Types and Categories of Members

1. Kinds/Types/Categories of Members: The Society shall consist of six different categories of members as under:
   1. Founder Members—A member who has been admitted as a founder member at the time of registration of the Society and has paid the requisite membership fee to the society. The number of founder members shall not exceed 40. The founder members shall also be deemed to have become life members of the society and shall have the privilege of being members of the collegium without election, in case the total number of members of the society exceeds 500.
2. 1. Life Members—A person may be admitted as a life member on payment of the prescribed fees and such person shall continue to be a member of the society for his life. The total number of life members shall not exceed 2000.
3. 1. Ordinary/Annual Member—The Society shall have a total of 1000 ordinary/annual members who shall continue to enjoy their membership only so long as they are not in arrears of payment of their annual subscription fee. An ordinary member may be admitted as a tenure member, say, for a period of one year, as the case may be, and he will cease to be a member of the society on completion of his tenure, unless it is renewed by the governing body for another tenure.
4. 1. Honorary Member—The Governing Body may admit individuals of distinguished talent and merit or whose association is deemed to be beneficial to the Society or who have rendered services of outstanding merit to the Society or who is distinguished citizens of India or any other country as Honorary Members of the Society, after obtaining consent of the individual, without payment of any membership or subscription fees. The number of such honorary members shall not exceed 10. The honorary members shall be entitled to attend the meetings and contribute to the deliberations but shall have no right to vote.