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INDIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (IGU) Information and Membership Directory NGRI Campus, Uppal Road, Hyderabad - 500 007, INDIA E.mail: [email protected]; Website: www.iguonline.in 1 CONTENTS 1. FORMATION 3 2. MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION 4 3. RULES & BYE-LAWS 5 4. AWARDS 17 5. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 21 6. PATRONS 30 7. FOUNDATION FELLOWS 30 8. HONORARY FELLOWS 33 9. FOREIGN FELLOWS 34 10. FELLOWS 36 11. LIFE MEMBERS 65 2 INDIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (REGISTRATION No. 26 of 1964) Formation: The Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) was formed by circulating a letter signed by fifteen leading geophysicists of the country in the year 1963. The response to this was encouraging and about sixty geophysicists responded to this invitation. These geophysicists who enrolled themselves as Members of the Union were styled as Foundation Fellows. The Indian Geophysical Union was formally inaugurated by Prof.Humayun Kabir, the then Minister for Cultural Affairs and Scientific Research (Govt. of India) in the year 1963, at a pleasant function organized in the Geology Department, Osmania University. Dr.D.S.Reddy, the then Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University, presided over the function. Dr.S.Bhagavantam, the then Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister welcomed the guests. Dr.K.R.Ramanathan, first President of the Union, delivered the Presidential address. Dr.M.S.Krishnan explained the aims and objectives of the Union and presented the draft constitution, which was revised in 1964, it was marginally amended in 1998. Some additional information is provided in the present updated version. Dr.K.R.Ramanathan, Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad and a past President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, was unanimously elected as President of the Union. The first Executive Committee was also formed with Dr. K.R.Ramanathan, Dr. M.S.Krishnan, Dr. S.Bhagavantam, Dr. P.K.Bhattacharya, Sri L.N.Kailasam, Dr.Hari Narain, Sri M.B.Ramachandra Rao, Dr.B.S.R. Rao and Dr.S.Balakrishna. The Union, thus, blessed by eminent geophysicists of India has made good impetus with the active encouragement given by the Vice-Chancellor of the Osmania University, Dr.D.S.Reddy and Sri P.V.G.Raju, the then Minister for Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Union adopted its constitution framed by a Sub- Committee consisting of Dr.M.S.Krishnan, Dr. 3 K.R.Ramanathan and Dr.S.Balakrishna and the Union was registered on 11th March 1964. MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION 1. The name of the Union shall be the ―Indian Geophysical Union‖ 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be at Hyderabad: for the present it will be housed at CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad-500007 3. The aims and objectives of the Union: i) To bring together all geophysicists active in various disciplines such as seismology, magnetism, meteorology, geodesy, volcanology, oceanography, hydrology and tectonophysics and to provide them with opportunities for meeting and discussing current problems of geophysics of solid earth and the oceans. To enhance the importance of IGU, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences have been added with effect from 1970. ii) To encourage the study of and research in geophysical problems and to provide media for publication of the results. iii) To organize and arrange for the meetings and conferences of the Union and encourage the publication and dissemination of knowledge of geophysics and of important researches in various branches of geophysics. iv) To cooperate with similar learned societies in organizing and taking part in meetings, symposia, research projects, etc., and to represent geophysics both in the national and international sphere. v) To secure and administer funds, grants and endowments for the furtherance of and research in geophysics. vi) To undertake and execute all other acts, which shall assist and promote the usefulness, aims and purposes of the Union. 4 RULES & BYE-LAWS MEMBERSHIP The membership of the Union shall comprise: I. Fellows Persons who have a minimum of eight years of professional experience (research, teaching or field investigation) in Geophysics shall be eligible for Fellowship, provided at least 3 years of this have been spent in a responsible position. Those who are engaged in allied fields such as Geology, Geochemistry, Geochronology and Mineral Technology will also be eligible. Those who are associated with Marine Geosciences, Atmosphere, Space and Planetary Sciences are also eligible. The possession of a Doctorate Degree from a recognized university or an institution in India or abroad in the above subjects shall be considered as equivalent to three years experience. The Executive Committee shall every year consider the names of members who are suitable in their opinion for being elected as Fellows. Other persons who have rendered important service to the cause of the Earth System Sciences and who are considered by the Committee as suitable for Fellowship can also be admitted. II. Members Persons who are graduates or otherwise qualified and experienced in Geophysics, Physics, Geology, Mineral Technology and Engineering and who are deemed by the Executive Committee of the Union to be suitable may be elected as Members. The Committee may also admit to membership persons, who have contributed in some way to the advancement of Earth System Sciences. A candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by not less than 2 Fellows of the Union of whom the proposer shall submit a letter giving full details of the qualifications and experience of the person being proposed. The proposal may be sent at any time to the Hon. Secretary but the selection will take place only at the Annual Meeting. The qualifications of the person proposed for membership shall be examined by the Committee, before selection. III. Foreign Fellows 5 Geophysicists who are nationals of other countries and who have made important contributions in the field of Earth System Sciences may be elected by the Executive Committee as Foreign Fellows of the Union. The number of members selected in any year shall not exceed three and the total number of Foreign Fellows shall not exceed 30. IV. Honorary Fellows Citizens of India who have a distinguished record of work in the Earth Sciences may be recommended by the Executive Committee for election as Honorary Fellows. The number elected in any one year shall not be more than two, and the total number shall not exceed 20 at any time. LIFE MEMBERSHIP The Executive Committee shall be empowered to confer life membership on members who have paid the composition fees prescribed, therefore, in a lumpsum; in the case of those who have been paying annual subscription, a reduction will be made in the Life Composition fee in accordance with the rules which will be drawn by the Executive Committee. Fellows/Members who have been in good standing in these capacities for 35 years and attained the age of 65 will be exempted from paying further dues and will be treated as non-paying Fellows/Members. They shall have all the privileges of Fellows/Members. This procedure has been modified, since 1997. In place of annual subscription, a one time lumpsum payment of Rs.1000/- has been introduced. Rejection of any application/nomination is done by the President, if he is convinced that giving membership to the individual is detrimental to the welfare of IGU. The rejection of a name in any one year by the President or General Body (GB) shall not be a bar to its being considered in the second and third year, but not more than three years in succession. A new nomination of rejected name shall not be entertained until one full year has passed after the first term of three years. The selected names after approval by the Executive Committee shall be placed before the General Body at the annual general meeting for its ratification. 6 Every Member and Fellow shall, on admission, pay an admission fee of Rs.500/-. The annual subscription for both the classes of membership can be raised at any future date if the situation necessitates the rise. Honorary Fellows do not pay subscription; they shall not have voting rights at any of the meetings of the Society but shall have all other privileges. Subscriptions for each year fall due on 1st January of that year. Taking into consideration the necessity to strengthen the financial structure of IGU two times the entry fee has been increased. The increase from Rs. 500/- to Rs.1000/- has been introduced from 1995. Simultaneously it was decided not to have yearly subscription. Those who are otherwise qualified and paid a lumpsum of Rs. 1000/- have been taken as life members. The second increase was made in 2011. In place of Rs. 1000/- it was decided that new Members /Fellows enrolling with effect from January 2012 shall pay Rs. 5000/- to become a life member. The selected Fellows, as per norms fixed by the Union, should also pay Rs.5000/-. A Member/Fellow may compound for all future annual subscriptions by payment of a lumpsum of Rs.5,000/-, which may be paid within one year of election in one or two installments. I. Removal A Member/Fellow may be removed by a majority vote of three-fourths of the members of the Committee present and voting for reasons considered by them valid. The member/fellow shall have the right to appeal to the Union within 6 weeks of notification of removal of his name. The appeal shall be considered at an extra-ordinary general body meeting and shall be decided by a two-thrids majority of members present through voting. II. Resignations Any member can resign. However, the resignation shall be notified to the Hon. Secretary through a letter and he in turn, taking the approval of the President, shall intimate the member about the decision within 15 days from the receipt of resignation letter.