( 1) Any persons , irrespective of caste , creed , colour , religion, sex and race, having faith in the aims and objectives of the society is eligible to become a member.
( 2) The society shall have different categories of members as follows:-
(a) Chief Patron and Patron :
( i )The Revenue Divisiona1 Commissioner (N.D. ) , Sambalpur shall be the Chief Patron .
(ii) Persons having outstanding contributions of national/ International repute can be invited by the Executive Committee to become Patrons of the Society .
(iii) Persons paying Rs. 20,000/— at the time of joining the Society shall be Patrons.
(iv) Life members — Persons paying Rs. 5,000/— at the time of joining the Society shall be life members.
(v) Annual Member — A person can be a member Of the Society for one year by paying the annual membership subscription Of Rs. 200/— The membership can be renewed from year to Year.
(vi) Institutional Member — Institutions can become members Of the Society by paying Rs. 5000/-
(vii) Student Member — All bonafide students can become annual members of the Society On payment of a token membership fee of Rs . ______ per year. Each student will have to deposit Rs . 1000/— as caution money to get books from the Library. This caution money is refundable.
( 3) A person/ institution, desirous Of becoming a member of the Society, has to apply to the Member Secretary in the form to be prescribed with the requisite membership fees.
( 4) All applications for membership shall be put up before the Executive Committee in the next meeting . The Executive Committee shall after due scrutiny in the light of the aims and objectives of the Society , admit the new members . The Executive Committee has got the right to refuse membership to any particular individual with grounds for such refusal.
6 . Termination of Membership :
( 1) A person shall cease to be a member, if he resigns, dies, becomes of unsound mind, declared insolvent by a court of law or convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude.
( 2) Annual members shall automatically cease to be members if their membership is not renewed within one year from the date of joining the Society .
( 3) If a member is engaged in activities detrimental to the aims and objectives of the society , the Executive committee , after giving due opportunity to the member , to explain his conduct , can terminate his membership with a resolution passed in 2/ 3rd majority of the members present.
At present there are 26 patron members 65 life members and ……… annual members in the library.