• AIMS AND OBJECTS
  1. The name of the Society shall be “The Asiatic Society of Mumbai”
  2. The aims and objects of the Society as envisaged when it was set up in 1804 was “to promote useful knowledge particularly such as is now immediately connected with India. “Thereafter in 1954 and 1995 the aims and objects were revised without prejudice to the above, in the context of the new dynamics as below.
  1.  to encourage the study of research in the language, philosophy, arts and natural and social sciences in relation to Asia in general and India, in particular;
  2. to publish journals and other research publications
  3. to maintain library;
  4. to maintain a museum;
  5. to establish and maintain institutes and centers in fulfilment of the aims and objects of the Society; and
  6. to undertake all activities which are incidental and conducive to fulfilments of the above-mentioned aims and objects.

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*   The Society was instituted in 1804, under the name of the Bombay Literary Society, for the investigation and encouragement of Oriental Arts, Sciences and Literature.  After its incorporation in 1830 with Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, it was denominated the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.  In 1954, it was renamed the Asiatic Society of Bombay.  It was renamed ‘The Asiatic Society of Mumbai’ in 2002

 

II. MEMBERSHIP

  1. The Society shall consist of the following categories of members:

(A)        Individual :

(a)        Resident (Annual & Life)

(b)        Non-resident (Annual & Life)

(c)        Patron Life Member

(d)        Donor Life member

(e)        Reader Member

(f)         Indian Student member

(g)        Foreign Student member

(h)        Visiting Foreign Scholar Member

(i)         Diplomat Member

(j)         Honorary fellow  

(B)        Institutional Membership:

(C)        Corporate Member:

(D)        Consulate Membership:

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5.(a) The Applicant for any category of individual membership should be granted Provisional Membership of that category on production of Aadhaar Card or Indian Passport and payment of necessary subscription.  The membership will be confirmed after approval by the Scrutinizing Committee.  Till then, the ‘Provisional Member’ will be treated as a Daily Member without having to pay the fee per day.  If the Scrutinizing Committee does not approve the applicant, then he/she will cease to be a member and the amount will be refunded.

(b) An employee of the Society shall not be entitled to be a member during the period of employment. Thereafter, he / she may apply for membership provided he/she was not dismissed or suspended from service.

(c) Disqualification of a member. A person shall cease to be member of the Society –

  1. If he/she is a persistent defaulter. The Hon. Secretary will certify that the total number of members listed in the Annual Report does not include any such persistent defaulters.

(Note:  A Member shall be deemed to be a persistent defaulter if he/she has failed to return books and periodicals despite usual reminders on one annual stock-taking occasion; or a member who has failed to pay his/her annual subscription for one year).

  1. If he/she is convicted for an offence involving moral turpitude.

iii. If he/she is declared insolvent.

   
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