1. The name of the Association shall be “THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF INDIA”, and abbreviated as “TAISI”.

2. Membership to the Association shall be extended to All Indian International schools offering any International curriculum like the IGCSE, A / AS Level / IB / Advanced Placement programme, provided they meet the eligibility criteria laid down in the bye-laws.

3. The Association shall be a non-profit, autonomous body that bears no affiliation to any Government, Corporation, Private body / institution.

4. The Association shall have the power to frame rules, bye laws and modify the same under its Constitution.

5. The management and control of the Association shall be in the hands of a “Management Committee” to be elected by the General body at the A G M. The committee shall consist of a) Chairman b) Vice Chairman c) Secretary, d) Treasurer and e) One committee member, preferably the immediate past Chairman.

6. The aims and objectives of the Association are as follows:-

a) To bring Indian International Schools offering International curriculum together for a common purpose that will benefit the students, teachers and administrators in terms of knowledge enhancement, sharing of resources and understanding International culture that would ultimately help in preparing our students to face the challenges of the global society

b) To hold meetings, seminars, conferences and publish books, periodicals to fulfill the objectives of the Association.

c) To use information technology to attain the objectives of the Association.

d) To do all such other lawful acts, deeds, things that are incidental and conducive to the attainment of the objectives

e) To plan, co-ordinate and conduct all Inter School activities.

f) In the event of any directives or interference by the Government, local bodies, persons or by group of persons which may be against the principle and the spirit of the Association, the Association will extend support to protect the interests of the member institutions.

g) To take over, absorb or amalgamate with any other Association or associations or institutions whose objectives are similar to the objectives of the Association.

h) To apply the income and properties of the Association for the fulfillment of its objectives and not to pay any portion thereof by way of profit or dividend or bonus.

i) To extend support to any member institution seeking assistance for any justifiable cause.

j) Without prejudice to the generality of the above objectives and for effectively carrying out the same, the Association shall have the power to employ the required staff, receive, hold and possess any property including securities of any kind, and to construct and maintain any building, to manage, transfer or otherwise dispose off or deal in any property or security and to enter into any contract, for or in connection with, the purpose of the Association, to raise money and funds including debentures and to establish provident fund or funds for the benefits of the employees of the Association and to accept the management of any trust or endowment in which the Association may be interested.

7. Names, addresses and descriptions of the sitting committee are subscribed hereunder which will change at every A.G.M

NAME ADDRESS DESIGNATION

1.The names and addresses of the Office Bearers of the Management Committee will be submitted to the registrar each year as the case may be.

8. We the undersigned are desirous of forming an Association named, “THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF INDIA”. In pursuance of this Memorandum of Association.

SIGNATURE ADDRESS OCCUPATION

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“The Association Of International Schools Of India”.

Bye-Laws

1. “THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF INDIA” was registered on-----------, within the jurisdiction of the Registrar of Societies, Bangalore.

2. The Registered Office of the Association and address for correspondence will be that of the institution of the incumbent Secretary, presently situated at the “Bangalore International School” Geddalahalli, Hennur Bagalur Road, Kothanur Post, Bangalore-560077.

3. The Association shall have the power to modify the bye-laws and take decisions on all other matters, by the approval of 3/4th majority of the voting members present at the meeting of the Association, called for that purpose.

4. Annual Activities

a) To periodically organize teachers training workshops.
b) To identify teachers, who are competent to handle the teachers training programme from the schools of the Association.

c) To plan, coordinate and conduct Inter School sports, music, drama, debates, quiz etc.

d) Coordinating with the International Boards on matters that will benefit the schools of the Association.

e) Over and above, the aforesaid activities, any other activities could be included subject to the approval of the general body

f) Before the commencement of any one of the aforesaid activities, rules and regulations drafted by a sub committee and approved by the General Body shall be made known to all the competitors and they will adhere to the same strictly. Decisions taken by the Judges, referees or umpires shall be final.

Membership
5. The Schools in India offering any International curriculum like the IGCSE, A / AS Level / IB / Advanced Placement programme shall be eligible for membership to the Association.

6. The medium of instruction shall be exclusively English.

7. The school shall be managed by a registered Trust / Society / approved Management Committee / Board of Governors.

8. The school shall have a minimum strength of 150 students.

9. Admission of a member shall be subject to the approval of the General Body, based on the nomination of a member school and evaluation by the “Management Committee” on the facilities and infrastructure available with the school seeking membership. Application for membership may be rejected without assigning any reason.

10. The Management Committee may according to such terms and conditions as it shall decide from time to time admit as PATRONS those persons who are likely to help in furthering the Objectives and Cause of the Association, either through their professional knowledge and experience and / or financial assistance. The Patrons will have no voting rights and shall not hold any office.

11. The Association shall maintain at its registered office, a register of its members and shall enter/delete therein, within 15 days, after the admission of a member or the cessation of membership as the case may be, the following particulars:

a) The name and address of the member.
b) The date on which the member was admitted.
c) The date on which a member ceased to be a member.

14. Fees
a) On confirmation of membership by the Management Committee, the incumbent shall pay a non-refundable entrance fee as decided by the Association from time to time. The present entrance fee is Rs.---------

b) The members shall pay the annual subscription as decided periodically by the General Body, the present annual subscription being Rs. -----------

c) The fee shall be paid by cash or D.D. drawn in favour of “The Association of International Schools of India” before 31st May each year

d) The Fee once paid, under no circumstance shall be refunded

e) The financial year of the Association will be from 1st April to 31st March of the following year.

15. Membership Rights

a) Each member shall have one vote on every issue.

b) All members of the Association shall be entitled to participate in the meetings and other activities of the Association. After the expiry of one month of membership, the said member shall be entitled to elect or be elected to the Management Committee.

c) All the members shall have the right to inspect books of accounts, books containing minutes of the proceedings of general meetings and Register of members of the Association on any working day, during business hours, by giving reasonable notice.

d) All the members of the Association shall be bound by the bye-laws which may be amended from time to time.

16. Cessation of Membership: Membership will cease under the following circumstances:

a) Voluntary resignation

b) Failure to pay the annual subscription by the 31st May of each year.

c) Non-representation of an institution by its Principal / Head Master / or his authorized deputy in the course of three consecutive regular meetings of the Association.

d) Violation of any of the Bye Laws of the Association.

e) Suspension/ cessation of membership will be decided after fulfillment of the following conditions:

i. A show cause notice shall be served on the member, by the Management Committee, and sufficient time not exceeding 30 days shall be given to every member to present his/her case

ii. If the explanation is found unsatisfactory, the General Body on the recommendation of the committee shall suspend the member by vote for a period as decided by the General Body, but in any case for not more than one year.

iii. If the member institution resorts to violation of the laws repeatedly for a further period of one year after the expiry of the suspension, the General Body may cancel the membership.


Management Committee
17. The Management and the control of the Association shall be in the hands of the Management Committee, holding the office of: 1. Chairman, 2. Vice Chairman, 3. Secretary, 4. Treasurer and 5. One Committee Member, preferably the immediate Past Chairman, elected at the A G M by the General body.

18. The members of the Management Committee shall hold office until the following A G M, after which the Management Committee shall be recomposed and constituted from among the members of the Association. Any of them shall be eligible for re-election, but not for more than two more similar terms.

19. The members of the Management Committee shall not be entitled to any remuneration.

20. All property of the Association, both movable and immovable, as well as the management of the affairs and concerns of the Association shall vest in the Management Committee.

21. In case of any vacancy in the post of any of the members of the Committee, on account of resignation, expulsion or any other contingency, a new member will be co-opted by the Management Committee within four weeks from the date of such vacancy. Such a new member will hold office until confirmed at the following Association meeting. Pending filling up of the vacancy as stated above, the remaining members in the Committee will carry on the work of the said member and the properties both movable and immovable of the Association shall vest in the remaining members.

22. In case any member of the Management Committee desires to tender his or her resignation from the membership / office before the expiry of his term, he / she shall give at least one month’s notice in writing to the Secretary of the Management Committee and in case he himself / she herself happens to be the Secretary, then at least three months notice is to be given to the Chairman of the Association. Such a letter of resignation shall be placed at a meeting of the Association especially convened for the purpose within one month from the receipt of the letter. No resignation shall be deemed to have taken place until accepted at the said meeting. A similar procedure will be followed in the case of any casual vacancy due to incapacity of an Office bearer to discharge his duties efficiently.

23. The Management Committee shall plan the annual budget and present the same before the General body at the first meeting after the AGM and receive an approval of 3/4th majority of the members present before implementation.

24. The Management Committee shall appoint/ dismiss an employee, after approval of 3/4th majority of the voting members present at a meeting called for that purpose.

25. All deeds and documents by or in favour of the Association shall be in the name of the Association.

26. The Management Committee with the concurrence of the General Body shall appoint sub committees for various activities of the Association and their reports shall be submitted to the General Body of the Association for approval.

27. The Management Committee shall draw up the annual sports / other activities calendar in which the date and venue of each activity will be planned in consultation with the General Body at a General Body Meeting. These dates will be fixed on a simple majority giving due consideration to include maximum participation at the event.

28. It is the Heads who decide dates at a General Meeting and therefore it is not for any individual head of a school to change them once they have been confirmed. If for some extraordinary reason the venue is not available the Head of that Institution must make alternate arrangements for the smooth running of the event on the given date at another suitable venue.

Chairman

29. The Chairman shall preside over every meeting of the Association and shall be the chairman of the Management Committee. In his / her absence the Vice Chairman shall chair the meeting. The Chairman and Vice Chairman will be elected by the General Body each year. The Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be responsible for coordinating all the activities of the Association.

Vice Chairman
30. The Vice Chairman will assist the Chairman in all matters related to the duties of the Chairman and in the absence of the Chairman shall perform all his / her duties and functions.

Secretary
31. The Secretary shall conduct the day-to-day affairs of the Association, as resolved and passed by the Committee.

32. The Secretary shall be responsible to prepare the agenda, coordinate and conduct all the meetings of the Association.

33. The Secretary shall be responsible for all the correspondence of the Association.

34. The Secretary will be in charge of the office of the Association and be responsible for the following acts:-

a) To check and verify accounts in the cash book and sign receipts.

b) The Secretary has the following financial responsibilities:

i) To arrange for investment of surplus assets of the Association as approved by the Management Committee in conjunction with the Treasurer of the Association.

ii) To operate any account in any Bank or Banks as approved by the Management Committee in conjunction with the Treasurer of the Association.

iii) To accept from the Treasurer for scrutiny all books and documents related to the Association’s receipts and expenditure, cash books, bank pass books etc. The same to be signed and returned to the Treasurer promptly.

c) To keep or cause to be kept in proper order and custody, all documents and all papers and files belonging to the Association

d) In urgent situations going beyond approved budget amounts to sign in token of sanction all vouchers for necessary expenses of the Association within the limit sanctioned by the Committee before payment by the Treasurer.

e) The Secretary of the Association shall be the person authorized to sue and be sued on behalf of the Association.

f) The Secretary of the Association shall be the person authorized to give directions on behalf of the Association.

Treasurer
35. The Treasurer shall be empowered:

(a) To maintain the accounts and relevant books of accounts.

(b) To receive subscriptions, donations in case and record the receipts in the cash book maintained for the purpose.

(c) To arrange for investment of surplus assets of the Association as approved by the Management Committee in conjunction with the Secretary of the Association.

(d) To operate any account in Bank or Banks as approved by the Management Committee in conjunction with the Secretary of the Association.

(e) To submit all books and documents relating to the Association’s receipts and expenditure, cash books, bank pass books etc., to the Secretary of the Association once a month for his / her scrutiny and signature.

(f) To prepare yearly accounts of receipts and expenditure and have the same audited by the Auditor appointed by the Management Committee and approved at the General meeting and present the same before the Annual Meeting of the Association.

Auditors
36. At the annual meeting of the Association, the Auditors shall be appointed for the ensuing year. Such appointment shall be made for one year, but the same auditor or auditors shall be eligible for re-appointment. The Auditor or Auditors, shall have at all reasonable times, access to the books of accounts of the Association and to all papers, vouchers, receipt books, etc., and for the purpose of verifying any error or omission, examine any office-bearer of the Association.

Meetings Of The Association
37. For the proper conduct of the affairs of the Association, at least one meeting shall be held every four months.

38. The notice for all the meeting shall be intimated by the secretary along with the agenda at least 21 days in advance.

39. An attendance register shall be kept and it should be signed by all members present at the meeting of the Association.

40. Quorum for conducting a meeting is 50% (fifty percent) of the total number of members of the Association.

41. If for want of quorum any meeting of the Association cannot be proceeded with, then the meeting will be adjourned to some other date as the Management Committee may think proper. No new matter shall be considered at the adjourned meeting, except those mentioned in the agenda of the meeting, which has been adjourned.

42. Every proposal submitted to a meeting of the Association shall be decided and passed by a 3/4th majority of votes of the members present; every member having one vote. Votes will be taken by show of hands or by ballot as decided by the General Body of the Association.

43. An extraordinary meeting of the Association shall be convened at such place and time as the Management Committee may deem fit on the written requisition of at least one third of the total number of members and shall be convened within one month from the date of receipt of the same, failing which the requestor’s may call a meeting of the association at which the matter shall be discussed and any decision shall be binding on all members of the association. Twenty one days notice must be served to the members for this purpose in any case.

44. It shall be lawful for the Association at any General body Meeting duly convened for this purpose, to amend, vary, alter, modify, or repeal all or any of the bye- laws of the Association. Such Amendment or variation shall only be done if approved by 3/4th of the voting members present at a meeting called for that purpose and entitled to vote at the General body meeting. No such alteration, repeal or addition shall be inconsistent with or repugnant to the objectives of the Association as set forth in the Memorandum of the Association.

45. All resolutions/resolution duly passed in any meeting of the Management Committee shall duly be recorded in the proceedings book in English and shall be signed by all members present at the meeting. Proceedings of all meetings of the Association shall be duly and properly recorded or caused to be recorded in the proceedings book in English, by the Secretary, or in his/her absence by any member and shall be signed by the Chairman.

Annual General Body Meeting

46. The Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on a date not later than 30th June of each year on a date to be decided by the Management Committee. Necessary notice to all the members of the Association shall be issued 21 days in advance by the Secretary. The notice shall be in English, mentioning the date, time, place and the agenda of the meeting. The notice shall be sent to the members by one or more of the following modes namely:-

a) Local delivery by hand, b) Registered Post c) by circulation among members d) by publication in the press e) Courier f) e-mail. The notice of the meeting shall be affixed on the notice board of the Registered office of the Association.

47. Those members wishing to file nominations for the elections shall do so to the Secretary of the Association so as to reach him ten days before the General Body Meeting and a list of these candidates for election shall be put in the notice board of the Registered Office of the Association on the day prescribed i.e., ten days before the meeting. No addition or withdrawals can be made to the list after it has been displayed on the notice board. In case no name is registered, then nominations will be accepted from the floor.

48. The business of the Annual Meeting of the Association shall be:-
a) To consider the Association’s Annual report presented by the Chairman on the behalf of the Management Committee
b) To consider and pass the audited accounts of receipts and expenditure for the previous financial year.
c) To elect the Chairman and other members of the Management Committee for the ensuing year.
d) To plan the annual calendar of activities.
e) To consider any other matter brought before the meeting, either by the Management Committee or by any member present at the meeting concerning the Management and Welfare of the Association.

Winding Up/Dissolution
49. If upon winding up or dissolution of the Association, there shall remain, after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the said society or any of them, but shall be given to some other society, to be determined by votes of not less that three-fifths of the members present personally or in default thereof, by the principal civil court of original jurisdiction of the district.

50. We, the undersigned persons hereby declare that we will follow the rules and regulations of the Association.

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