• 2.1 The affairs of the Indian College of Medical Microbiology shall be managed by the College Council.
• 2.2 The College Council shall consist of:
  • 2.2.1 Chancellor (President, IAMM, Ex officio).
  • 2.2.2 Vice Chancellor
  • 2.2.3 Immediate Past Vice
  • 2.2.4 Dean (Academic)
  • 2.2.5 Dean (Accreditation)
  • 2.2.6 Dean (Evaluation)
  • 2.2.7 Treasurer, IAMM (Ex officio)
  • 2.2.8 Secretary-IAMM (Ex officio)
  • 2.2.9 Council Members – 12 (Four members to be elected every year by fellows)
  • 2.2.10 President-elect of IAMM (Ex officio)

  (The Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor may invite a maximum of two persons as per requirement in a particular meeting without voting rights)

• 3.1 Tenure of each member is for three years; all ex officio members can remain as members as long as they remain in the position of IAMM executive Further extension can only be granted for one more tenure.
• 3.2 No member can hold office in the college council for more than two terms continuously. The Vice-Chancellor cannot hold the position beyond one term.

• 4.1 There shall be a Credentials Committee of the College consisting of 7 members (one Chairman and 6 members)
• 4.2 The Credentials Committee shall be nominated every 3 years by the College
• 4.3 No member of the College Council shall be nominated to the Credentials No person shall serve on the Credentials Committee for more than 3 years.
• 4.4 The Credentials Committee members shall be IAMM members of not less than ten years’ standing.
• 4.5 The Chairman of the Credential Committee shall be an invited member of the College Council of ICMM during the meeting of ratification of fellows.
• 4.6 The IAMM Secretary shall be the Convener of the Credentials
• 4.7 Functions of the Credentials Committee

To scrutinise and evaluate the proposals received by the Secretary for the award of fellowships of the College, proposed and seconded by the Fellows, based on the guidelines. After due consideration, they shall recommend the names of the applicants to be awarded the fellowship to the College Council. The recommended names of the fellows have to be ratified by the College Council.

• 5.1 Indian College of Medical Microbiology shall consist of the following kinds of fellowships:

• 5.2 Eligibility Criteria

• 5.2.1 Minimum experience of 10 years after post-graduation (MD or DNB in Medical/clinical microbiology) and a life member of the Indian Association of Microbiologists of India for not less than 10
• 5.2.2 Founder Fellows: As enrolled at the time of inception of the Founder Fellowship shall be granted to past presidents, past secretaries, past editor-in-chief of Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, past IAMM award winners (Only lifetime Dr U C Chaturvedi, Dr S C Agarwal, Dr H.I. Jhala and IAMM Endowment awards)
• 5.2.3 A maximum of 10 persons can be selected each year and awarded a fellowship. The application for the fellowship will be available six months prior to the IAMM annual conference. The credential committee will recommend the names of fellows at least three months before the conference.
• 5.2.4 Fellowship will be awarded during the convocation of the It would be desirable for the convocation to be held simultaneously with the IAMM conference.
• Honorary Fellows –Beyond selected fellows, the College Council may select unanimously any medical microbiologist of repute across the An honorary fellowship may be granted to visiting overseas experts in the field of clinical microbiology, infectious diseases/ Indian microbiologists who have excelled in research and publication. The College Council may elect a maximum of two honorary fellows in a year.

• 5.3. Process of Award of Fellowships

• 5.3.1 Secretary of the College, on behalf of the Credentials Committee, shall invite nominations in the prescribed form every year in MIDCON or by the 30th of April via the newsletter, website, etc. The nomination shall be proposed and seconded by Fellows. No member of the credential committee can propose or second any nominee.
• 5.3.2 The eligibility shall be evaluated in a computerized format after compiling the score as per the prescribed scoring system (Appendix III) by the Secretary and Dean (Evaluation).
• 5.3.3 A consolidated list with bio-data and original applications shall be circulated to the Credentials Committee members by the Dean's evaluation to reach them not later than 30th June.
• 5.3.4 The Credential Committee shall meet by 31st July (online, hybrid, or onsite) to finalise their recommendations and send the list for the approval of the College Council.
• 5.3.5 The award of Fellowship becomes final only after approval of the College Council. The College Council may reject any name not considered suitable in their wisdom without assigning any reason thereof, but shall not add any new name.

*It is expected that this list shall be kept confidential till confirmation by the College Council.

• 5.4 Fellowship Fees: The fellowship fee will be 15000/-+ applicable taxes as levied by the Government of India from time to time. The founder fellows will also be required to pay the fellowship fee to be considered under this category. No fees shall be payable by Honorary Fellows

• 5.5 Register of Fellows

• 5.5.1 A Register containing the information of Fellows; the names and addresses shall be kept with the Secretary, and a copy may be maintained on the website. Any change(s) pertaining to the fellows, including their citizenship or addresses, shall be recorded in the register as & when received from the fellows.
• 5.5.2 A list of Fellows with their names and addresses shall be circulated to all the Fellows in the official newsletter of IAMM and will be maintained on the IAMM website. The names of new Fellows inducted every year shall be posted on the website.

• 6.1 Monograph: Up to 3 monographs can be published in a year. The Dean (Academics) shall invite proposals for various Monographs and Technical Series from all members of IAMM on a quarterly basis. These nominations or proposals shall be forwarded to the dean (Accreditation) for evaluation and recommendation to the college council for ratification and further assignment.
• 6.2 Website: ICMM is poised to establish its own website. The platform could operate independently from IAMM, while still maintaining a linkage to the IAMM website. Furthermore, a page for postgraduate teaching should be maintained by the Dean (Academics) or by Experts curated by them.
• 6.3 Certificate Courses/training programs
• 6.3.1 The college council shall formulate a syllabus, lay down modalities to conduct certificate courses in various domains of Medical Microbiology.
• 6.3.2 Dean (Academics) shall examine all requests for initiating a new course. The request received for running these courses shall be examined by the college council/steering before permission is granted for the course.
• 6.3.3 Dean (Academics) shall be responsible for continuing course (s)/training programs/classes that are already being managed by IAMM.
• 6.3.4 Dean (Academics), in liaison with the other two deans, will decide the course fees of certificate courses, diploma courses, monographs, etc.

• 7.1 Eligibility and election: Any person granted a fellowship can apply for the college council when the election of the posts is declared, with the prescribed nomination form.
• 7.2 All elected members of the College Council will be elected from fellows of the
• 7.3 Initially, the founder and honorary fellows will be elected to the
• 7.4 The council will elect Deans and the Vice Chancellor from members who have served in the College Council.

• 8.2.1 The fellows of the College only have the voting right to elect Council However, ex officio posts are from the IAMM executive council.
• 8.2.2 By 1st May of every year, Dean (Evaluation) shall send to each member a list of vacancies in the College Council and invite nominations for these vacancies to the Secretary IAMM. The secretary shall inform all IAMM members about the vacancies and seek nominations. At a time, only 4 positions of the council will be advertised.
• 8.2.3 The nomination paper, which shall bear the candidate’s name and address along with the CV and the office for which the candidate is nominated, shall be proposed by one Fellow, seconded by another Fellow and duly signed by the candidate indicating his / her willingness to stand for the election and to serve in the College Council if elected.
• 8.2.4 Nomination paper must reach the Secretary not later than 00 p.m. on 30th June of the year.
• 8.2.5 A bio-data of the contesting candidate not exceeding 200 words may accompany the nomination. Bio-data beyond the first 200 words shall be deleted during its publication.
• 8.2.6 Canvassing in any form is not Candidate/s found to be indulging in canvassing shall be disqualified for that particular election and one subsequent election.
• 8.2.7 Each candidate shall declare in the specifically provided column in the nomination form (nomination paper to include a column for declaration by the candidate), the period for which the candidate has served in the College Council In case it is proved at any stage that a wrong declaration has been made, he/she shall be debarred from holding that post for the rest of the term and shall be debarred from contesting elections for a period of 3 years.
• 8.2.8 The elections shall be conducted by the Secretary of IAMM. An Election Committee consisting of the President-Elect, who will be the Chief Electoral Officer, the Secretary and two members nominated by the College Council, shall conduct the elections. Any member contesting in the election shall not be part of the Election Committee.
• 8.2.9 All elections shall be held by postal/online
• 8.2.10 The Secretary shall inform the contesting candidates about the nominations received for the post that they are contesting. If a candidate wishes to withdraw his/her nomination, he/she should inform the Secretary in writing within the prescribed time period.
• 8.2.11 Any College Council Member may resign his/her position by communicating the same in writing to the Vice Chancellor. The resignation shall take effect from the date of its acceptance by the Vice-Chancellor.

• 8.3 ELECTION DISPUTES
• 8.3.1 In the first instance, any complaint pertaining to any process of election, if any, except counting of ballots, must be lodged with the Secretary along with documentary proof of any irregularity before the start of the counting procedure.
• 8.3.2 No complaint other than that of the counting procedure shall be entertained once the counting procedure has Complaints pertaining to the counting procedure or counting irregularities, if any, must be lodged in writing by the contestant or his representative with the Chief Electoral Officer during the counting procedure or immediately after the counting has been completed or within fifteen days after the completion of counting.
• 8.3.3 An Election Redressal Committee comprising the two immediate Past Presidents of IAMM and the Vice-Chancellor of ICMM cum Chief Electoral Officer. They would review the evidence provided by the complainant and would give their ruling within 15 days.
• 8.3.4 If the complainant remains unsatisfied with the decision of the Election Redressal Committee, he/she may ask for a hearing by the Panel of Arbitrators.
• 8.3.5 The Panel of Arbitrators shall comprise i) President, IAMM cum Chancellor, ii) President elect, IAMM, iii) Vice-Chancellor
• 8.3.6 The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
• 8.3.7 The seat of Arbitration shall be at the Secretary’s
• 8.3.8 The decision of the panel of Arbitrators shall be final and binding on all
• 8.3.9 The fees payable to the Arbitrators shall be borne by the complainant; however, if the complainant wins the case, then the fees will be paid by ICMM.

The details of the objectives and membership of various college committees, such as Administrative, Finance, Academic, Publication, and Research, as well as the role of office bearers, shall be framed by the College Council from time to time. For this purpose, the services of the Past Presidents IAMM / Past Deans of ICMM may be utilised wherever desirable.

• 10.1 The Chancellor shall preside over all the meetings of ICMM (General Body / College Council). The Dean (academic) shall conduct the meeting, and if the Dean (academic) is not present, one of the other deans shall conduct the meeting.
• 10.2 General Body
• 10.2.1 There shall be an Annual General Body Meeting of the College coinciding with the Annual Conference of IAMM at the venue of the conference. All fellows are members of the General Body of the college.
• 10.2.2 The Chancellor of the College shall call the meeting to order, and the Dean (Academic) shall conduct the meeting. If the Dean (academic) is not present, one of the other deans shall conduct the meeting.
• 10.2.3 One third of the fellows shall form the quorum for the Annual General Body Meeting. In the event of a failed quorum, the Chancellor shall adjourn the meeting and reconvene it at the same date and place after a 15-minute interval. No quorum shall be necessary at the adjourned meeting.
• 10.2.4 The College Council shall place before the General Body the annual report of the college and the audited statement of accounts, which should be circulated to all the fellows of ICMM 4-6 weeks prior to the annual general body meeting.
• 10.2.5 The Chancellor/Vice-Chancellor, upon the requisition made in writing and signed by not less than 25% of the fellows, shall convene a special General Body meeting of the College at such place as he/she may decide.
  Any such requisition made by the Fellows shall state the objects of the special meeting proposed to be called and shall be addressed to the Honorary General Secretary of the college.
• 10.2.6 The Secretary, under the direction of the Dean (Academics), shall proceed to convene the special General Body Meeting, which shall be held within 60 days from the receipt of the requisition. In such meetings, at least 50% of the fellows who have requisitioned the meeting are required to be present; otherwise, the Dean (Academics) will have the discretion to cancel such meetings. Under the directions of the Dean, such requisition meetings shall be held either at the IAMM President/ Secretary’s office or at the Dean's office.
• 10.2.7 At the special General Body Meeting, only the business for which notice has been given or such issues as naturally arise thereon, shall be discussed.
• 10.3 College Council meetings
• 10.3.1. The College Council shall meet at such times as necessary for the transactions of the business of the College. There shall ordinarily be 2 meetings – 1 at the venue of the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists and another during Mid-Con.
• 10.3.2. Urgent meeting of College Council In the event that the Chancellor/Vice-Chancellor, or three Deans, deem it necessary, or if there is a requisition by the members of the College Council to hold an urgent meeting, the meeting can be convened with a notice of only 7 days. Such a meeting shall take place in online mode. In case it is a requisition meeting by the members of the College Council, in that case, at least 5 members of the College Council shall submit the requisition in writing to the Chancellor and Dean of the College.
• 10.3.3. One third of the members of the council shall form the quorum for the meeting. In the event of a failed quorum, the Chancellor shall adjourn the meeting and reconvene it at the same date and place after a 15-minute interval. No quorum shall be necessary in the adjourned meetings.

• 11.1 Subject to the prevailing legislation at the time, the General Body shall possess the authority to add, modify, or revoke any of the provisions enshrined in the Bylaws. Such additions, modifications, or revocations may be enacted through a resolution for which appropriate notice has been duly provided in accordance with the stipulated rules.
• 11.2 This resolution must be ratified by a vote comprising at least two-thirds of the majority of the members present at the Annual General Body meeting.
• 11.3 The proposal submitted by the Fellows shall adhere to the prescribed format and layout of the ICMM Constitution in the following manner:

The fellow/fellows may include a note elucidating the rationale, necessity, or justification for their proposal. Proposals that do not adhere to the prescribed format shall be returned by the Honorary General Secretary for resubmission in the designated format.

• 11.4 Any proposal or suggestion that has been deliberated upon during the Annual General Body meeting and subsequently rejected shall not be reintroduced in the immediately succeeding AGM.

• 12.1 Income and Expenditure or its Utilization : Income :

1. Fellowship Subscription
2. Registration Fees for Certificate Courses
3. Assessment Fees for Certificate Courses

1. Assistance from various academic bodies
2. Donations
3. Bank interest and investment interest/dividend,

Expenditure:

1. Administrative Revenues
2. Travel Expenses
3. Assessment expenditure
4. Approved travel expenses to faculty council members and others members for assigned special work
5. Meeting and convocation expenses

• 12.2 A one-time fellowship fee of Rs. 15000/- plus applicable taxes as levied by the government from time to time. This amount will be revised with time as deemed fit by the college council after approval at the AGM.
  The annual report of the college and audited statement of accounts should be circulated to all the fellows of ICMM along with the IAMM newsletter at least 4 weeks prior to the Annual General Body Meeting.

• 12.3 Objectives-based provision for expenditure ( Percentage ) :

1. Microbiology Institutions

(for the training, academic & technical activities ) : 60%

1. Outreach initiatives : 20%
2. Other pursuits : 20%

The aforementioned allocations serve solely as guidelines, and the college council retains the discretion to amend them as needed.

12.4 Operation of Bank Accounts, etc. (Who is empowered to operate the Bank Account ) : The treasurer of IAMM will be responsible for managing the accounts of ICMM in accordance with IAMM's operational guidelines. Furthermore, he will be responsible for overseeing the ICMM sub-account and will be required to present the financial statements at the Annual General Body meeting. A subaccount will be easier to manage under IAMM for future operations.

The ICMM may publish monographs, practice guidelines, technical series reports and other learning resource materials under the general direction of the College Council. The publications should confirm the following points:-

1. They should strictly follow the
2. They should bear the logo of IAMM and
3. They should have a preface/foreword from the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, and the Dean (Academics).
4. The draft of the publication should be placed before the College Council before

• 14.1 There shall be an Annual Convocation during the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists at the Venue of the Conference, in which the Fellowships shall be awarded to the members of IAMM approved by the College Council.
• 14.2 Roll signing ceremony shall be held at the end of the The physical presence of the fellow during convocation is mandatory. If anyone cannot attend the convocation in the present year, they shall attend it next year.
• 14.3 The candidates being awarded the Fellowship shall be presented to the Chancellor by the Vice-Chancellor, and the Chancellor shall admit them to the college as Fellows.
  • 14.3.1 The Protocol and the Academic procession shall be made in accordance with the following order of precedence.
    • Chancellor
    • Vice-Chancellor
    • Deans
    • Chairman Credential Committee
    • President-Elect IAMM
    • Secretary IAMM
    • Treasurer
    • Members of College Council (Elected)
    • Members of the Credentials Committee

  The procession shall enter the convocation hall in reverse order

  • 14.3.2 The seating arrangement at the Dais of Convocation shall be as indicated in Appendix
  • 14.3.3 The citation will be read aloud once, after which each candidate will be called to the dais, and a brief introduction will be given while he is going to receive the scroll. The citation is given in Appendix II.

The IAMM may establish an award upon the formal written request and recommendation of its members, subject to approval by the College Council, which will meticulously scrutinise the proposal.

The proposal should outline the purpose, eligibility criteria, and endowment particulars of the award. The college council shall undertake a comprehensive review and formalize the regulations governing its selection and administration.

The names, addresses, ages, designations and IAMM membership numbers of all the members of the first steering Committee of the College to whom the management and business of the College is entrusted.

APPENDIX I

Seating arrangement at Convocation

APPENDIX II

Citation

A: By Vice Chancellor

Mr Chancellor, I present to you (Name of the Proposed Fellow), member of IAMM who has been duly certified by the Credentials Committee and approved by the College Council for the award of fellowship of the Indian College of Medical Microbiology, to which I pray he/she may be admitted.

While presenting the individual proposed fellow / their short bio-data will be presented by the Dean (Academics).

B: By Chancellor

By virtue of the authority vested in me as Chancellor of the Indian College of Medical Microbiology, I admit you as a Fellow of the College and authorise you to wear the robes ordained therein.

Appendix III: Fellowship Scoring System (subject to editing by Dean Accreditation and Evaluation)

Total Marks: 150

Minimum Eligibility

• Must score ≥75/150 for
• Must demonstrate contributions in all categories (no zeros in any section).
• Verification of claims via supporting documents is

Appendix IV

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Chancellor

Overall Role: The ceremonial and strategic head of the College, guiding its vision, integrity, and national stature.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Serve as the guardian of the College’s vision, mission and objectives, ensuring alignment with national health and education priorities.
2. Preside over major academic and convocation ceremonies, and confer fellowships and honours (Objective e).
3. Provide strategic oversight and counsel to the College Council, ensuring ethical and transparent governance.
4. Promote collaboration with national and international organizations in line with the College’s objectives (Objective f, g).
5. Represent the College at high-level forums and policy platforms to enhance its visibility and influence.

6. Vice Chancellor

Overall Role: The executive and academic head responsible for the overall leadership, administration, and implementation of the College’s academic, research, and developmental programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead the formulation and execution of strategic plans in line with the College’s objectives (Objective a-g).
2. Oversee the functioning of Deans (Academic, Accreditation, Evaluation) and ensure coordinated progress across all academic and research domains.
3. Promote and monitor academic excellence, research innovation, and quality assurance in all programmes.
4. Facilitate national and international collaborations and regulatory linkages to strengthen the College’s role in medical microbiology (Objective f-g).
5. Ensure financial, administrative, and academic accountability of the
6. Report periodically to the Chancellor and College Council on institutional performance and strategic outcomes.

7. Dean – Academic

Overall Role: To plan, coordinate, and oversee all academic and educational initiatives of the College of Medical Microbiology, ensuring alignment with national and international standards in medical microbiology education and training.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Supervise the design and delivery of Continuing Medical Education (CME) programmes and scientific meetings nationwide (Objective a).
2. Formulate and implement academic policies, curriculum frameworks, and teaching standards for all certificate, diploma, and fellowship programmes (Objective b).
3. Ensure academic quality, innovation, and inclusion of emerging areas of microbiology and infectious diseases in educational content.
4. Coordinate the development of learning resource materials—monographs, practice guidelines, technical reports, and e-learning modules (Objective d).
5. Facilitate research-oriented learning by integrating academic activities with ongoing scientific and educational research (Objective c).
6. Collaborate with national and international academic bodies for exchange programmes, training, and curriculum enhancement (Objective f).
7. Provide academic mentorship and guidance to members and fellows of the

4. Dean – Accreditation

Overall Role: To establish and maintain robust accreditation systems for training programmes, institutions, and individuals associated with the College, ensuring adherence to standards of excellence in clinical microbiology education and practice.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop and periodically update standards and criteria for accreditation of courses, institutions, and training centres under ICMM (Objectives b,c).
2. Evaluate and recommend accreditation of CME activities, academic courses, and fellowship programmes conducted across the country (Objective a).
3. Ensure alignment of accreditation norms with regulatory requirements and international best practices (Objective f).

4. Liaise with regulatory and scientific bodies such as NMC, ICMR, and DHR to ensure uniformity of quality and compliance (Objective g).
5. Oversee the periodic review and reaccreditation process of affiliated institutions and training programmes.
6. Maintain a national registry of fellows and certified professionals under the
7. Provide accreditation-related reports and policy recommendations to the College

5. Dean – Evaluation

Overall Role: To design and implement transparent, competency-based systems for assessment, evaluation, and recognition of academic and professional excellence among trainees, members, and fellows of the College.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop structured evaluation frameworks for certification, diploma, and fellowship examinations (Objective b).
2. Establish mechanisms for monitoring academic performance, learning outcomes, and impact assessment of CME and training programmes (Objectives a & c).
3. Coordinate evaluation and selection processes for Fellowship conferment based on defined criteria of eminence and contribution (Objective e).
4. Facilitate peer-review and quality assurance processes for research publications, monographs, and practice guidelines developed under ICMM (Objective d).
5. Maintain evaluation transparency and uphold academic integrity across all
6. Provide analytical reports to the Executive Committee for continuous improvement and policy input.
7. Support collaboration with other academic and regulatory bodies for harmonization of evaluation standards (Objective f, & g).

The constitution was approved at the General Body meeting of IAMM held at 48th National Congress of IAMM (MICROCON 2025) at New Delhi.