Constitution
TDMC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (TDMCAA)
GOVT. T. D. Medical College, Alappuzha (Constitution, By-laws and Rules)
- The name of the Association shall be “TDMC Alumni Association(TDMCAA)”
- “TDMC Alumni Association(TDMCAA)” is Registered as a Charitable Society as per the 12th Travancore-Cochin Literary Scientific Charitable Society Registration Acts of 1955 and has the Reg No: ALP/TC/799/2015.
- The following are the Registrants
| SL. NO. | NAME | ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr.M.Venugopal | Madhava Medical Mission Hospital, Haripad, Alappuzha |
| 2 | Dr.N.Sreedevi | VijayaBhavan, Ponnezha, Thekkekkara, Mavelikkara |
| 3 | Dr.N.Madhu | Chaithram, North Paravur -683513 |
| 4 | Dr.K.Venugopal | Sreemangalam, Pazhaveedu.P.O, Alappuzha |
| 5 | Dr.Vishnu.B.S | LekshmiBhavan ,CKRA 31A, Chenchery, Nalanchira .P.O, Trivandrum-695015 |
| 6 | Dr.K K Sukumaran | Anjanam, Valiyamaram Ward, Alappuzha-688001 |
| 7 | Dr.Santhosh K Raghavan | Sunitha Villa, Paravoor, PunnapraNorth.P.O, Alappuzha-688014 |
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
- To perpetuate the pride in our Alma Mater and a sense of “belonging” among the Alumni, present students and faculty of TDMC.
- To promote academic, cultural and social activities of the faculty, the Alumni and their families.
- To work in close co-operation with the Student’s Union of Govt TD Medical College and the Teachers Association in matters of common interest.
- To uphold the dignity of our profession & safe-guard the rights and privileges of the profession in general.
- To maintain a directory of the alumni, working in Indian and overseas the their current affiliation and achievements in their respective fields, and updated periodically.
- To act as a liaison between the alumni and present students, teaching staff and the college administration.
- To organize symposia, seminars, lectures, Continuing Medical Education programmes and refresher courses to further the scientific knowledge.
- To undertake Health Education programs for the public
- To publish newsletters, periodicals and other publications of Medical interest
- To undertake projects for the development of TDMC and the affiliated teaching Hospitals.
- To offer assistance to the students and the families of Alumni in need
- To help the poor, needy patients being treated at the TDMC and attached Hospitals
- To undertake projects to improve the teaching, research and patient care in TDMC & affiliated hospitals.
CONSTITUTION OF THE GOVT. TD MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Association shall consist of Alumni members whose names are entered in a Register and maintained by the Secretary. The Register shall contain also the qualifications, addresses and phone numbers, and abridged bio-data if available. The register shall be in the custody of the Secretary and updated when new members are enrolled. The permanent Head Quarters of the TDMCAA shall be in Alappuzha. The office will function in the LRC presently maintained jointly by the AKMG and TDMCAA inside the Medical college library. Temporary office shall be maintained at the place of the Secretary for convenience, but all transactions shall be made through the office at Head Quarters. The year of TDMCAA shall be, for all purposes, from First of April of each year to 31st of March next year (financial year).
MEMBERSHIP
There shall be three types of membership.
Life Membership, Associate Membership And Honorary Membership.
- Life membership is open to Medical Graduates and Post graduates who have passed out from Medical College, Alappuzha.
- An Alumnus becomes a Life Member only on the payment of the Membership fee, fixed from time to time and approved by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee reserves the right to deny membership but shall do so only on approval by the General Body.
- The application form for membership is available from the office of the Secretary. The completed application form shall be forwarded along with the membership fee to the Secretary. A person becomes a member only after payment of the membership fee and on approval by the Executive Committee. The Executive committee can deny membership to Alumni without assigning reason by the mater should be approved by the General Body.
Associate Membership is open for the following categories of alumni.
- All students enrolled as undergraduate & postgraduates in the TDMC till they graduate. After obtaining their PG Degree/ Diploma they are eligible to become Life members.
- Teachers of the TDMC currently working, transferred or retired, who are not alumni of the TDMC.
Honorary membership will be awarded to the following.
- Retired eminent teachers of the TDMC who were not students of TDMC
- Any eminent health professional, who has interest in the development of TDMC.
The Executive Committee shall be the sole authority to confer Honorary membership subject to approval by the General Body.
OFFICE BEARERS OF THE TDMC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Health Secretary, Kerala State, Director of Medical Education, Kerala and Principal, Government T D Medical College, Alappuzha shall be Patrons.
- President
- Vice Presidents – 2 (Two) Nos. (Two elected by the General Body).
- Honorary Secretary
- Joint Secretaries – 2 (Two) Nos(Two elected by the General Body).
- Treasurer 1 (one)
- Executive committee – 20 (Twenty) Nos. (Twenty elected by the General Body)
- Immediate past President, Secretary and Treasurer and AKMG Coordinators (3nos)
- The Executive Committee can appoint subcommittees as and when needed.
- Web master – 1 (One) (nominated by the Executive Committee)
- Editor
All the office bearers other than nominated shall be elected by the General Body by voting as per rule.Elections shall be held at the last annual meeting of the TDMCAA by a majority of the Life members present. (Either unanimous, Voice vote or by a secret ballot).
PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP
- Every life member shall have the privilege of participating in all the activities of the TDMCAA, including voting.
- Every member can make use of the facilities of the Association with the approval of the Executive Committee (EC), by paying the fee fixed, if any.
- Honorary and Associate members can attend the meetings of the TDMCAA, but shall have no voting rights.
- Every member including the Associate members become eligible for membership only on one time payment of the membership or Associate member fee as the case may be. Honorary members have no registration fee but their contribution to the funds will be welcome.
- Every member shall have right of receiving the news letter, journal or other publications of the TDMCAA.
DISQUALIFICATIONS
- Any person can be denied membership if the Executive Committee so decides, but should get the ratification from the subsequent General Body.
- The membership will be forfeited for indulging in activities against the interests of the Association, punished by a court of law for any offence, for bad conduct or for unethical practice.
- The authority to disqualify a member rests with the General Body on recommendation of Executive Committee.
THE GENERAL BODY (GB)
- All the members of TDMCAA constitute the General Body but only the life members can participate in voting. The General Body shall be convened at least once every year. The date of the General Body will be decided by the Executive Committee.
- The General Body is the final decision making body. All policy decisions taken by the Executive Committee shall be approved after ratification by the General Body.
- The quorum for all meetings shall be 10% of total membership or 50 which ever is less. In the event of insufficient quorum the presiding officer shall have the discretion to reconvene the meeting or request from the majority of members present, after an interval of 15 minutes and the decisions taken in the GB shall be final.
- The Executive Committee will prepare and circulate the minutes of the previous General Body and also the Agenda for the current General Body, at least 2 weeks earlier. All matters pertaining to the activities for the TDMCAA shall be put in the website by the secretary.
THE TERM OF OFFICE BEARERS
The term of all office bearers shall be for two years continuously. For the sake of continuity the immediate past President And Secretary shall be members fo the two succeeding Executive Committee.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILILTIES OF THE OFFICE BEARERS
It is the duty of all office bearers to promote all the activities of the TDMCAA diligently.
All the posts are honorary. The Executive Committee shall decide to give TA and DA on special occasions subject to actual.
- The president shall preside over all the meetings including the Executive Committee.
- Shall take initiatives and guide the activities of the TDMCAA and act as a mentor for all the members.
- The President shall cast the deciding vote in all the proceedings in the event of a tie.
- Shall be responsible for the day to day functioning and promotion of the objectives of TDMCAA
- Shall prepare the minutes and agenda of all the meetings and circulate to the members at least ten days (10) either by email or post.
- Shall keep a record of the documents. This may be done in the electronic media, making sure that these are not tampered with.
- Shall maintain a Register containing the names addresses and qualifications of all members of the TDMCAA
- Shall be responsible for the custody of the movable and immovable properties of the TDMCAA and keep an inventory of these. The Secretary shall take all legal action including filing suits on behalf of the TDMCAA
- Shall hand over the custody of all the document s and other items to the new Secretary within 1 month of the new Secretary assuming charge.
- Shall supervise the activities of the subcommittees appointed by the executive committee and submit their report to Executive Committee for necessary action.
- Shall perform duties assigned by the Secretary and the Executive Committee and take charge of the activities of the Secretary in his absence.
- Shall receive all funds and deposit them in a Nationalized Bank approved by the Executive Committee. All operations shall be done only through cheque and shall get the prior permission of the Executive Committee except contingency funds approved by the Secretary.
- The treasurer shall get the accounts audited by a qualified auditor, approved by the Executive Committee circulate them to members, and present the audited accounts to the General Body for approval.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee is responsible for carrying out all decisions of the General Body, and will be responsible for the smooth running of the TDMCAA. It is important decision making body. The decisions on policy matters shall get the approval of the General Body. The Secretary will act according to the instructions of the President and the Committee. The President Secretary, and Treasurer are ex-officio members of all Subcommittees. The Executive Committee is responsible for planning the immediate and long term goals of the TDMCAA and formulate policies and guidelines for the office bearers. The Executive Committee shall verify the accounts and get the accounts audited.
The Executive Committee shall meet at least twice a year and more often if needed.
SUBCOMMITTEES
In order to carry out the various activities of the Association efficiently the following subcommittees shall be formed by the approval of the Executive Committee.
This committee shall include senior members of the Association. The maximum numbers shall be forty.
- Shall bring out Newsletters, scientific publications and periodicals. Shall be responsible for raising funds to defray the cost of the above.
- This committee shall be the editorial board of all official publications of the association.
- The Editorial Board shall consist of Editor, Convenor and other selected members. The President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be ex-officio members of the editorial board.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION, RULES AND / OR BY-LAWS.
Requests for amendments to any of the above shall reach the secretary at least a month before the General Body meeting and shall be proposed by at least 30 members. The Secretary shall circulate the amendments proposed to all the members. The amendments shall be discussed in the Executive Committee before submission to the General Body. The amendments are to be presented, discussed and decisions to be taken in the General Body with 3/5th majority present.
ANNUAL RETURNS
The Secretary shall submit to the Registrar the annual returns containing attested copies of the list of new office bearers for the year audited Accounts, Statements and balance sheets within 14 days of the final General Body meeting. Failure to submit this on time shall result in cancellation of the registration of the society. All the clauses of the 12th Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific, and Charitable Society Registration Act of 1955 are binding on this Association.
- The treasurer shall be responsible for maintaining the accounts of the Association.
- The Secretary and the Treasurer, or persons duly authorized by the Executive Committee shall jointly operate all the bank accounts.
- The amount shall be kept in one or more of Nationalized Bank as approved by the Executive Committee.
- The Secretary can keep up to Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand only) as contingency fund.
- The Treasurer will present the audited accounts in the General Body meeting.
- Internal auditing: Shall be done by three of the executive members appointed by the Executive Committee.
- The accounts shall be audited by the Chartered Accountants approved by the Executive Committee.
WINDING UP OF THE GOVT.TD MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
If for any reason the TDMCAA has to be wound up, the Executive Committee shall submit the proposal to the GB, citing valid reasons. The proposal shall be circulated among the members minimum 10 days in advance, for them to make a decision, and the matter shall be discussed and a decision taken by the GB, with 3/4th votes of the members present. All the assets and liabilities including movable and immovable properties shall be transferred to another willing organisation, whose objectives and goals are compatible with those of TDMCAA, provided it is a registered Charitable society. In the absence of such a possibility, all the assets may be transferred to the Government of Kerala on mutually agreeable terms and conditions. The Executive Committee shall make necessary arrangements for this eventuality, subject to the ratification of the General Body.
