Alumni Meeting- 10Jan Patna

Dear Members,

In the 10^th Jan meeting it was decided that the alumni association will be registered as “Development Professionals Association-XISS” under Society Registration Act in Patna (Bihar). However, the area of operation and membership eligibility will not be restricted to Bihar.

(Presence- Asish Biswas, Syed Ali, Arun Kumar, Parimal Chandra, Vikas Kr Sahu, Mahua, Prerna Verma, Debbrata Ghosh, Malaya Kumar, Khurshid Ansari, Dhruv Sengupta, Subhendra Sanyal, Jainendra Kumar, Priyanka Singh, Jay Verma and me too- venue AKF office).

Attached objectives have been enlisted for the registration purpose. Later, these will be transformed/ framed into Mission statement, Aims and Activities for the external audience through webpage/ website/brochure.  Vikas Kumar Sahu has been entrusted the responsibility for designing and uploading the webpage/website whereas Muhua has volunteered to draft the content of it.

You are requested to go through the objectives (attached) and suggest, if any addition is needed. This should reach Vikas  on or before 22^nd January 2012 as the final constitution will be adopted on coming 26^th.

To start with, a registration fee of Rs 200/- for the membership has been fixed. Vikas collected the registration fee from the members present in absence of Apollo Purty.

Further it was decided to launch the association on 26^th January 2012 in a larger meeting and a family get-together in which Prof Anup Sarkar has kindly agreed to participate. A separate mail on this regarding the venue, proposed activities, participation fee etc. would be circulated shortly.

Those who have not attended the meeting or not informed (I do take this responsibility and apologise)/ Interested persons may send their registration fee to Apollo or can deposit on 26^th Jan.

Should you have any suggestion for the further processes/ events please share.

Best

Shailesh K Singh

RD 1983-85

Attachment:

Development Professionals Association – XISS

Proposed Objectives

for registration purpose based on the existing format

1.    To build a network of development professionals related to XISS /alumni of XISS

2.    To act as a spokes organisation for the Alumni/ development professionals

3.    To maintain the honour and dignity of development professionals

4.    To encourage support, and promote good professional development practices

5.    To examine, evaluate and comment upon professional development policy and practice;

6.    To support, promote and undertake appropriate research and study projects related to social development;

7.    To undertake publication of related journals and other publications;

8.    To advise and influence policy makers, where appropriate.

9.    To strengthen professional fraternity and to foster sustained professional ethics among development professionals

10.  To organize conferences, seminars, meetings, workshops and trainings related to social development.

11.  To borrow or raise money to achieve the objectives of the society

12.  To invest the money of the society not immediately required to its purpose in or upon such investment. Securities of property as may be thought fit.

13.  To carry out innovative empowerment project in the field of health and family welfare, human resource development, science & technology, agriculture, environment & forest studies, non- conventional energy, animal welfare, social research, information Management and cultural development.

14.  To do all such things and adopt such other ways and means as are cognate to the objects of the society or are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them