• 39TH CONVENTION OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEDIMENTOLOGISTS WILL BE HELD AT DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY, CHIDAMBARAM, UNDER THE CONVENORSHIP OF DR. S. VASUDEVAN

CONSTITUTION

INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEDIMENTOLOGISTS
 
OBJECTIVES AND CONSITITUTION
(As discussed and approved by the Governing Council and General Body of the IAS at the meetings held at the university of Delhi on December  09-10, 2022)
 

OBJECTIVES

 

The Objectives for which the Indian Association of Sedimentologists is established are:

 

(1)           To promote the study and research in all the aspects of Sedimentology and related disciplines viz. Remote sensing, Hydrogeology, Society and  Environment and undertake and execute all acts pursuant to the same,

 

and

(2)          To provide a forum for advancement of research and development in this and related disciplines of Geology.

CONSTITUTION
 
GENERAL
1.                   The name of the association shall be "The Indian Association of Sedimentologists" hereinafter called "The Association".
 
2.                   The headquarters of the Association shall be located in the Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002. The   headquarters may be shifted to another institution and location by a resolution of the Governing Council approved by the General Body by a majority of two-thirds of the members present. The website and the online journal will be managed by the Department of Geology, Jammu University, Jammu.
3.            The Association shall be composed of a GENERAL BODY comprising all Fellows in good standing, and GOVERNING COUNCIL as stated herein
 
4.            The official year of the Association shall be the Gregorian calendar year, commencing from Ist January.
 
5.            All persons engaged in and interested in the pursuit of sedimentology and allied disciplines shall be eligible for membership of the Association.
 
6.            The Association shall have the following classes of members: (a) Fellows, (b) Honorary Fellows, (c) Sessional Members.
 
7.            Fellows: The members who join the Association by 31st December, 1976 are deemed to be Founder Fellows. Those joining after this date shall be ordinary fellows. All Fellows shall pay the prescribed fees, except as provided for in clause 15.
 
8.            A Fellow may become a member for life by paying lump sum fee. The amount shall be determined by the Governing Council from time to time.
 
9.             Honorary Fellows: A person who has made distinguished and notable contributions to the science of sedimentology and allied fields may be admitted as Honorary Fellow by a resolution of the Governing Council. He/she shall not pay any fees, but shall enjoy all privileges of membership  including the right to vote and hold office.
 
10.          A "non-fellow" wishing to attend a Convention of the Association shall enroll himself/herself as a Sessional Member by registering at the Convention, like a fellow of other categories. However, he/she shall not be entitled to vote, hold office or participate in the Meetings of the various bodies of the Association, and to receive gratis publications of the Association
 
11.          A person shall cease to be a Member of the Association if he/she becomes of unsound mind, becomes insolvent, be convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude, commits fraud of any type, or fails to pay his/her dues to the Association.
 
12.          (a)          Fellows in good standing shall be eligible to nominate, vote, and stand for election to the Governing Council.
               (b)          All Fellows shall be entitled to receive free of cost the Journal of the Association. Other publications of the Association may be purchased by a member at a special price determined by the Governing Council.
 
13.       Fees:  The following fees shall be payable:
                                (a) Fellow                                                            Rs. 500.00 per annum
                                (b) Life Member                                               Rs. 5000.00 lump sum
                                (c) Industry sponsored fellow                  Rs. 20000.00
                               (d)  Foreign Member                                     $ 100.00
                                                       (For information see clause 8 above)
14.          The structure of the fees / dues payable by members may be revised by the governing Council after approval of the General Body.
 
15.          The Governing Council may exempt a Fellow from payment of dues in recognition of his/her services to the Association or to the advancement of sedimentology without in any way affecting his right and privileges.
 
GOVERNING COUNCIL
 
16.          The management of the Association shall be vested in a Governing Council consisting of the Following:
                (a) Office Bearers;           and        (b) Council Members
     
Office Bearers
     
           The following shall constitute the Office Bearers of the Governing Council:                
           (i)                 President
           (ii)                Two Immediate Past President
           (iii)               Two Vice Presidents
           (iv)              Two General Secretaries (of whom atleast one shall be resident at the Headquarters of the Association)
           (v)               Two Joint Secretaries
            (vi)             Treasurer (shall be resident at the headquarters of the Association)
           (vii)            Joint Treasurer (shall be resident at the headquarters of the Association)
           (viii)           Two Managing Editors
 
Council Members
 
          (ix)             There shall be ten Council Members.
 
The Governing Council shall appoint a foreign Secretary as and when deemed necessary.  He shall also be a member of the Governing Council.
 
17.          The office bearers of the Governing Council from serial numbers (i) to (viii) above shall hold office for a period of four years, while the council Members at serial number (ix) shall be elected for a period of two year w.e.f. 1993, as per the decision of the General body at Dharwad on November 6, 1993. If for any reason the Convention is not held in a year when the election is due, the Governing Council shall hold office till the next Convention is held.
 
18.          Any vacancy or vacancies that may occur during the tenure of the Governing Council shall be filled by nomination by the President from among the Fellows in good standing.
 
19.          The Governing Council shall transact its business by meeting or correspondence. All meetings shall be called by the General Secretary at the Headquarters.
 
20.          Five members of the Governing Council shall from a quorum in a meeting. If the business of the Governing Council is transacted by correspondence, the replies received from seven of them shall be considered as a quorum.
 
21.          Powers and Duties of the Office Bearers
 
(a)                The President:
 
(i)             He shall ordinarily preside at all meetings of the Association.
(ii)           He shall be responsible for effective implementation of the policies, rules, regulations and bye-laws of the Association.
(iii)        In the absence of any definite rule/regulation by-law or in matters not covered by constitution, the President shall give a decision or take action, which shall be presented to the Governing Council for its final decision.
               
(b)          The vice-Presidents:
(i)            In the absence of the President a Vice-President present shall conduct the     meetings of the Association.
(ii)           The senior Vice President shall also assume the responsibilities of the president as nominated   by the President while he is away from India.
(iii)          They shall exercise such powers and carry out such duties as my be assigned to them by the President or the Governing Council from time to time.
 
(c)           The General Secretaries:
(i)              General Secreatry Headquarters shall conduct the correspondence of the Association. He / She shall normally issue notices for convening meetings and be the officer-in-charge of the Secretariat of the Association.
(ii)             The General Secretary (Headquarters) or in his absence the other General Secretary shall prepare the periodical reports for presentation to the General Body.
(iii)            They shall ordinarily attend all the meetings of the Governing Council, keep   necessary records, and present minutes of the previous meetings of the Governing Council and the General Body.               
(iv)           In the event of litigation or any other legal matter pertaining to the Association, the General Secretary (Headquarters) or in his absence the other General Secretary shall be authorized to represent the Association.
               
(d)          The Treasurer / Joint Treasurer:

              The Treasurer or in his absence the Joint Treasurer shall receive and deposit in the association account all the funds received by the Association, shall disburse payments, keep records of the financial transactions, get them audited and present the same to the General Body after approval by the Governing Council. He/she shall also issue notices in respect of subscriptions and other dues from the members and report to the Governing Council defaulters for appropriate action. The Joint Treasurer shall assist the Treasurer in all matters related to the affairs of the association.

(e)          The Managing Editors

            They shall be responsible for editing and arrangements regarding uploading on the website and printing of the Journal of Indian Association of Sedimentologists (JIAS) and shall do all acts pursuant to this objective, as recommended by the Governing Council and approved by the General Body of the IAS at the meetings held at the SGB Amravati University, Amravati on 19-20 December 2017.

 
GENERAL BODY
 
22.          A meeting of the General Body of the Association shall normally be held at the time of the Convention. All Fellows in good standing shall be eigible to participate in the meeting.
 
BYE-LAWS
 
23.          The Governing Council shall frame bye-laws for the conduct of the affairs of the Association. It shall have the power to amend or delete any bye-law by a majority of two-thirds of the members present.
 
24.          All fees of all classes of members including Life Members and Sessional Members belong to the Association and should be necessarily remitted to the Treasurer.
 
25.          Funds/grants received for publication of proceedings/papers in the journal of the Association or in any other publication of the Association shall be necessarily remitted to and maintained by the Association for utilization.
 
FINANCES
 
26.  All the money received by the Association shall be deposited in bank account.
 
27.          The Governing Council at its discretion may invest funds of the Association in Fixed Deposit(s), in Bank(s) or other financial institutions and  suitably utilize the interest there from.
 
28.            The Treasurer, with the approval of the President and the General Secretary (Headquarters) shall have the authority to advance to any office bearer a sum of an amount not exceeding Rs. 5000/- at a time for meeting incidental expenses.
 
29.         The Treasurer shall get the account audited by a Chartered Accountant every year and present a report there to the Governing Council and General Body at its next meetings.
 
CONVENTIONS
 
30.          A Convention of the Association shall normally be held every year on the invitation of any scientific or academic institution. This will be held in conjunction with national seminar/conference on any suitable theme related to sedimentology.
 
31.          The inviting institution shall designate a Convenor and other functionaries of the Convention, and do all acts pursuant to the organisation and conduct of the Convention in consultation with the President of the Association.
 
32.          The Convenor of the Convention shall issue announcements/circulars for the Convention.
 
33.          The finances for holding the Convention shall be obtained and managed by the convening organization. The Presidential Address or other addresses, the Volume of Abstracts, and other Convention material shall be brought out by the organizers from their own resources. However, a sum of rupees 60,000.00 (Rs. 30,000/- in case of the virtual convention) will be paid by the convener of the convention to the Association towards the publication of the Journal (JIAS) of the Association. This amount should be transferred into the account of the association directly either online or paid through a cheque.
 
34.          The papers presented at the Convention, after due scrutiny, processing and acceptance by the Editor-in-Chief(s) shall be published in the online Journal of the Association (Journal of the Indian Association of Sedimentologists) from volume 35 onwards. The JIAS will have an editorial board with its members amongst sedimentologists from India and abroad. The review process will involve two reviewers.   Each volume will have two numbers and will be released in June and December as recommended by the Governing Council and approved by the General Body of the IAS at the meetings held at the SGB Amravati University, Amravati on 19-20 December 2017 or in any other publication as may be decided by the Governing Council.
 
35.          A Convention Address shall be delivered ordinarily by the President of the Association or by any other person requested by the President to do so  with the approval of the Governing Council.
 
OTHER PROGRAMMES
 
36.        The Association may organize other scientific/academic programmes, such as short-term courses, workshops, lectures, field and/or laboratory programmes, etc., for the advancement of sedimentology with the approval of the Governing Council. A sum of rupees 10,000.00 will be paid by the coordinator of the short-term course/workshop to the Association. This amount should be transferred into the account of the association directly either online or paid through a cheque.
 
37. The association introduced the ‘Young Sedimentologists Award’ from the year 1995 to encourage young sedimentologists below the age of 35 years for the best paper presented under the category during the convention. The paper with the candidate as the first author and his/her research supervisor as the second author is permitted as recommended by the Governing Council and approved by the General Body of the IAS at the meetings held at the Pondichery University, Pondichery 20-21 December 2012. A committee constituted will adjudge the best paper presented by the candidate/s and the decision of the committee is final. The award is a Life Membership of the association. Paper presented under this category has to be compulsorily submitted to JIAS for consideration for publication.
 
OUTSTATION CHAPTERS
 
38.          A minimum of ten members of the Association in good standing at a place other than the Headquarters of the association shall be entitled to establish a local Chapter of the Association subject to the approval of the Governing Council and the General Body.
 
39.          The affairs of the chapter shall be conducted by a Convenor with the help of a committee consisting of two members of the chapter, and a nominee of the President of the Association.
 

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Dr. Bashir Ahmad Lone
Wadia Museum of Natural History
University of Jammu,
Jammu - 180 006

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