Electionof the Governing Body of Institution of Agricultural Technologist (IAT),Pune,Maharashtra is scheduled on 28th Feb 2018.

The IAT Maharashtra is established in September 2014 under society Registration act 1860,clause 21. Since the term of 3 years of first Governing Body Members expired on September 2017, the new Governing Body is to be elected among the membersof IAT, as per the Rules and Regulations of the IAT,Rule No II(E).The elections wouldbe held to elect 11 members on the Governing bodyfrom the eligible IAT members. The members registered on or before 31stDecember 2017 are eligible for voting and participation in the election.

The elections to the new Governing Body Members will be held on 28thFeb 2018.

All the members are requested to take note of the notification and participate in the elections procedures.

Secretary

IAT Maharashtra

The election Processof IAT Maharashtra for Governing Body Memberswill be conducted as per the procedure given in By-laws section VII (8), for electing 11 members Election programme as follows:

1. Name of the election officer: Shree VinayakVishnupantDeshmukh, Joint Secretary, IAT, Pune.

2. Name of the election Associate: Shree GovindHande, Joint Treasurer, IAT, Pune.

3. Publication of voters list - 5th Feb 2018 (List of eligible candidates will be displayed on website WWW.iatmaharashtra.org).

4. Submission of nomination papers - 5th Feb 2018, 10 am to 14th Feb. 2018, 2 pm (IAt Member who are interested in contesting the election may submit their nomination form ‘A’ by mail on mahaiat2014@gmail.com, in the name of election officer Shree. VinayakDeshmukh, Joint Secretary, IAT, Pune, Maharashtra).

5. Scrutiny of the nomination forms - 16th Feb 2018.

6. Withdrawal of nomination Forms - 20th Feb 2018.

7. Publication of list of Contesting candidates – 21st Feb. 2018.

8. Date of Voting if necessary – 28th Feb. 2018 from 10 am to 4 pm.

9. Place of voting – VIP Guest house, College of Agriculture, Pune.

10. Time of Voting : 10 Am to 4 Pm.

11. Counting of votes if voting conducted – 1st March 2018.

Secretary

IAT Maharashtra

1.

a) “Election” means election of Managing Committee members of IAT in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and also election of the office bearers.

b) “Election Officer” means a person appointed by the Managing Committee of the Institution for the conduct of elections.

c) “Election Associates” mean persons appointed by the Election Officer to assist him in conducting the elections at the Head quarters and at the Regional Chapters.

d) “Member” means and includes a member on the rolls of IAT as on 31st March of the preceding official year.

e) The election shall be by secret ballot.

f) In the elections, the members shall vote and elect 11 persons among the contesting candidates. In case a member casts more than 11 votes, then the said ballot paper shall be declared invalid.

2. The election officer shall publish the calendar of events for election which includes calling for nomination papers in the prescribed format ‘A’ for all the Managing Committee members, fixing dates and time for filing nominations, scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination, publishing the final list of contesting candidates, conduct of elections and declaration of results.

3.

a) The last date for filing the nominations shall be the 10th day upto 4 p.m. from the date of publication of Calendar of Events.

b) Two days after the last date, scrutiny of nominations and publication of list of eligible candidates will be done in the presence of the candidates.

c) The last day for withdrawal of nominations shall be two days after publication of the list of eligible contesting candidates.

d) The final list in the alphabetical order shall be published on the next day fixed for withdrawal of nominations.

e) The results will be published by the Election Officer not later than two days after the date of election.

f) The decision of the Election Officer in respect of results will be final.

g) The following forms will be prescribed :

      Form A - Nomination

      Form B - Withdrawal Form

      Form C - Ballot paper

h) Each member can propose and second not more than two nominations.

i) Each contesting candidate for the Managing Committee of IAT shall pay Rupees Five Hundred as nomination fees in cash in favour of IAT which is not refundable.

j) Every nomination paper shall be signed by the candidate and his proposer and seconder who are the members of the IAT.

k) The election shall be held at IAT Pune.

l) The results of the election shall be declared and published by the Election Officer under his signature.

m) All the election materials including marked voters list, calendar of events, nomination forms, withdrawal forms, used and unused ballot papers and identity slips shall be kept in a sealed cover by the Election Officer who in turn will handover the same to the Secretary for safe custody until the statutory period is covered.

Secretary

IAT Maharashtra

☛ CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM A.

☛ CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WITHDRAWAL FORM B.

Contesting Candidate List

Sr.No.

Contesting Candidate Name

1.

Dr. Sharad Amrutrao Nimbalkar

2.

Dr. Rajaram Deshmukh

3.

Dr. Ramkrishna Muley

4.

Dr. Shaligram Wankhede

5.

Dr. Subhash Jadhav

6.

Dr. Umakant Dangat

7.

Dr. Venkat Mayande

8.

Shri. Janardan Jadhav

9.

Shri. Jayawant Mahalle

10.

Shri. Purushottam Raut

11.

Shri. Subhash Patne

Elected Candidate List

Sr.No.

Elected Candidate Name

1.

Dr. Sharad Amrutrao Nimbalkar

2.

Dr. Rajaram Deshmukh

3.

Dr. Ramkrishna Muley

4.

Dr. Shaligram Wankhede

5.

Dr. Subhash Jadhav

6.

Dr. Umakant Dangat

7.

Dr. Venkat Mayande

8.

Shri. Janardan Jadhav

9.

Shri. Jayawant Mahalle

10.

Shri. Purushottam Raut

11.

Shri. Subhash Patne