By Laws

1. Name of the Society:

Name of the Society will be “INDIAN IMMUNOLOGY SOCIETY”; its Headquarters will be located at the Dept. of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

Purpose of the Society shall be to: (a) advance the knowledge of Immunology and related disciplines with special emphasis on human health problems of India. (b) to facilitate exchange of ideas & information amongst scientists working in different research areas of Immunology.

These objectives will be achieved through scientific meetings and/or publications of the Society.

2. Membership:

a)Persons actively associated with the application of immunology and/or research and development in this or related fields are eligible for membership.Full membership (Life Membership) is open to both medical and non-medical science graduates.

b)Admission fee :Rs. 15/- only (This fee has been abolished now)

c)Life members : A member paying Rs. 1000/- (Rupees one Thousand only )in lump sum in cash or demand draft in favour of Indian Immunology Society, shall be a life member of the Society. (This clause may be removed)

d)Life Members: Those desirous of becoming Life Members of the Society shall apply in the prescribed application form, along with applicable fee. The Life Membership Fee will be determined by the Society at its GBM from time to time. (With effect from April 2012, the Life Membership has beenRs. 2500/- as approved by GBM held on 14-March 2011 at AIIMS, New Delhi). The Executive Committee of the Society shall have the right to decide the eligibility of any applicant for membership and its decision shall be final in this matter. If the decision is not unanimous, it will be decided by votes. The life membership fee has been increased to Rs 4000 as of now.

e) Eminent Scientist and other very eminent people of India associated with the development of “Immunology” and its application shall be invited to be the Patrons of the Society.

3. Cessation of Membership : Membership of the Society shall cease :

a)By Voluntary resignation.

b)If a resolution terminating such membership passed by a majority of not less than three forth of the Executive Committee and if such resolution is confirmed by the General Body at that meeting;such a member however, shall have opportunity to explain his case before the general body before the voti

c) The GBM held on 18.12.2007 at NARI, Pune, approved that in addition to maintaining a Master List of Members of the Society, a list of Active Members of the IIS should be maintained specifically for the purpose of dues to be paid for affiliation to the IUIS. An active member was defined as the member who has attended at least one annual meeting of the Society in the previous five years.

4. Privileges of members:

All the members shall be entitled to participate in all the activities of the Society including the right to vote.

5. Executive Committee and Office bearers :

a)The Executive Committee shall consist of

1. President 1
2. Vice-President 1
3. Secretary 1
4. Jt. Secretary 1
5. Treasurer 1
6. Members 6

Amendment:At the GBM held 10-Nov-2012 at BHU Varanasi, the following decision was approved:

(i). Creation of four posts of Vice Presidents, representing four different regions as Vice-President (E); Vice-President (W), Vice-President (N), and Vice President (S). The Vice Presidents will be expected to implement the mandate of the IIS in their respective regions, and keep the EC informed of various academic and training activities carried out in their regions. (ii). Number of Members of EC to be increased from Six to Eight.” In view of the above resolution passed by GBM (10-11-2012), the Executive Committee will now consist of:

1. President 1
2. Vice President (East) 1
3. Vice President (West) 1
4. Vice President (North) 1
5. Vice President (South) 1
6. Secretary 1
7. Joint Secretary 1
8. Treasurer 1
9. Members 8

Addendum:GBM (16.11.2013 at University of Delhi) approved the resolution that no one in the EC, including the office bearers (viz. President, Vice-president, Secretary, Joint Secretary, Treasurer) would hold the office beyond two consecutive terms of two years each.

b)The outgoing President&Secretary shall be Ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. The affairsof the Society shall be managed by the Executive Committee.

c)The Organizing Secretary of the forthcoming Annual IIS conference (IMMUNOCON) will be treated as member of the current Executive Committee.

d) The Executive Members of FIMSA and IUIS may be special invitee(s) to the IIS ECmeetings.

e)Managing Trustee of the Immunology Foundation will be member of the Executive Committee

6.Election of the Executive Committee:

a)Members of the Executive Committee shall be elected from the members of the Society by the General Body and they shall hold office for a period of two years.

b)Nominations for the vacancies on the Executive Committee shall be invited by the suitable notice from amongst the members of the society on the prescribed form of nomination which shall containfull name and address of the candidate and his signature as and by way of his consent and shall be supported by two members One as proposer and the other as Seconder. This nomination form dulyfilled in should be returned to the Secretary of the society so as to reach him/her on or before the declared date.

c)When the number of the valid nominations is the same as the number of seats or less,the persons so nominated shall be declared by the Chairman of the General Meeting to have been elected.

d)When the number of valid nomination is less than the number of seats, the remaining seats shall be filled in at the General Body Meeting by calling nominations and persons getting higher number of votes shall be declared elected. In the event of tie, selection shall be by lots.

e)When the number of valid nominations exceeds the number of seats, ballot papers containing names of candidates duly nominated, in alphabetical order shall be sent to all members of the Society who shall indicate by putting a cross against the name of the candidate whom they wish to votefor and return the voting paper to the Secretary so as to reach him/her at least two days beforethe date of General Body Meeting. In the event of tie, selection will be by lots.

7.Scrutinizers:

a)The Executive Committee shall appoint three Scrutineers who shall be members of the society but shall not be candidates for election. After scrutinizing the ballot papers as valid, they shall submit their report of scrutiny to the Chairman of the General Body Meeting and the Chairman shall declare the result atthe General Body Meeting.

b)The candidates who have obtained the highest number of votes shall be declared to have been duly elected.

c)In case of equality of votes recorded for any seat of the Committee, the selection shall be made by lots.

8.Office Bearers :

The Executive Committee so constituted shall be the officer bearers of the Society.