Membership

Types of Membership

    Life members.

Any student who has been admitted to MBBS course could become a life member. The application is to be made on a prescribed membership form available here . The application would be considered by the Governing Council which shall have the power to reject application. Life membership fee is Rs. 1000/- 

A life member shall have a right to attend and vote at all the meetings of the Society.


    Senior members. 

This category is open only to life members. No student will be directly admitted to this category.
All life members will automatically become senior members on completion of their MBBS course and on payment of nominal fee of Rs.500/-.
They would cease to be senior members on completion of 3 years after graduation. 
Senior members would have all privileges of a life member except that they cannot contest for the posts of office bearers i.e. President or Vice Presidents; however they can become members of the Governing Council.

Senior members may be allowed to continue as past members even beyond the three year period if they wish to be so at no extra charges or fee. However this membership would solely be based on the member’s participation in the matters of the Forum and his activity as a life or a senior member. Such an award shall be made on application by the member on the prescribed form which must be proposed and seconded by at least three other members, preferably past members.
    

    Foreign Members

Foreign nationals or Indians on resident visa residing outside India (Non Resident Indians) could become a foreign member on one time payment of $100/- each provided he makes an application to the Governing Council in a prescribed manner and is admitted as a member by Governing Council. He will have all privileges of a life member, but cannot contest elections for various positions in the council.  

A foreign member shall have a right to attend and vote at all the meetings of the Society.

The application form is available here.


    Past members

Only senior members can become past members. Founder members shall automatically become past members at the completion of three years as a senior member (after graduation).
This membership would solely be based on the member’s participation in the matters of the Forum and his activity as a life or a senior member. Such an award shall be made on application by the member on the prescribed form which must be proposed and seconded by at least three other members, preferably past members.
Past members shall have all the rights and privileges of a senior member.


    Patron members

Any person of any nationality who, in the opinion of the Governing Council has rendered distinguished services or done outstanding work to promote the objectives of the Forum may be invited by the Governing Council, after his nomination has been ratified by the general body to become a patron member of the Society without any payment.
A patron member will have the right to attend the meetings of the Society but shall have no right to vote.
He is not eligible to contest election to the council’s positions.


    Founder members

Founder members are the the signatories to the Memorandum of Association who would be undergraduate medical students or recent graduates.
After the society has been registered there will be no new founder member and all founder members will automatically become the life members.
Founder members shall continue to be the past members even after three years have passed beyond their graduation or even after three years have elapsed as them being the senior members and will not cease to be the members of the Forum, unless they wish to be discharged. They shall have all the privileges of the senior members, with respect to the voting rights but will not be able to contest for the various posts.




Subject to ratification by the General Body, the Governing Council can delete or create additional categories of membership and change membership fees in different categories, at any time.

Subject to what is otherwise provided in these Bye-Laws, every member shall have such rights as are given to members of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and the rules made there under.


Privileges of members are given here.

A directory of the current registered members is provided here..

You can apply for membership to the forum here

The details of membership fees is given here.

Membership may be cancelled/revoked under certain circumstances given here.