The key initiative in its formation was taken by G. S. Ghurye, the then Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Bombay.
The Indian Sociological Society (ISS) urges every eligible voter to personally cast your vote and not share your login credentials with anyone. If you are taking help from another person, please ensure that the vote is cast in your presence, exactly as per your choice.
To protect members and the integrity of the election, ISS is launching a voter verification campaign.
You will soon receive an SMS or WhatsApp message showing the date and time of the vote recorded under your name.
If your credentials were misused and a vote was cast without your knowledge, you will be contacted by our team immediately for further action.
People who indulged in the following actions are prosecutable:
Election Officers have also authorised independent checks to authenticate voters and identify any instances of identity theft or proxy voting. These measures are being taken to ensure that every genuine vote counts and no vote is cast without the members’ consent.
Your cooperation is essential to safeguard the credibility of INSOSO Elections 2025 and the reputation of our Society.
Elections have been ordered to be resumed. The Managing Committee of ISS met at 8:00 pm on 14-Nov-25, chaired by Election Officers (appointed for ISS Elections 2025), to review the Malicious Actors Report submitted by the IT Team. It was strongly decided to resume the voting process and publish the report so that voters make informed choices. The reported incidents and allegations of results leakage, duplicate voting and DOS attack and furthermore, the appropriate legal action against malafide actors who have been identified and whose IP address has been identified were discussed. Majority of the participants agreed urgent punitive action is called for. Please read The President & Secretary’s letter dated 15-Nov-25 here. The voting process will now end at 1700 hours (India time) of 19 November, 2025 (Wednesday). For the Announcement from the Election Committee, ISS Election 2025, Click Here.
The Election Team wishes to reassure all members that the INSOSO Election 2025 system remains fully secure, uncompromised, and is operating on schedule. Recent disturbances caused by a few mischievous actors have been analysed, contained, and neutralised. Voting continues normally.
Temporary diagnostic cache pages, inadvertently visible on Google for a short period, were picked up and circulated as “election results”. These were not generated by the election results program and contained no real or correct data. The issue has been rectified.
A bot-driven attempt to submit multiple votes using stolen or misused member credentials was detected and blocked. Only the first genuine vote of each member is counted; all duplicate or script-generated entries are automatically nullified.
A targeted DOS attack created spurious traffic and briefly impacted portal performance. The offending IP was identified and blacklisted after which normal operations were restored.
Our audit trails have already identified the IP addresses and user credentials involved in these malafide activities—including attempts at automated voting and deliberate disruption of portal performance.
These findings have been shared with the Election Authorities. Members whose credentials were used in such actions may face inquiry and potential legal consequences.
All affected members are advised to change their passwords immediately to prevent misuse by third parties.
The integrity of the election has not been compromised at any stage.
All malicious activities have been detected, blocked, and nullified.
The voting system continues to function as designed, with strong safeguards and real-time monitoring.
Thank you for your cooperation and for ignoring rumours and misinformation.
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