ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

(Registered under Societies Registration Act)

(Regn. No. 1597-180 of 1987-88, Bhubaneswar)

N1/55 IRC Village, Bhubaneswar – 751 015

www.aiaer.net

 

 

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION

 

1.             To develop and promote educational research

2.             To provide a forum for discussion of problems related to educational research.

3.             To conduct workshops, seminars, conferences etc. on educational research

4.             To disseminate findings on educational research.

5.             To publish journals, monographs and other types of literature on educational research.

6.             To co-operate with organisations engaged in educational research.

7.             To carry out all such other activities as maybe conducive to the attainment of the above objectives.

 

 

RULES AND REGULATIONS (CONSTITUTION)

 

INTERPRETATION

In these rules and regulations unless there be something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith, the ‘society’ means, the above named All India Association for Educational Research. The ‘act’ means the ‘Orissa Societies Registration Act.’ The ‘month’ and the ‘year’ in relation to the society means the year commencing on the first of April and ending on the thirty first March of the following year. The words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa and those importing the masculine include the feminine and vice versa.

The general body of the society shall consist of the members whose signatures have been ascribed in the memorandum of the association and those who will join the society as life members and as annual members from time to time.

 

MEMBERSHIP

A person or an institution interested in educational research can be accepted as a member of the association. The rates of individual life membership and donor membership shall be Rs. 1, 200/- and Rs.5, 000/- respectively. There shall be four categories of institutional life memberships. The rate for Institutional Donor Membership shall be Rs.20, 000/-(Twenty thousand) and there shall be three categories of institutional life memberships - Category A (Rs.10, 000/-) shall cover all faculty members 15-35 of an institution, Category B (Rs.6, 000/-) shall cover all faculty members less than 15 of an institution and Category C (Rs.2, 000/-) shall cover only the head of the institution.

 

Cessation of membership

The membership of the society shall cease in case of non-payment of membership fee and in case of resignation in writing by a member.

 

PATRONS

There shall be one or more  Patrons of the Association.

 

EXECUTIVE BODY

The Executive body shall consist of the following office bearers: a) President – one; b) Vice-Presidents –eight; c) General Secretary – one; d) Treasurer – one;  e) Joint Secretaries – five; f) Members – ten.

The duration of the office bearers shall be as follows: Executive members - 1 year, President, Vice-Presidents and Joint Secretaries -2 years; General Secretary and Treasurer - 3 years

If a membership falls vacant within the prescribed period, the Executive body can fill up the vacancy.

The functions of the Executive body shall be as follows:

a)            To appoint sub-committees and working groups etc. to fulfil the objects of the society.

b)            To take action on resolutions passed by the general body and the conference,

c)             To decide and take action on organisational, administrative and financial matters;

d)            To fill up vacancies in the Executive body or in any other committee,

e)             To appoint persons for carrying out the work of the society.

 

Duties of the office bearers of the Executive body

President:

The President shall preside over all meetings of the Executive body, the General body and other committees and groups formed by the society. He shall have no voting power, but in case of tie he shall have the power to cast his vote.

 

Vice Presidents:

The Vice Presidents shall perform duties as assigned to them by the President. The first Vice President shall carry out the duty of the President in the absence of the President. In case of absence of both the President and the first Vice President, the second Vice President shall carry out the functions of the President. Vice Presidents shall  be elected from fairly distributed subject/discipline areas.

 

General Secretary

The General Secretary shall have following functions: a)Keeping regular record of the proceedings of the Executive body, General body and conference and other committees formed by the society; b) Preparing the annual budget and annual report;  c) Preparing agenda for the meeting; d) Making correspondence with various bodies and institutions on behalf of the society;  e) Editing publications of the society.

 

Joint Secretaries

The Joint Secretaries shall assist the General Secretary in carrying out his duties.

 

Treasurer

The Treasurer will maintain accounts of the society, receive amounts due to the society and issue receipts for the purposes. He will maintain membership register and report the statement of accounts to the General Secretary every month for his perusal.

 

MEETING

There shall be at least one general body meeting in a year in which the annual report and the audited accounts of the society shall be passed. Notice for the General body meeting shall be given 30 days in advance. If one half of the members send a written requisition to the General Secretary to call a meeting of the General body, such a meeting has to be called within one month of the date of the receipt of the requisition. There shall be at least four meetings of the Executive body in a year. Fifteen days’ advance notice has to be given for such a meeting.

 

Quorum

Quorum for general body meeting shall be one fourth of the number of life members and for executive body meeting one fourth of its members.

 

Resolution in Writing

A resolution in writing circulated by the General Secretary, when supported by a majority of the members of the Executive body shall be valid and effectual as if it has been passed at a meeting of the Executive body.

 

FUNDS

Funds of the society shall comprise of membership fees, grants from government and other bodies, donations from individuals and organisations and sale proceeds of publications, etc. The funds of the society shall be deposited in a bank. The account shall be jointly operated by the Treasurer and the General Secretary.

 

FINANCIAL YEAR

The financial year of the society shall be the year commencing on the first of April and ending on the thirty-first March of the next year

 

ELECTION

Election to the Executive body shall be held as follows

                Executive members – every year

                President, Vice-Presidents and Joint Secretaries – once in every two years.

                General Secretary and Treasurer – once in every three years.

Elections can be held in a general body meeting called for the purpose or through post. Persons not physically present in the general body meeting can be elected. In case, a member does not want to continue in the Executive body, the post can be filled up by the executive body. A notice regarding election should also contain the list of eligible members. Members of the executive body shall hold office for the specified period from the date of election or till election is held for these posts, whichever is earlier.

 

AUDIT

The accounts of the society shall be audited every year by a qualified auditor or Chartered Accountant.

 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

The Executive body can put up proposal for amendment of the constitution before the general body. Such a proposal has to be informed to the members at least 30 days before the date of the meeting called for the purpose.

 

LIABILITIES

No member of the society shall be personally liable for the repayment of the liabilities of the society, if any.

 

DISSOLUTION

In case of dissolution on winding up of the society, all assets of the society shall stand donated to a similar registered society or to the Government of Orissa after meeting liabilities, if any. When two third of the life members of the society resolve to dissolve the society, the society shall be dissolved.