, shall not be liable to return any fee that may have been paid by the Member in advance. Any member on resigning or after discontinuing will be treated as a new member on payment of annual subscription. The membership shall automatically be ceased in the event of death, mental illness, prosecution, bankruptcy, non-payment of membership etc.

    G. STRUCTURE OF THE ASSOCIATION:
  15. There will be two bodies of the Association viz:
    (a) The General Body, and (b) The Council
    (a) The General Body shall determine the general policy of the Association and elect the members of the Council.
    (b) The Council consisting of elected representatives shall administer the policy and programmes of the General Body and effectively assist the General Secretary in carrying out the functions of the Association.
  16. The Council shall Consist of
    (i) President - 1
    (ii) Vice-President - 2 (One from Head-quarters’)
    (iii) General Secretary - 1 (Only from Head-quarters’)
    (iv) Joint Secretary - 2 (One from Head-quarters’)
    (v) Treasurer - 1 (Only from Head-quarters’)
    (vi) Council Members - 6
  17. The terms of the office bearers shall be 3 years.
  18. The election of the officers and other members of the Council shall be through Ballot Voting by the ordinary, life and founder members of the Association. The retiring officers and members of the Council shall be eligible for re-election.
  19. Vice-Chancellor of C.S. Azad University will be the Patron of the Association and shall be the ex-officio member of the Council.
    Method of election of the Council:
  20. The Council shall by the 15th July in the due year prepare a list of vacancies due for elections and invite nominations duly proposed and seconded along with the nominee’s consent.
  21. The General Secretary shall prepare a list of such persons whom the Council recommends to be elected, and of those received under invited nominations and circulate among the members of the Association as a voting paper before the 1st September.
  22. The Member shall then vote for the officers and places in the Council to be filled up by placing a cross against the names of those preferred.

  23. The voting paper shall be enclosed unsigned in a sealed envelope supplied by the Association which shall be forwarded to the General Secretary in an outer cover with a covering letter signed by the Member so as to reach the Association latest by 1st October. In the absence of a covering letter, the voting paper shall be invalid.

  24. The sealed envelopes shall be placed by the General Secretary before the Council, which shall appoint two scrutineers . These scrutineers shall examine the voting papers and report to the General Secretary the names of those having a majority of votes. In case of a tie, the Chairperson will have the casting vote. The list of elected officers & members of the new Council shall be declared by the General Secretary at the Annual General Meeting of the Association.

  25. If, for any reason, the Officers and the Members of the Council can not be appointed for the ensuing year in October, due to unavoidable reasons, existing officers and Members of the Council can continue until their successors are elected next year. Powers and Duties of the Council:

  26. The powers and duties of the Council shall be as follows:
    (a) to manage the affairs of the Association and to make such Regulations as may appear to them conducive to the good administration of the Association and the attainment of the objectives, which are subject to alteration by the General Meeting,
    (b) to consider all the communications addressed to the Association and to regulate the order and manner in which such communications shall be laid before the General Meeting,
    (c) to supervise and direct the publication and appoint an Editorial Board, and
    (d) to prepare estimates of income and expenditure for the succeeding year and submit the same to Annual Meeting for approval.
    Powers and Duties of the President:

  27. The powers and duties of the President shall be as follows:
    (a) to preside at all Annual Meetings of the Association and of the Council and to regulate the proceedings at such meetings, and
    (b) to be ex-officio Member of all Committees appointed by the Council.

  28. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President.

    Duties of the General Secretary:
  29. The duties of the General Secretary shall be as follows:
    (a) to conduct the correspondence of the Association and of the Council, and to sign all letters and papers on behalf of the Association,
    (b) to fix and attend the Annual Meeting of the Association and of the Council,
    (c) to prepare the proceedings of the meeting and to read the minutes of the previous meeting,
    (d) to announce at the Annual Meetings the presentations made to the Association since their last Meeting,
    (e) to read the names of new Members and to prepare list of Members of the Association,
    (f) to exercise general supervision over the affairs of the Association and to assist in carrying out these rules and the Regulations and Orders made by the Council, and
    (g) to be ex-officio Member of all the committees appointed by the Council.
    The Joint Secretary shall share the duties assigned by the General Secretary and in absence of the General Secretary, Joint Secretary shall perform the duties of the General Secretary.

    Duties of Treasurer:

  30. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the financial affairs of the Association. He shall disburse all sums due from the Association and shall keep exact accounts of all receipts and payments. He shall submit to the Council a statement of accounts of the Association for each calendar year duly audited. The Treasurer shall also be ex-officio Member of all the Committees appointed by the Council.

    H. MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION:

  31. Annual General Meeting
    The following Rules shall be applicable to all Annual Meetings of the Association:
    (a) The Annual Meeting shall be held preferably in October/November or failing which on a date to be declared each year by the Council.
    (b) Notice of the date of meeting shall be issued to the members at least 20 days in advance.
    (c) The business to be transacted at the Meeting shall be: (1) to fill up the vacancies of the Council for the ensuing year, (2) to adopt the Annual Report prepared by the Council, (3) to transact any other business, and (4) reading of papers.
    (d) One-fourth of the total membership shall constitute a quorum.
    (e) All motions and amendments, except those emanating from the council, shall require to be seconded. Amendments must be in writing, unless excused by the Chairperson. Not more than a single amendment to the original proposal shall be laid by one person at one time.
    (f) The usual Method of Voting shall be raising of hands; provided always that the votes on any particular subject may be taken by ballot on a motion to that effect duly carried; and in the cases especially provided for by these rules, the votes shall be so taken.
    (g) The Chairperson shall not vote with the rest of the members; but in case of a tie, he shall have a casting vote.

  32. Meeting of the Council:
    The following Rules shall be applicable to meetings of the Council:
    (a) Meeting shall be held ordinarily once in six months.
    (b) Five members shall form a quoram.
    (c) Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of the Council shall be recorded by the General Secretary or in his absence by the Joint Secretary. The minutes shall afterwards be circulated to the Members present at the Meeting for the purpose of ascertaining their correctness, and then be copied fairly in a minute book and read and signed by the Chairperson at the next meeting of the Council.

    I. FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
  33. The funds of the Association shall consist of:
    (a) Annual subscription of members
    (b) Life Membership fees
    (c) Donations
    (d) Grants-in-aid from Government, Institutions, Societies/Associations or Individuals interested in the work of the Association
    (e) Sale proceeds of the Publications.
    (f) Charges for publishing advertisements on the publications of the Association, and
    (g) Other sources as determined by the Council.

  34. The accounts and vouchers for receipts and payments of the Association will be subject to examination by the Council at any time and shall be subject to annual audit by an Internal Auditor as well as by a Chartered Accountant. The annual Statements of accounts shall after audit, be made in the report of the council to the Association.
  35. All securities and money which are the property of the Association shall be lodged for safe custody in the name of the Association in such bank or banks as may be approved by the Council for the purpose. The 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 General Secretary or Joint Secretary or any other member.
  36. The General Secretary and Treasurer will jointly operate the Bank Account of the Association and will deal in all Government securities.
  37. The Council shall be empowered to incur necessary expenditure for publication and other activities of the Association 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 must be shown in the budget placed before the preceding Annual General Meeting. The Council shall appoint among the members of the Association an Internal Auditor who will check the Accounts of the Association at least once in six months. The report of the Internal Auditor shall be placed before the next Council Meeting. The Council shall also be empowered to appoint a Chartered Accountant and such remuneration as may be fixed by them for auditing the accounts of the Association once a year, subject to ratification by the General Body.

    J. PUBLICATIONS:
  38. The Council jointly with the Editorial Board shall be empowered to make necessary rules for publishing Newsletters and bringing out other publications of the Association, fixing rates for advertisements in the publications of the Association, fixing the subscriptions to the Newsletters and prices for other publications, supply of free copies of Association’s publications either on exchange or without exchange etc.,

    K. AMENDMENTS:
  39. Any amendment to the above Rules and Regulations, duly proposed and seconded, shall be deemed to have been passed when adopted in a General Body Meeting of more than one-fourth of the total membership of the Association and with two-thirds of those present voting in favour.

    L. DISSOLUTION:
  40. In the event of dissolution of the Association on any reason, the funds and the assets and liabilities of the Association shall not be transferred to the trustees or the members of the Association, but the funds and assets & liabilities will be transferred in such an event to another Society/Association having similar objectives, as per Section 13 & 14 of the Society’s Registration Act XXI, 1860 the orders of the Registrar of Societies.

    COMPULSORY PROVISIONS:
    The relevant provisions of the Registration of the Society Act XXI, 1860 shall be applicable to the Association.

   
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