Membership of the Association shall be open to all those who are interested in Angiosperm Taxonomy. There shall be the following four categories of Memberships:
Patron
Honorary Member*
Life Member
Ordinary Member
Student Member.
*(Honorary Members shall be eminent Angiosperm Taxonomists whose technical co-operation would promote the interests of the Association, and nominated by the Executive Council, provided total number of such Honorary Members shall not exceed FIVE at any given time).
The subscriptions for the various categories of memberships are as under:
Patron: Rs. 25,000/- in India or US $ 7000/- or equivalent for other countries.
Honorary Member: No subscription.
Life Member: Rs. 8,000/- in India or US $ 500/- or equivalent for other countries, to be paid within one calendar year.
Ordinary Member: Rs.1,000/- in India or US $ 50/- or equivalent in other countries per year. Subscription for Ordinary membership shall fall due on 1st January of that year.
Student member: Rs. 500/-
The Ordinary Membership may be converted into Life Membership by paying the Life Membership fee after deducting the Ordinary Membership fee paid during that calendar year, if any.
Members of the Association who have paid their subscriptions before the stipulated date, shall be entitled to the followings:
to attend and vote in all General Body meetings (Student Members are not eligible to cast vote);
to propose and second candidates for various offices in the Executive Council;
to propose and second motions;
to fill in any Office of the Association on being duly elected thereto, subject to Rule 18 and 19 (applicable to all other than the Student Members).
to have scientific papers published in the journal Rheedea, after due approval by the referees and the Editorial Board;
to read scientific papers in the ordinary meetings of the Association and to take part in the discussions on them;
to have access to the Library and other common facilities of the Association;
to institute medals in the name of IAAT from Endowments received. The amount for such endowments shall be decided from time to time by the Executive Council. Nominations for the medal awards shall be received from the members of the Executive Council and the awardee(s) shall be decided by the Executive Council. Life members of the IAAT alone shall be eligible for such medals.
Patrons and Honorary Members shall be entitled to have all the privileges of the Members.
How to Pay the membership fee?
A demand Draft may be drawn on State Bank of India, Calicut University (Code No. 70200) in favour of The Treasurer, IAAT, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O. – 673 635, Kerala, India.
Bank transfer to IAAT account can also be done: SB A/c. No.: 67061057674, IFSC Code: SBIN0070200, SWIFT Code: SBININBB392, MICR Code: 673002912, State Bank of India, Calicut University (Branch Code: 70200).
How to Apply for membership?
Remit the membership fee to the IAAT account through bank transfer or draw a demand draft as instructed above.
After remitting the fee, click on the Apply Online button below and submit your details online. Once submitted, write to the Secretary, IAAT (iaatsecy@gmail.com), attaching the transaction details to confirm your membership.
Alternatively, you may download the application form provided below, print it, fill in the details, and send it to the Secretary either as a scanned PDF (via email) or as a hard copy (via surface mail).
