The highest standards will be maintained while granting membership
to various categories, to project a professional image.
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
HONORARY FELLOW
The AIMA Council of Management confers Honorary Fellowship on eminent
persons. No applications are called for this category.
FELLOW
(i) Management Professionals or equivalent with an illustrious management
career and significant contribution towards management profession
through management publications / research, faculty contribution,
participation in AIMA activities, etc. outside the sphere of employment.
The applicant should necessarily be a Professional Individual Member
in "Member Grade".
(ii) He / she should fulfill one of the following:
Management
Professional as Chief Executive in Public / Private Sector Enterprises
with turnover of Rs. 60 crores and above.
Management
Professional as member of Board of Directors in Public / Private
Sector Enterprise with turnover of Rs. 100 crores and above, or
General Manager in Public Sector Enterprise having a turnover of
Rs. 500 crores and above.
Senior
Public Administration Official as or above the rank of Joint Secretary
in the Government of India, or equivalent.
Defence
Services Official of the rank of Major General or Equivalent.
Academician
of Professor Grade in management or related areas, in high standing
recognised educational institute.
Technical
or Legal Professional / Chartered Accountant / Cost & Works
Accountant / Secretary, of repute.
The above criteria are only guidelines. There may be cases where
the Council may consider granting Fellowships to persons who do
not meet the above criteria. The decision of the Council in granting
Fellowships will be final.
MEMBER
This grade is open to senior management professionals or equivalent,
policy makers having wide managerial responsibilities. Applicants
should fulfill following eligibility criteria :
(i) Should have attained the age of 28 years.
(ii) Should be one of the following:
Executive
/ Senior Public Administrator / Defence Services Official / academician
in management or related areas with 7 years experience
Technical
or legal professional / Company Secretary qualified from Indian
/ equivalent foreign institution, with 7 years of experience
(iii) (iii)Degree / Diploma in Management from AIMA or a recognised
University or extended functional management course from a recognised
body
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
This grade is applicable to middle management professionals or equivalent
who expect to occupy senior management positions in due course of
their career. Applicants should fulfill the following eligibility
criteria :
(i) Should have attained the age of 21 years.
(ii) Should be one of the following :
Executive
/ Public Administrator / Defence Services Official / academician
in management or related areas, with one year of experience
Technical
or legal professional / Chartered Accountant / Cost and Works Accountant
/ Company Secretary qualified from Indian / equivalent foreign institution,
with one years of experience
(iii) Degree / Diploma in management from AIMA or a recognised University
or Institution; or general management course from a recognised body
STUDENT MEMBER
This grade is applicable to students undergoing professional full
time course in Management from recognised /reputed institutions.
This membership may subsequently be upgraded to a higher grade,
after completion of the management programme, or as and when eligible.
Applicants should fulfill following eligibility criteria:
(i) Should be graduate in any discipline from a recognised University
(ii) Should be undergoing MBA Programme or any full time functional
management programme from a recognised University or Institution
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Management
consultants, officials of trade associations, chambers of commerce
and industry, etc. may be selected if judged suitable on the basis
of past experience, nature of present assignment / achievements
and contribution to the cause of furtherance of the management profession.
Persons
who have been Associate Members (AMIMA) for 5 years or Members (MIMA)
for 15 years, and have actively participated in all the activities
of AIMA may be considered for upgradation to Member or Fellow respectively.
Upgradation is not automatic and should be separately applied for.
These
eligibility guidelines are only illustrative, indicating the broad
requirements for admission of members to various grades. The actual
evaluation is, however, left to the Fellowship and Membership Committees
and the AIMA Council, whose objective is to fully satisfy themselves
about the suitability of the applicants vis-à-vis the professional
standards of AIMA.
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ENROLMENT
To apply for membership, please fill in the appropriate Application
Form in duplicate, and send it along with Demand Draft for the amount
of entrance fee and annual membership subscription, directly to
the Membership Division of AIMA.
After the application has been scrutinised by the AIMA Secretariat,
the Council will consider it. Thereafter, the applicant will be
intimated regarding the admission, giving the grade of membership
to which admitted, and the date of admission.
New members are enrolled on a financial year basis. Members admitted
between April and September shall have to pay full year's subscription,
whereas those admitted between October and March shall have to pay
half year's subscription. In both cases, entrance fee shall have
to be paid in full. List of all new members shall be published in
the 'AIMA News'. An annual list of members in each grade will also
be published.
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RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
The membership of AIMA is a recognition of the applicant's achievements
as a manager and commitment to the cause of the management profession.
It gives a chance to establish valuable contacts with other members,
exchange ideas and information and represent issues of common concern
at local and national forums. The member is entitled to a whole
range of management services and development activities directed
towards enhancing professional and managerial skills. He / she is
also entitled to special privileges in various business services.
These include :
The
rights and privileges of the Association in accordance with the
provision of Memorandum of the Association, Rules and Regulations
and the Bye-laws. These rights and privileges will be non-transferable
by his / her own act or by operation of law.
Use
of the membership titles by placing it after his / her name in abbreviated
form, stated in accordance with his / her grade of membership, namely,
HFIMA, FIMA, MIMA, AMIMA.
Member
Certificate signifying grade of membership and date of admission.
Every
member (except Student) will have the right to be elected to the
Council of Management of the Association on the basis of an All-India
election by the Members.
Attend
and participate in the meetings, discussions, film shows and other
such programmes, which are organised by AIMA or by its affiliated
LMAs from time to time.
Information
regarding Management Development Programmes conducted by overseas
management associations is made available by AIMA. Preference is
given to members of AIMA in sponsoring participants for such programmes.
Free
of charge copy of AIMA's monthly journal 'Indian Management' and
bi-monthly AIMA News.
Free
of charge copy of journal or other free publications of the LMA
to which affiliated.
All
priced publications by AIMA or LMA to which affiliated will be made
available to members at concessional rates.
Complimentary
membership of AIMA Library.
Reference
and rental facility for books, journals, monographs etc. (including
postal rental facility for outstation members).
Abstract
and computerised bibliography service.
Documentation
service at nominal charges.
Sale
and rental or management films at nominal charges.
Membership
data for the concerned grade.
Special
discount rates on purchase of books from AMEXCEL Bookshop.
Discounted
rates on new membership of the Automobile Association of India.
Reciprocal
membership facilities to visiting AIMA Members to the countries
of Asian Association of Management Organisations.
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MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION
