Public Health Resource Network

All persons who are active or interested to work in the field of health and development and who seek to promote the objectives of Public Health Resource Society can become members of the Society. There are five types of membership, namely, General, Life, Associate, Student and Affiliate.

General and life membership is accorded to interested individuals upon payment of subscription fee of Rs 200.00 and Rs 3000 (one time) respectively. Associate membership may be accorded to any organization interested to work in the field of health and development. General, life and associate members have voting rights in the General Body Meeting (GBM). Associate members attend GBM by representation.

Student membership is accorded to those students who are actively pursuing an educational course conducted by the Society and who have paid all the dues. Affiliate membership may be given to any person who is contributing / participating in the activities of the Society. Student and Affiliate members do not pay subscription fee. They also do not have voting rights in the GBM.

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E group - Communication and information sharing in the network is enabled by an e group (http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/phrn2006). Any concerned individual may join the PHRN e group by a simple process of application through an existing member.
Annual membership - Annual membership to the general body of the network may be applied for through an existing member along with the annual fees of Rs 200/-
Life time membership - A life time membership may be applied for and carries a fee of Rs 3000/-
Associate membership - Associate membership can be applied for by any organisation actively involved with health related activities. Fees will be fixed by the governing board on a case by case basis and representation to the general body will be by representation.
Student membership and affiliate membership - It may be applied for free of charge. These members will not be considered members of the general body.
Course Participant - For the structured learning course Rs 1200 - to be paid in one installment, or in three installments payable quarterly. A minimum of 14 mandatory modules and two optional modules would be sent. In the first quarter 5 modules, in the second quarter 5 modules, in the third quarter 4 modules and in the last quarter 2 optional modules would be sent. There is one CONTACT PROGRAMME in each quarter and a number of informal contact opportunities. Concessions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Organisations are welcome to sponsor participants. Please note that the fees only cover the cost of printing and posting of the modules. If universities are to certify the course this would involve additional costs. Supplementary course material would also be available on payments by post but could be downloaded free from the PHRN website