The Membership of the Association shall be of the following categories:
Full Member :
Medical practitioner registered in India under I.M.C. Act 1956 and practicing surgery or otherwise engaged in surgical work such as teaching or research and holding a postgraduate qualification in surgery (including superspecialities) shall be eligible for full Membership.
He/she may belong to any one of the two categories.
Annual Member (Full Annual i.e. FA) : Member paying his fees annually.
Life Member (Full Life i.e. FL) : Member who has paid life subscription (which is equivalent to 10 times of the Annual subscription fee)
Associate Member :
Medical practitioner registered in India under I.M.C. Act 1956 and engaged in the practice of branches of medical science auxiliary to surgery or who is a bonafide postgraduate student in Surgery is eligible to become Associate Member.
He/she may belong to any one of the two categories.
Annual Member (Associate Annual i.e. AA) : Associate Member paying his fees annually.
Life Member (Associate Life i.e. AL) : Associate Member who has paid life subscription (which is equivalent to 10 times of the Annual subscription fee)
Honorary Member :
A person considered suitable by the Governing Council may be awarded an Honorary Membership of the association.
Overseas Member :
Medical practitioner registered in countries other than India and practicing the science and art of Surgery shall be eligible for membership of this category. He should hold a postgraduate qualification in Surgery (Including superspecialties). He may be Annual or Life Member.
Senior Member :
Annual Full Member who has attained the age of 60 years and 25 years of continuous Membership may opt for becoming Senior Member.
The Governing Council shall have the right to decide the eligibility or otherwise of the category to which a person could be admitted as Member and such decision shall be final.
Every candidate who applies to the Association for Membership shall be duly proposed and seconded by Full or Senior Members. He becomes member only after the Governing Council approves the same.
SUBSCRIPTION:
All New Members shall pay entrance fees as decided by the General Body from time to time.
Senior Members are exempted from paying Annual subscription.
All subscriptions are payable in advance i.e. before 1st January of that year.
Xerox copy of certificates to be enclosed.
The subscription for membership is as follows:
S.No.
Member Type
Eligibility & qualification
Fee Payable (Rs)
Entry Fee
(one time)
ID Card fee
(Rs)
(one time)
Total
(Rs)
1
Full Member
Annual
Life
M.S. (Surgery)
M.S. (Surgery)
750 per annum
7500
100
100
100
100
950
7700
2
Associate Member
Annual
Life
MBBS
MBBS
750 per annum
7500
100
100
100
100
950
7700
3
Senior Member
Age of 60 yrs. Or more
No Fees
-
-
No Fees
4
Overseas Member
Annual
Life
100 USD per annum
1500 USD
5 USD
5 USD
105 USD
1505 USD
D.D. should be drawn in favour of "The Association of Surgeons of India" and Payable at Chennai.
Note :
The Journal (I.J.S.) will be sent 3 months after becoming member.
Members are requested to intimate us their change of address immediately.
Quote your A.S.I. No. in all your correspondence to facilitate easy reference.
