MEMBERSHIP
Members of the Society are of the following categories:
Members
Any person who is interested in the aims and objectives of the Society is eligible to become a Member on payment of an entrance fee and an annual subscription. He shall apply for membership in the prescribed form and shall be notified on acceptance by the Council. The Society has about 800 such members
Associate Members
A student, research scholar or any person interested in the aims and objectives of the Society is eligible to become an Associate Member on payment of an entrance fee and an annual subscription. He shall apply for Membership in the prescribed form and shall be notified on acceptance by the Council.
Life Member
A Member who pays all his dues in a lump sum as prescribed by the General Body shall be a Life Member. The society has about 1000 life members.
Honorary Fellow and Fellow
Persons of acknowledged eminence in Meteorology and allied fields of Science and Technology or in their furtherance, may be elected as Honorary fellows by the General Body on proposal from the Council. Number of Honorary Fellows thus elected shall not exceed 2% of the number of life Members. In one year not more than 2 Honorary Fellows can be elected.
Life members who have made outstanding contribution of Meteorology and allied fields of Science and Technology, may be elected as Fellows by the General Body on proposal from the council. Number of Fellows elected shall not exceed 10% of the number of Life Members. In one year not more than 10 fellows can be elected. The following outstanding members of the society have been elected as fellows:
Patron
A person who is interested in the aims and objectives of the Society and makes a donation of substantial sum to be Society will, at the discretion of the Council, be admitted as Patron.
Institutional Members
Any institution which is interested in the aims and objectives of the Society, is eligible to become an Institutional Member on payment of an annual subscription. The institution shall apply for Membership and shall be notified on acceptance by the Council. The Institutional Member may nominate its representative to exercise the Membership privileges.
SUBSCRIPTION
Annual Member and Associate Member Indian : Rs.50
Foreign: US$10Life Member Indian : Rs. 500
Foreign : S$100Entrance Fee Indian : Rs. 15
Foreign : S$5Institutional Member Indian : Rs. 1000 (annual) Patron A sustaintial amount acceptable to
the National Council
Institutions to which IMS members belong
• India Meteorological Department
• Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
• Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
• Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore
• National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
• National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad
• Centre for Environmental Education, Ahmedabad
• National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
• Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Cochin
• Indian Air Force
• Indian Navy
• Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, Madras)
• Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi
• Antarctic Study Centre, Goa
• Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad
• Various universities in India and abroad
• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
• National Aerospace Laboratory, Bangalore
• Tata Energy Research Institute, Bangalore
• Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computational Science, Bangalore
• National Institutes of Ocean Technology.