Membership

There shall be seven classes of members:

(i) All members who were entered in the register of the Society as Foundation Members before 1 January 1952, shall be Foundation Members.(ii) A person holding a University Degree in any of the social sciences and paying Rs.3,000 in one sum may be admitted as a Life Member, provided two-thirds of the members of the Managing Committee uphold his/her application. A person residing abroad (outside of the SAARC countries) will have to pay US$ 300 or equivalent in Indian rupees. (iii) A person holding a University Degree in any   of the social sciences and paying an annual subscription of Rs.300 shall be entitled to become an Ordinary Member of the Society, provided two-thirds of the members of the Managing Committee uphold his/her application. (iv) A person who is studying a social science subject as a regular student in any of the Indian Universities or Colleges affiliated to them shall be entitled to become a Student Member by paying an annual subscription of Rs.100. (v) It shall be competent to the Managing Committee to admit a person who pays Rs.30,000 in one sum as a Patron of the Society, who then shall be entitled to    receive for life all publications of the Society free of cost. (vi) Institutional Membership for institutions by paying Rs.10,000 (one-time payment). (vii) It shall be competent to the Managing Committee to affiliate other associations/societies with similar aims and objects, seeking affiliation to Indian Sociological Society, on the following terms and conditions:

a)  Any association/society affiliated to the Indian Sociological Society shall pay an affiliation fee of Rs. 500 per annum. b) It will be entitled to send not more than three delegates to the All-India Sociological Conference organized by the Society. c) It is entitled to get a copy of Sociological Bulletin free of cost during its period of affiliation.

Presently, the Society has over 2,250 members.