Indian society of cell biology

9. Funding of the Conference

The Society may contribute Rs 25,000/- for organizing the conference. In addition the society may also sponsor participation of college teachers who teach cell biology as well as college students in annual All India Cell Biology Conference spending up to a sum of Rs 25,000/-. Rest of the funds necessary for organizing the conference will have to be raised by the Convener. Funds for the conference may be raised from the sources mentioned below :

a. Contribution from the host institution

b. Grants from agencies like CSIR, DAE, DBT, DOE, DST, ICAR, ICMR, INSA, UGC, etc.

c. Registration fee

d. Advertisements in the book of abstracts and/or souvenir brought out on the occasion

e. Exhibition fee

Of the funds, there will be two categories :

i. Institutional Grants (a and b above) and

ii. Non-Institutional (c - e above)

The Institutional grants for which proper accounts will have to be submitted to the concerned funding agencies, can be utilized for paying travel assistance to participants (preference to be given to younger members and those who may not have their own sources of assistance for the purpose), printing charges for the book of abstracts, local hospitality and such other expenses as admissible.

The Executive Secretary shall participate in every Annual General Body and Executive Committee meetings of the Society. If required, the Executive Secretary may be paid travel expenses (normally limited to AC 2 Tier return fare) for attending these meetings.

Money collected as non-institutional grants should be deposited in a bank account opened specially for the purpose and should be used for purposes for which the institutional grants may not permit. At the end of the conference, the Convenor shall get the accounts for the non-institutional grants audited and send the statement of audited account to the Secretary of the Society. The amount collected as Sessional Membership fee, if any, by the convenor will be transferred as such to the Treasurer of ISCB for issuing receipts. Any unspent balance from the non-institutional grant shall be deposited in Society's Account.