SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH (SIDAR) MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION RULES AND REGULATIONS (Regd. No: 201 / 2018) SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH (SIDAR) # Dr LB College Premises, Resapuvanipalem VISAKHAPATNAM-530 013 ANDHRA PRADESH INDIA March 2018 Page 1 of 14 MEMORANDUM OF THE ASSOCIATION 1. Name: The name of the society shall be “SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH (SIDAR), hereinafter referred to as the SIDAR; 2. The society would be a self-perpetuating, not-for-profit society 3. Location: The registered office of the SIDAR shall be situated at # 52-14, Dr LB College Premises, Old Resapuvanipalem, Visakhapatnam-530 013, or any other place that may be decided by the Governing Council (GC) from time to time. 4. Aim: The aim of the society is to identify the societal needs in terms of human development and for this purpose develop policy interventions through multidisciplinary research 5. Objectives: The Society has the following objectives: A. To establish Research Centers or Institutions of Higher Learning, B. To undertake Research Projects and Training and Extension Programmes C. To hold Conferences, Seminars, Symposia, Workshops, and Publish, Journals, Bulletins, Research Reports and Articles. D. To aid and assist financially any other institution having similar objectives and to award research and study grants to scholars. E. To honour such individuals or institutions who, in the opinion of the Governing Council, have made outstanding contribution for the achievement of the objectives of the society. F. To undertake such other related activities as may be required from time to time. CERTIFICATES 1. Certified that all the activities of the Society nature and would be carried out in India on not-for-profit basis. 2. Certified that the office bearers are not paid from the funds of the Society. 3. Certified that the Association would not engage in agitational activities to ventilate grievances. Page 2 of 14 6. The names, addresses, occupation and designations of the founding members of the Governing Council (GC) to whom the management of the affairs of the SIDAR is entrusted are as follows: S. Name and address Occupation Designation No Kalluri Chenchi Reddy, Professor of Economics S/o Venkta Subba Reddy, 01 (Retd.) & Former President Plot No. 45-A (7-5-9), Pandurangapuram, Chairman, APSCHE Visakhapatnam-530003 Gudimetla Madhu Kumar, S/o Satti Reddy, Education Promoter & Vice- 02 D.No. 7-1-32, Kirlampudi, Entrepreneur President Visakhapatnam-530017 Peethala Vijaya Prakash, Professor of S/o Latchanna (Late) 03 Anthropology (Retd.) & Secretary 66/8 (1-108-5), MVP Colony, Former Registrar, AU Visakhapatnam-530017. Dwarampudi Satyanarayana Reddy, S/o Ramakrishna Reddy, Education Promoter & Joint 04 D.No. 9-19-56, VIP Road, CBM Compound, Entrepreneur Secretary Visakhapatnam-530003 Hanumanthu Lakshminarayana Dora, S/o Satyam Dora; Former Commercial Tax 05 Plot No. 27, Vijaya Cooperative Society, VIP Treasurer Officer & Entrepreneur Road, CBM Compound, Visakhapatnam- 530003 Viswanadhuni Bala Mohan Das, Professor of S/o Venkateswarlu, Management (Retd.) & 06 Member # 608, MVV & MK’s Royal Gardens, Ramnagar, Former Vice-Chancellor, Visakhapatnam-530002. ANU Gottumukkala Suryanarayana Raju, Professor of Electronics S/o Venkatarama Raju, & Comn. Engg. (Retd.)& 07 Member D.No. 55-1-26, J.R. Nagar, Road No-2, Former Vice-Chancellor, Venkojipalem, Visakhapatnam-530022 AU Gollu Suryanarayana Professor of Economics S/o Simhachalam (Retd.) & Former 08 Member # 305, Anand Residency, Shivajipalem, Chairman, APPSC Visakhapatnam-530017 (Officiating) Rokkam Sudarsana Rao Professor of Economics S/o Tavudu (Retd.) & Former AP 09 Member D.No. 2-2-10/5, Sector-9, MVP Colony, Finance Commission Visakhapatnam-530017 Member Page 3 of 14 Anipindi Nageswara Rao Professor of Chemistry S/o Subbarayudu, 10 (Retd.) & Former Member Plot No. 130/4, MVP Colony, Registrar, AKNU Visakhapatnam-530017 Thondapu Veera Venkata Seetharami Reddy Professor of Botany S/ Narayudu 11 (Retd.) & Dean, Member Plot No. 232, Sector-4, MVP Colony, Examinations, AU Visakhapatnam-530017 Adari Padmavathi, 12 W/o Doddi Satyanarayana, Professor of Law (Retd.) Member # 104, Sri Srinivasa Appts; 80-Feet Road, Ramachandranagar, Visakhapatnam-530016. Peethani Suryanarayana, S/o Venkanna, 13 D.No. 6-23, Peethanivari Street, Entrepreneur Member Kommuchikkala-534338, Poduru Mandal, W.G. Dt, AP Jasti Mallikarjunudu, 14 S/o Vayunandana Rao, Entrepreneur Member # GF, Lakshmi Apartments, Pedawaltair, Visakhapatnam-530017 Kandukuri Satyanarayana, 15 S/o. Appala Swamy, Director, Dr.L.B. College Member Plot- 255, Sector-3, MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam-530017. Page 4 of 14 7. We, the several persons whose names and addresses are given above having come together for the purpose described in this memorandum of association do hereby subscribe our names to this Memorandum of Association and set our hands hereunto and form ourselves into a society under the Societies Registration Act 35 of 2001. SIGNATURES OF THE MEMBERS S. Name and address Signature No Prof. K.C. Reddy, M.A; Ph.D; 01 Signed. Dr. G. Madhu Kumar, M.Tech; 02 Signed. Prof. P. Vijaya Prakash, M.A; Ph.D; 03 Signed. Sri D. S. Reddy, B.Tech; 04 Signed. Sri H.L.N. Dora, M.A; 05 Signed. Prof. V. Bala Mohan Das, M.Com, Ph.D; 06 Signed. Prof. G.S.N. Raju, M.E; Ph.D; 07 Signed. Prof. G. Suryanarayana, M.Phil; Ph.D; 08 Signed. Prof. R. Sudarsan Rao, M.A; Ph.D; 09 Signed. Prof. A. Nageswara Rao, M.Sc; Ph.D; 10 Signed. Prof. T.V.V. Seetharami Reddy, M.Sc; Ph.D; 11 Signed. Prof. A. Padmavathi, M.L; Ph.D; 12 Signed. Sri P. Suryanarayana, B.A; 13 Signed. Sri J. Mallikarjunudu, M.B.A; 14 Signed. Dr. K. Satyanarayana, M.Com; Ph.D; 15 Signed. Witnesses: 1. Signed. 2. Signed. Page 5 of 14 RULES AND REGULATIONS THE SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH (SIDAR) 01. Name: The name of the society shall be “Society for Integrated Development and Research” hereinafter referred to as the SIDAR. 02. Location: The registered office of the SIDAR shall be situated at # 52-14, Dr LB College Premises, Old Resapuvanipalem, Visakhapatnam-530 013, or any other place that may be decided by the Governing Council (GC) from time to time. 03. Membership: a) The members subscribing to the Memorandum of Association shall be life members of the SIDAR. b) Any person or institution, on application or by invitation may be admitted as member of General Body of the SIDAR, on payment of Rs.10,000/- for ordinary membership, Rs.1,00,000/- for Patron membership, and Rs. 2,00,000/- and above for institutional membership on the unanimous approval of the Governing Council (GC). c) The institution admitted as a member is entitled to nominate its representative who shall be a member for terms of 3 years each subject to the power being given to the institution to recall its nominee in its absolute discretion. Such members are eligible to be re-nominated. In case a representative of a member institution forfeits his/her membership of the General Body and/or Governing Council as case may be and the institution has the right to nominate another person as its representative and he/she shall hold office for the unexpired term. 04. General Body and it’s Functions: The General Body of the SIDAR shall meet once in a year in the month of June. It may meet at other times in a year as required by the circumstances then prevailing. The General Body in its Annual Meeting shall: a) Define the broad policy guide lines for the functioning of the Society, b) Elect members to the Governing Council in the year of election. c) Approve the statement of income and expenditure of the previous year and pass the budget for the ensuing year, d) Approve the report on the activities of the SIDAR submitted by the Secretary, and report of the auditors, and e) Appoint Auditors and fix their remuneration. Page 6 of 14 05. Governing Council and its functions: a) The Governing Council (GC) shall have not more than fifteen members whose term shall be for a period of three years. The GC may invite not more than nine eminent persons to the meetings of the GC as advisors. b) The Governing Council shall ordinarily meet at least once in three months. In case of emergency or urgency, a resolution can be obtained by circulation. c) The Governing Council (GC) shall have power to determine the functions, duties and responsibilities of employees and fix their salaries, wages and/or other emoluments. d) The Governing Council (GC) shall have power to approve the honorarium and other emoluments of the project Member-Director and the staff from the project funds. e) The Governing Council (GC) shall have the power to engage employees on permanent or temporary basis and at their discretion to suspend or remove such employees. f) Every member of the Governing Council (GC) shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Association against all losses and expenses lawfully incurred by him/her in the discharge of his/her duties, except such as may happen through his/her own willful act or default. g) In the event of any vacancies occurring among the members of the Governing Council, they may be filled up by the Governing Council by co-option. Such cooption requires to be confirmed at the next annual General Body meeting. h) The Governing Council (GC) is authorized i) To receive funds from India or abroad for any specific project purpose or welfare activity, and the society is responsible to utilize the funds for that specific purpose and report to the General Body, ii) To receive or borrow funds from any source, including foreign agencies, for projects and utilize them along with the normal funds of the SIDAR for its work, in such shares and proportions and in such manner as the Governing Council shall in their absolute discretion think fit and report to the Governing Body.