The Society is targeted at the user community at large. Hence the membership of the Society is open to all professionals involved in the field of information technology.
The membership categories include Individual and Institutional. In the Individual member category there are five grades namely Fellow, Senior, Member, Associate and Student, whereas Institutional membership includes organisations and educational institutions.
A professional can also apply for life membership in the Society.
Normally, a professional joins the Society as an Associate member and upgrades himself to Senior Member grade over a period of time.
The Fellowship is awarded to life members of the Society based on their contribution to the Society. The honorary Fellowship is given to non-members in recognition of their contributions to the promotion of IT.
MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY:
1. FELLOW:
The grade of Fellow is one of unusual professional distinction and shall be conferred only on invitation of the ExecCom upon a person of outstanding qualifications and experience in the fields of interest to CSI as specified by the Constitution and who has made important individual contributions to one or more of these fields.
A candidate for the award of Fellow grade shall have been a member of the CSI for a period of five years or more preceding April 1 of the year of election.
2. SENIOR MEMBER:
The grade of ‘Sr member’ is a professional grade limited to those who have made significant professional contribution in the fields of interest to CSI. Proposals for transfer to this grade shall be made by the membership committee and approved by the EXECOM. The candidate shall be either:
a. An Engineer or Post Graduate and a member of the Society for 7 years or have 10 years recognized standing in the computer field.
b. A graduate from a course of study from an accredited educational Institution and a member of the Society for 10 years or have 15 years recognized standing in the computer field.
c. Non-graduate with experience in the Computer / D P profession and a member of the Society for 15 years. The Membership Committee may however enroll a member directly as a Senior Member with the approval of the EXECOM, if the applicant has qualification and experience better than stated above.
A member of the Society having continuous membership of 10 years will be invited for applying to this grade. This process will be done with reference to date 31st December.
3. MEMBER:
The grade of Member is a professional grade limited to those who have demonstrated professional competence in the fields of interest to CSI. For transfer to this grade, a candidate shall be either:
a. An Engineer or Post Graduate and be a member of the Society for 3 years or have 5 years recognized standing in the computer field.
b. A graduate from a course of study from an accredited education institution and be a member of the Society for 5 years or have 8 years recognized standing in the computer field.
c. Non-graduate with experience in the Computer / D P profession and member of the Society for 10 years.
The Membership Committee may however enroll an individual directly as a member if the applicant has qualification and experience better than stated above.
4. ASSOCIATE MEMBER:
The grade of Associate is limited to those in good standing of recognized technical or scientific organization.
For admission to this grade the Candidate should be:
a. An Engineer or Post Graduate and have work experience of at least 1 year in the field of Computer Science or
b. A graduate with 2 years experience in the field of Computer Science.
Student members can request for transfer to this grade. For transfer to this grade the candidate shall be either:
a. An Engineer or Post Graduate and be a student member for at least one year; or
b. A graduate and be a student member for at least two years.
5. STUDENT MEMBER:
The grade of Student is limited to:
a. Those who pass 10 + 2 academic program and are enrolled for a degree course either full time or part time at accredited educational institutions and carrying at least thirty percent of a normal full time academic program, in areas of interest to the CSI or
b. Those who pass 10 + 2 academic program and are doing diploma courses approved by the State Directorate of Technical Education, subject to their passing a module of the CSI examinations or
c. those who pass 10 + 2 academic program and are doing a course in a non-formal institution, subject to their passing a module of the CSI examinations.
d. those graduates doing a course in areas of interest common to the CSI.
e. those who are student members of any technical or scientific Society with interest common to the CSI.
