Procedure to Become a member:

1. Application for membership must be made in the application form prescribed by the organization (by paying the application fee). Application can be done directly / online in two ways.

2. All required documents should be attached with the application form. Incomplete and faulty applications will be considered rejected.

3. If the application is considered correct, with the approval of the Central Executive Committee (at least the approval of the President and General Secretary) will be included as a member of IEAB.

4. After the verification of the application, if approved to become a member of IEAB, monthly / annual subscription has to be paid at the prescribed rate.

5. In case of becoming a member for the first time, the membership should be taken for at least 01 (one) year and the annual subscription should be paid in one time for the number of years for which membership is applied for [For the number of years applying for membership, the annual subscription for that year has to be paid in one time]. The amount of monthly/annual subscription will be as per the type of membership. There will be no provision of monthly subscription. The subscription will be collected annually. The date of joining shall be reckoned from 01st of the month in which a person is nominated as a member of BIEA by Central Decision. For the number of years, a person will take membership or for the number of years a member renews membership; Membership calculation will start from the date of joining as a member. Membership must be renewed at the end of the term. However, in case of membership renewal, it can be renewed for a period as desired. However, it cannot be renewed for less than 01 (one) year. In case of renewal, the first month will be counted from the month following the expiry of the membership period.

However, in the financial accounting of the organization, the annual meaning will be the year “July to June”. However, in the financial accounting of the organization, the annual meaning will be the year “July to June”.

6. In case of obtaining lifetime membership, one-time annual subscription of 12 (twelve) years has to be paid according to the type of membership.

7. In case of migration/change of Membership; Life Members will pay migration fee as per their membership type or category. For example: Migration from Life Associate Member to Life Member or Migration from Life Member to Life Fellow subject to eligibility. There is no migration fee for migrating other memberships except for Lifetime Members. If you want to migrate your membership as per eligibility at the time of membership renewal, renewal and migration will be done simultaneously by paying the prescribed monthly/annual fee for the migrated membership. For example: membership renewal and migration from associate member to member subject to eligibility or Membership renewal and migration from Member to Fellow subject to eligibility.

8. In case of donor membership; subject to donation a prescribed amount of money to BIEA family, can get membership of BIEA as donor or patron Member. Tenure of Donor or Patron members shall be at least 03 (three) years or its multiple i.e., Membership can be taken for a minimum of 03 (three) years on a one-time donation.

9. After becoming a member of BIEA, each member will be assigned a unique / uniform membership number according to the type of membership. For example: AM-0001, M-0001, P-0001 and F-0001 etc.