Membership Benefits

• The society shall consist of Patrons, Founder members, Honorary members, Invited members, Life members, Annual members and Sessional members. Besides the society shall have institutional and corporate membership.

(a) Patron shall be those with great personality in the society, whose association would be considered by the General Body conducive to the interest of the Society and who will contribute Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousands only ) to the Society. They shall enjoy all the privileges of the Society except the right to vote or holding elected office.
(b) Founder members are those life or annual members who joined the Society during the inaugural year. They are exempted from the payment of enrolment fee.
(c) Honorary members shall be persons eminent for their contribution or services to plant sciences in the State of Odisha and are elected by the General Body. Their number shall be limited to five at any time and not more than one elected in a year. They shall have all the privileges of the Life Members except that of voting right or holding any office and shall be exempted from the payment of subscriptions.
(d) Invited members shall be persons from outside Odisha, eminent for their contribution to the development of plant and allied sciences and are associated with the Society in different capacities. They shall be members by invitation and their number shall be limited to six at any time.
(e) Life Members shall be the persons interested in plants and allied sciences who pay a compound sum equal to ten years annual subscriptions. Annual members who have paid subscriptions continuously for seven years or more shall take the advantage of becoming life members of the Society on payment of a compound sum equal to five years subscriptions.
(f) Annual members shall be the persons interested in plant and allied sciences who pay the annual subscription and the enrolment fee in the year of enrolment.
(g) Sessional members shall be the students of a College/University in the B.Sc. Hons./M.Sc./M.Phil./Ph.D. classes of Botany and allied sciences who pay only the annual membership subscription.
(h) Institutional and Corporate members of the Society are the institutions/corporate bodies interested in plant and allied sciences who make payment of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five thousands only) to the society. The member Institution/Corporate body will enjoy the Privileges of the Society through its representative (One only) except the right to vote and holding any office.

• SUBSCRIPTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND ENROLMENT :
The annual membership of the Society shall be Rs. 300/- (Rupees three hundred only) subject to changes from time to time by the General body. It is payable on the first day of January of each calendar year. A sum of Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only) shall be collected at the time of enrolment from all annual members and those who have discontinued annual membership.