BYLAWS OF

THE INDIAN THERMODYNAMICS SOCIETY

Registered under the Society's Registration Act XXI of 1860

PURPOSE

We, the members hereof, associate ourselves for these purposes: to promote and
encourage the growth and development of the science of Thermodynamics and those
scientific disciplines ancillary thereto; to organize and participate in professional
meetings of scientists; to report, discuss and exchange information and viewpoints in the
field of thermodynamics; and to provide liaison with foreign thermodynamic societies,
with the International Congress on Thermodynamics, and with other scientific
organizations and individuals, no pecuniary gain or profit to members, incidental or
otherwise, being contemplated.

ARTICLE I
Name

Section 1: The name of this Society shall be THE INDIAN THERMODYNAMICS

SOCIETY.
Section 2: ADDRESS - Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India.

ARTICLE II
Membership
The society shall consist of Ordinary, Life and Honorary members. The society may
invite an eminent foreign scientist and can elect him/her to honorary membership of
the society in recognition of his/her services to the society OR his/her eminence as a
scientist in Energetic /Bioenergetics & allied fields.
Section 1: Eligibility:-Any person associated, directly or indirectly with the fields of
endeavour referred to in the purpose of clause of these Bylaws, shall be eligible for
membership.

FEE
Ordinary membership fee per year is Rs 500/- and Life membership fee is Rs
3000/-. An Ordinary member can compound maximum three consecutive
year subscription to become Life member. For example an ordinary member
may become a life member in the subsequent year by paying Rs 2500/- ,
Rs2000/- or Rs1500/- after one, two or three year’s of ordinary membership
respectively.

Industry or Corporate Membership

Industry/ corporate can have only ordinary membership.

The fee for Industry/ corporate will be ten times (for one representative) the
ordinary membership fee for academicians.
 They can participate in discussion and will not be entitled to contest election
of any kind in the society.

ARTICLE III
Privileges of Members

Section 1: All members shall be entitled to be present at, take part in the proceedings of
and vote at all General Body meetings of the Society.

ARTICLE IV
Dues, Finances and Compensation

Section 1: Membership fees shall be paid in such amounts and for such periods as shall be
determined by the Executive Committee.

Section 2: The fiscal year of the Society shall be from January 1st of each year to
December 31st of that year.

Section 3: No compensation shall be paid to any officers for their services rendered to the
Society in such capacities; provided, however, that this shall not preclude such officers
from being reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in the conduct of their activities in
such capacities, at the discretion of the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE V
Location

Section 1: The registered office of the Society shall be located within the campus of Guru
Nanak Dev University; Amritsar in the State of Punjab or at such place as shall be
determined by the Executive Committee. If membership at a particular station exceeds -
ten, they may be allowed to have a local chapter with the permission of the executive
committee of the society to promote the objectives of the society.

ARTICLE VI
Executive Committee
The affairs of the society shall be governed by an executive committee

Section 1: The executive committee of the Society shall consist of a President, Sr. Vice-
President-l, Vice-Presidents-2, Secretary, Joint Secretary Treasurer and ten ordinary
members elected by the Society membership at large. In general body meeting
Seventeen Executive members will be elected. These members will elect the office
bearer’s President, Sr. Vice-President-l, Vice-Presidents-2, Secretary, Joint
Secretary and Treasurer.

Section 2: No one person shall be entitled to hold two offices simultaneously.

Section 3: Only Life members of the Society shall be eligible for election to office.

ARTICLE VII
Duties of Officers

Section 1: The President shall be the: Chief Executive Officer of the Society and shall
preside at all meetings of the membership and/or the Executive Committee; he shall call
all meetings of the Executive Committee; he shall have general and active management
of the business of the Society and shall, either directly or by delegation, see that all orders
and resolutions of the Executive Committee and that all the duties of the officers are
properly performed; he shall submit interim reports of the operation of the society to the
membership as and when meetings of the membership shall be held and to the Executive
Committee at their various meetings as hereinafter provided; he shall appoint all
committees except as herein otherwise provided, and he shall be an ex-officio member of
all committees so appointed; he may delegate the performance of any of the foregoing; he
shall execute any and all contracts and other documents on behalf of the Society pursuant
to authority delegated to him for such purposes by resolution duly adopted by the
Executive Committee, and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Executive Committee from time to time.

Section 2: The Sr. Vice-President or Vice-Presidents shall perform all duties of the office
of President in the latter's absence, incapacity or arbitrary refusal to act, and when so
acting, shall have all powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the office of
President. Further, he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Executive Committee or by the President, from time to time.

Section 3: The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Executive Committee and of the
membership and shall perform the following various duties: he shall maintain a list of the
membership and their addresses: he shall record minutes of all meetings in a book to be
maintained for that purpose and, when required, shall perform a similar service for all
standing committees; he shall send to the Executive Committee and/or to the membership
all notices as to the business of the Society and as to the time, date and place of all
meetings to be held of the Executive Committee and or of the membership, respectively;
he shall engage in, and maintain records of all correspondence as required by the business
of the Society; he shall be the custodian of the corporate seal and of all books and records
of the Society, except as herein otherwise provided; he shall affix the corporate seal as
necessary, on behalf of the Society pursuant to authority delegated to him for such
purposes by resolution duly adopted by the Executive Committee; and he shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Executive Committee or by the President,
from time to time.

Section 4: The Joint Secretary shall perform all duties of the office of the Secretary in the
latter's absence, incapacity or arbitrary refusal to act; his duties shall be performed by a
Joint Secretary.
Section 5: The Treasurer shall be custodian of all funds as well as all financial books and
records of the Society and shall deposit all such funds in the name of the Society in such
depository or depositories as shall be designated by the Executive Committee; he shall
collect and receive all fees, contributions and grants paid to the Society; he shall pay all
vouchers and obligations pursuant to authority, duly granted to him by the President and
Secretary or by resolution of the Executive Committee; he shall prepare and submit
complete and accurate interim financial reports of the finance of the Society as and when
meetings may be held, as well as to the Executive Committee at any time upon request
there from, and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Executive
Committee or by the President, from time to time.

ARTICLE VIII
Bonds

Section 1: The Executive Committee may require any of the officers to be bonded at such
times and for such amounts, as it shall deem necessary.

ARTICLE IX
Duties and Powers of the Executive Committee

Section 1: The property and business of the Society shall be managed by the Executive
Committee.

Section 2: In addition to the general powers of the Executive Committee existing by

virtue of their office, the powers and authority given by law, by the terms of the Charter
of the Society and elsewhere in these Bylaws, the following specific powers are expressly
conferred on the Executive Committee. To appoint and/or remove any and all agents,
servants or employees of the Society, other than the members of the Executive
Committee and the Officers, and to determine their duties and salaries as well as to
delegate such powers to an office of the Society; to authorise the negotiating and
executing of all contracts, documents and instruments appropriate for the proper
operation of the Society; to delegate any powers of the Executive Committee to any
committee of executive members, not less than two (2) in number, for so long and under
such terms as the executive may determine; to establish policies of the Society and to
direct the execution of the same, pursuant to the purpose of the Society; and generally to
do all lawful acts and things as are not herein otherwise delegated or directed to be done
by the membership or officers of the Society.

Section 3: The Executive Committee may raise from all sources, funds and resources in
all forms, from time to time, for the efficient functioning and development of the Society.
 ARTICLE X
Meetings of the Executive Committee

Section 1: The Executive Committees shall meet at least annually at the call of the
President. In addition, the Executive Committee shall meet intermittently at such times
and places as may be set by resolution duly adopted at duly convened meetings of the
Executive Committee.

Section 2: Special meetings of the Executive Committee shall be called by the President
and/or the Secretary as and when they or either of them shall deem it necessary, or upon
the signed written request of any three (3) members of the Executive Committee, the
times and places of such special meetings to be determined by the officer calling the
same.

Section 3: The Secretary shall send to each member of the Executive Committee, at least
one (1) week's prior written notice of any special meeting and at least (5) days prior
written notice of any annual or intermittent meeting.

Section 4: The provisions of this ARTICLE may be amended at any regular duly
convened meeting by a majority vote of the members of the Executive Committee
present.

Section 5: In case of urgency and in all cases in which such procedure is prescribed by
the Executive Committee, the items of business may be disposed off by circulation of
papers to the members of the Executive Committee. Where even a single member
expresses a dissenting opinion on any item circulated, such item shall be brought up
before the next meeting of the Executive Committee.

Section 6: In emergency the President may act by recording the reason in writing and
reporting in the next meeting of the executive.

ARTICLE XI
General Body Meeting
Section 1: Annual general body shall be held usually at the venue of the annual
conference at such time and place as shall be determined by the Executive Committee,
where an audited statement of account by the Treasurer and an annual report by
the Secretary are to be submitted.

Section 2: Notices of the meetings of the membership in general shall be given to each
member at least Fifteen (15) days in advance of the date of such meeting, provided that
the payment of such member's membership fee is not then in default.
Section 3: The quorum for the General Body Meeting will require the presence of at
least 20 life members.
If the General Body Meeting could not be held for want of quorum special General
Body Meeting may be called with due notice. No quorum will be necessary for such
special meeting

ARTICLE XII
Notices

Section 1: Notices of all meetings of the membership and of the Executive Committee
shall be mailed/e-mailed to each member of the Society or of the Executive Committee,
addressed to such members' latest addresses, as recorded in the books of the Society.

Section 2: Attendance by a member or by an Executive Committee at any meeting shall

constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where attendance at such meeting is
for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business because said meeting
was allegedly not lawfully or duly called or convened, and where such objection is made
immediately following the convening of such meeting.

Section 3: Any notice may be waived in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled
thereto, either before or after the time and date stated therein, and such waiver shall be
entered into the Minutes of the meeting held pursuant to such waiver of notice.

Section 4: Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any membership
meeting, or any annual or intermittent meeting of the Executive Committee, need be
stated in any notice or waiver of notice of such meeting unless otherwise specifically
required by law or by these Bylaws. Notice of any special meeting of the Executive
Committee shall contain the purpose of, and a brief description of the business to be
transacted by such meeting.

ARTICLE XIII
Nominations, Elections and Terms of Office

Section 1: The members of the Executive Committee to be elected by the membership at

large shall be elected from a slate of not less than ten (10) nominees selected by a
Nominating Committee. Such slate may be augmented by further nominations as may be
suggested by members, in writing, to the Nominating Committee at least ten (10) days
prior to the meeting at which such election is to take place. Election shall be by plurality
vote.

Section 2: The officers shall be nominated and elected by the Executive Committee at a
meeting of such Executive Committee convened immediately after the election of such
Executive Committee, as herein above provided. Until his successor is chosen, the
immediately preceding Persistent, shall act Chairman of such meeting.
Section 3: The term of office for all office bearers and members of the Executive
Committee shall be two (2) years. The office bearers and executive members can
function in continuation only for two consecutive terms.
The President in consultation with the office bearer’s will appoint a select committee
for suggesting names for executive committee after every two year. The suggested
names will be displayed for suggestions (if any) and approval of the general body
meeting.
All officers and members of the Executive Committees shall continue in their respective
capacities until their successors are elected.

Section 4: Any vacancies in the Executive Committees or among the officers, arising by
reason of death or resignation, shall be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of
the remaining members of the Executive Committee present and voting at the first
meeting held after such death or resignation.

Section 5: Election of officers and of members of the Executive Committee shall be by

closed, written ballot, whether submitted at a meeting or by mail.

Section 6: Any member who shall have paid his dues shall be eligible to hold office in the
Society, whether as an officer or as a member of the Executive Committee and shall be
entitled to vote for any such office.

ARTICLE XIV
Quorum

Section 1: A specific quorum for the purpose of holding a meeting of the general body
shall consist of such members as shall be in attendance at the time and place when such
meeting is to convene.

Section 2: A quorum for the purpose of holding any meeting of the Executive Committee
shall consist of a majority of all of the members of the Executive Committee, exclusive of
any member who may have resigned or died. If a quorum is unavailable for any meeting
of the Executive Committee, that meeting shall be adjourned to a new time and place, due
notice of which shall be given to the members of the Executive Committee, in which
event a quorum, for purpose of the said adjourned meeting, shall consist of such members
of the Executive Committee as shall be in attendance at the time and place when such
adjourned meeting is to convene.

ARTICLE XV
Voting

Section 1: All matters to be voted upon by the general body meeting, other than election
to the Executive Committee, shall be determined by majority vote of the members voting.
Section 2: All matters to be voted upon by the Executive Committee, other than election
to office, shall be determined by majority vote of the Executive Committee voting. The
President will have a casting vote in case of a tie.

Section 3: Each member of the Executive Committee shall be entitled to one (1) vote in
such capacity, and each member of the Society shall be entitled to one (1) vote in such
capacity.

Section 4: Mail/e-mail balloting at general body meeting shall be permitted, provided that
such mail ballot is signed by the member entitled to cast such vote. If the matter being
voted upon is to be the subject of a, general body meeting such mail ballot shall be valid
only if received not later than the convening of such meeting. If the matter being voted
upon is the subject of a general body meeting only, such mail ballot shall be valid only if
received not later than the date specified for such purpose in the material promulgating to
the membership the subject to be voted upon.

ARTICLE XVI
Inspection of Books, Accounts and Records

Section 1: The funds of the society shall be deposited in a bank account in the name
of the Society and shall be operated jointly by the Treasurer and either by President
or the Secretary of the society.
Section 2: The books of accounts and records of the Society shall be open for inspection
at any time by any officer or member of the Executive Committee.

Section 3: The books, accounts and records of the Society shall be open for inspection by
any member of the Society at such reasonable times and places as may be designated by
resolution duly adopted by the Executive Committee; provided, however, that the
Executive Committee shall designate a time and place for the examination of such books,
accounts and records by the membership immediately prior to, during, or immediately
following any membership meeting which may be held.

Section 4: The Executive committee will appoint the Auditor who will audit the accounts.
ARTICLE XVII
Committees

Section 1: The President shall appoint the Nominating Committee provided for in these
Bylaws.

Section 2: In addition to such committees as the President may appoint pursuant to these
Bylaws, the Executive Committee may establish and appoint, from time to time, such
additional standing and/or special committees as it may deem appropriate.

ARTICLE XVIII
Corporate Seal
Section 1: The Society shall have a corporate seal upon which shall be inscribed the name
of the Society.

ARTICLE XIX
Amendments to Bylaws

Section 1: These Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the members voting
either (a) in person or by mail ballot received at a duly convened general body meeting of
the Society, or (b) by mail ballot circulated at the instance of the Executive Committee,
provided that notice of the proposed amendment shall be contained in the notice of such
duly convened meeting or in such mail ballot so circulated.

ARTICLE XX
Adoption of Bylaws

Section 1: These bylaws shall be adopted by a majority vote of the general membership
as herein provided, and shall become effective immediately thereafter.

ARTICLE XXI
Procedural Requirements

Section 1: All meetings of the Executive Committee and all meetings of general body of
the Society shall be conducted pursuant to these Bylaws, and to any additional rules
adopted by such meetings not inconsistent with either of the foregoing. For all things not
specifically provided for in these Rules and Regulations the provisions of the Societies'
Act 1860 will apply.

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