ISET Bye-Laws: Clause XII – Soil Dynamics Forum

XII.1 To take care of and enhance the activities of the Society in the area of Soil Dynamics, a dedicated forum named ‘Soil Dynamics Forum’ be established at ISET Body for the promotion of Soil Dynamics.

XII.2 Interested ISET members in the activities of Soil Dynamics may become the members of the Forum.

XII.3 The affairs of the Soil Dynamics Forum shall be carried out by a Managing Committee consisting of a Chairman, Secretary and 5 members who shall be elected by the Soil Dynamics Forum members in a suitable manner.

XII.4 The term of the Managing Committee of the Soil Dynamics Forum will be two years. The names of Chairman and Secretary of Soil Dynamics Forum will be published in the News Letter of ISET.

XII.5 The Soil Dynamics Forum shall work under the banner of the Society (ISET) and will follow the Society’s constitution and Bye-Laws.

XII.6 Rs. 23.00 Lakhs donated by Prof Shamsher Prakash for the establishment of the Soil Dynamic Forum will be made available as a seed corpus to the Forum. Additional grants as necessary can be raised through donation, corpus, sponsorship, and through the savings of the events organized by the Soil Dynamics Forum. The entire corpus including Rs. 23.00 Lakhs donated by Prof Shamsher Prakash and any other donations received henceforth will be deposited in fixed deposits under Soil Dynamics Forum corpus. The same will be shown in balance sheet by ISET annually under separate head in the name of Soil Dynamics Forum corpus. 25% interest earned will be added to the corpus of the Forum’s fund. In order to meet the overheads in taking care of the Forum’s activities by the ISET main body such as providing secretarial assistance, 25% of the remaining interest amount will be used by the ISET main body. The balance interest will be transferred to savings account of the Forum. In case, if the funds are not utilized in a particular year, that fund would be made available for subsequent years.

XII.7 The Soil Dynamics Forum shall keep the ISET executive informed about the activities which would be published in the ISET News Letter.

XII.7 Auditing of accounts are to be carried out by a Chartered Accountant and the information is to be provided to the ISET main body, as is the case with the local chapters, so that the accounts of the ISET main body are maintained properly.