MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

1 NAME OF ASSOCIATION

NRI Parents’ Association

2 ADDRESS

A-5, Vikram park

Rameshwar Mandir Road

Subhanpura

Vadodara - 390 021

3 JURIDICTION : All Gujarat

4 AIMS ANS OBJECTIVES

1 To promote fellowship, goodwill and mutual support among members and others abiding by the aims and objectives of the Association.

2 To build a network of support in the areas of well being of parents, health care, ageing process and strategies, cultural and religious activities and legal help specially for protecting rights to property and assets.

3 To utilise the expertise, experience and resources of the parents and their children for the benefit of society at large.

4 To collect, collate, exchange and distribute information regarding the status opportunities and rights of the parents and NRIs for a free flow of information among the members and other interested people.

5 TRUSTEES

Following persons shall be the founding trustees of the Trust:

1 Shree Nilkanth Govind Jambhekar

2 Shree Issar Ganomal Totlani

3 Dr. Omprakash C. Juneja

4 Shree Rajnikant Madhavlal Pancholi

5 Shree Pran Nath Lalchand Sikka

6 Shree Vijay Yashwantrao Khopkar

7 Shree Kantilal Vadilal Shah

8 Dr. S. S. Merchant

9 Dr. R. K. Patel

10 Shree M.B. Mehta

6 We, the founding Trustees of the Association bearing the following signatures wish to register NRI Parents association, Vadodara as a Society under the Society Registration Act of 1860.

1 Shree Nilkanth Govind Jambhekar

2 Shree Issar Ganomal Totlani

3 Dr. Omprakash C. Juneja

4 Shree Rajnikant Madhavlal Pancholi

5 Shree Pran Nath Lalchand Sikka

6 Shree Vijay Yashwantrao Khopkar

7 Shree Kantilal Vadilal Shah

8 Dr. S. S. Merchant

9 Dr. R. K. Patel

10 Shree M.B. Mehta

Dated 8 February 2003

NAME OF ASSOCIATION:

NRI Parents’ Association

ADDRESS

A-5, Vikram park

Rameshwar Mandir Road

Subhanpura

Vadodara - 390 021

RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Membership:

Following shall be the categories of the membership:

1 Patron: an Eminent person subscribing to the aims and objectives of the Association.

2 Life Member: Those parents of the Non Resident Indians who have paid prescribed one time membership fee of Rs. 5000.00 to the Association.

3 Annual Member: Those parents of the Non resident Indians who have paid prescribed annual membership fee of Rs. 600.00 to the Association.

4 Institutional Member: An institution subscribing to the aims and objectives and activities of the Association.

5 Associate Member: A person of Indian Origin, though not a parent of Non Resident Indians, who appreciates and subscribes to the objectives and activities of the Association and has paid one time fee equal to that of a Life Member of the Association.

2. Financial Management:

The Association in accordance with the current rules and regulations of the Association will conduct the following types of activities:

(a) In order to fulfill its aims and objectives of the Association may collect donations from individuals or institutions; receive grants from government or other funding agencies, and from the fees collected from its members.

(b) The Trustees/Executive Committee members may buy land and property for the development of the activities of the association through individual or institutional donations. However, the General Body will approve all such transactions.

(c) After seeking the approval of the General Body, the Executive Committee/Trustees may tale loan or mortgage the land/property owned by the Association for the betterment of its activities.

3. General Body:

(a) All Life Members, Patrons, annual Members and one representative each of various institutional members shall constitute the General Body of the association. However, life members alone will have the right to vote in and contest elections.

(b) Powers and Functions of the General Body.

The supreme authority of the Association will be vested in the General Body. It will perform the following business at an Annual General Body Meeting that will be normally held at least once every year.

(i) To consider and approve the annual report of the activities of the Association which the Secretary will present.

(ii) To consider and approve the annual budget, audited/unaudited Balance Sheet and statement of Income 7 Expenditure which the Treasures will present.

(iii) To consider and approve proposals prepared by the Executive Committee and its sub-Committees for the smooth functioning of the association.

(iv) To add, amend, alter or delete any of the article(s) or clauses(s) of the Rules and Regulations of the association in accordance with the law and relevant provisions of the societies Registration Act, 1860.

(v) To elect whenever due the office bearers and members of Executive Committee in accordance with the rules by secret ballot.

(vi) To generally direct the affairs of the Association through the office-bearers and other members of the Executive Committee, and to conduct all such business as may be necessary for furthering the interest of the members for mutual benefit of the Association.

(c) Annual Meeting of the General Body id to be conveyed by the Secretary according to the directions of the Executive Committee by notice of not less than 30 (thirty) days given in writing to the members specifying the place, date, time and Committee of the meeting. all the meetings other than Annual General Body meetings shall be special General body meetings.. No business shall be transacted at a special general Body meeting except that has been specified in the notice convening the meeting.

(d) The association shall hold an Annual General Body Meeting not later than 15 (fifteen) months after of the last Annual General Body Meeting.

(e) The Secretary shall by notice of not less than twenty one days given in writing to members of the association specifying the place, date, time and agenda convene a Special General Body meeting when directed by the Executive or upon the written requisition of 1/5 (one fifth) of total life members or 20 (twenty) life members whichever s more, stating the business to be transacted at the meeting. The requisition signed by the required members of life members shall be delivered at the Secretary’s office of the Association. On receipt of the requisition the Secretary with consent of the Executive Committee shall forthwith proceed to convene a special General Body meeting. If the Executive Committee fails to convene with such requisition, members may themselves convene such a meeting after giving 21 (twenty one ) days’ notice to all members of the General Body. The decision taken in such requisitioned meetings shall be binding on the Executive Committee.

(f) The decision in the General Body meetings taken with regard to matters on the agenda will be read out to the members present at the end of the meeting and shall be final.

(g) One fifth members of the general Body shall constitute a quorum for any general Body meeting. If quorum is not present within 30 9thirty) minutes of the time fixed for the commencement of the General body meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned for 30 9thirty) minutes and reconvened. The members present then shall constitute a quorum.

(h) The president shall be the chairperson of any General Body meeting at which she/he is present. In her/his absence, the Vice-President shall be the chairperson. If both are not present within 30 (thirty) minutes of the time fixed for the commencement of the meeting, members present may elect one from amongst themselves as the chairperson for the meeting.

Office Bearers and the Executive committee

1 (A) Office Bearers:

President, senior Vice-President, Vice-President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasures shall be the Office Bearers of the Association in the Executive Committee. The members of the association from amongst themselves shall elect all office bearers.

(B) Elected Members:

Five members of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst the eligible members who have held the membership for at least three years continuously.

(C) Immediate Past President OR Senior Vice President/Vice President, in case the Past President/Senior Vice President is not available, for one term only.

2 The Office Bearers and the elected members of the Executive Committee (E.C.) shall hold office for a period of three years that shall constitute one term from the date of their election. No Office bearers or E.C. member shall hold any office or remain the member of Executive Committee for more than two consecutive terms. A person who has completed two consecutive terms as part of the Executive Committee shall be entitled to contest election after a gap of at least one term. The outgoing members shall continue to hold office till the newly elected members of committee take over the charge. Ordinarily this extended period shall not be more than three months.

3 Quorum and Notice of Meetings of the Executive Committee: The meeting of the Executive Committee shall be convened by the secretary in consultation with the President or by the President him/herself. Quorum for the meetings of the Executive Committee shall be one third of the total elected members of the Executive Committee including the Office Bearers. If quorum is not there, the process as described for General Body meeting shall be followed. The meeting of the executive Committee shall be held as and when necessary but at least once in six months with not less than seven days’ notice. The business of the Executive Committee may be transacted through correspondence if required.

The General Body can appoint a Committee consisting of three Life Members to inquire into allegations, if made by more than one third of the total number of Life Members against any office bearers of the association. The Committee shall submit its report to the Executive Committee (E.C.) and the E.C. will accept the report of the committee and act on it on behalf of the General Body. The E.C. will lay down the procedure of enquiry as early as possible, but not later than three months.