Dear Member

The AIOS Annual Meeting is scheduled to be held from March 12-15, 2026, in Jaipur. The AIOS Constitution mandates that the election notification be sent 6 months ahead of the Annual Meeting.

Elections will be held in compliance with the AIOS Constitution Rules and Regulations and Bylaws relating to the elections, specifically Section 16 and its subsections of the Rules and Regulations, and Article VIII and its subsections of the bylaws. The AIOS Constitution is available on the AIOS website at the  link https://www.aios.org/pdf/BYELAWS.pdf

Nominations are invited for the following offices:

• Vice President
• Honorary General Secretary
• Honorary Treasurer
• Honorary Joint Secretary
• Honorary Joint Treasurer
• Chairman, Scientific Committee
• Chairman, Academic and Research Committee
• Editor Journal
• Editor Proceedings
• Member, Scientific Committee (14 Positions)
• Member, Academic and Research Committee (Two positions from each zone – North, East, West, South and Central; 10 positions in all). 

 

Timelines 

• Call for Nominations: September 12, 2025
• Last Date of Receipt of Nominations: October 13, 2025 (5:00 PM)
• Date of Scrutiny of Nominations: October 13, 2025
• Date of Announcement of the List of Accepted Nominations: October 13, 2025
• Last Date of Withdrawal of Nominations: November 13, 2025 (5:00 PM)
• Date of Announcement of the Final List of Candidates: November 13, 2025
• Online Elections: February-March 2026 (TBD)

 

Nomination Process 

• Download the Nomination Form from the link Election Nomination Form.
• Prospective candidates must complete the nomination form, affix their high-resolution profile photograph on a plain white background, and have it proposed and seconded by AIOS members (proposal and secondment by an office bearer is a disqualification; each proposer and seconder may endorse only one candidate for a specific post).
• The Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the candidate shall be enclosed with the Nomination Form. CV should be concise, limited to 500 words, neatly formatted in one A4 size paper and in Arial font size 10. The CV of each candidate shall be circulated to all the AIOS members along with the General Body Meeting Agenda.
• Send a hardcopy of the completed nomination form, photograph and CV to the AIOS Headquarters at the following address to reach by October 13, 2025, 5:00 PM at the latest:

                       AIOS Secretariat
                       All India Ophthalmological Society
                       AIOS Headquarters
                       8A, Karkardooma Institutional Area
                       Manglam Road, Karkardooma
                       Delhi 110092
                       Phone: +91-11-22373701 - 05 or mobile +91-98113-50896
                       Email: elections@aios.org

• Please use Speed Post or Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due or a reliable courier with Proof of Delivery.
• Please keep a copy of the nomination form for your records.

 

Note 1. Candidates for the offices of Honorary General Secretary and Honorary Treasurer 

• Election for the offices of Honorary General Secretary and Honorary Treasurer will be held in compliance with the AIOS Constitution Rules and Regulations Section 16 B, read with Bylaws Article VIII (i).
• Candidates for the offices of Honorary General Secretary and Honorary Treasurer shall contest the election as a team. The candidate for the office of Honorary General Secretary shall execute a certification at the foot of the nomination form declaring: “Dr. (name) of (city) shall be my running mate for the office of Honorary Treasurer.” Correspondingly, the candidate for the office of Honorary Treasurer shall execute a certification at the foot of the nomination form declaring: “Dr. (name) of (city) shall be my running mate for the office of Honorary General Secretary.” 

 

Note 2. Application for Multiple Positions
 
Candidates filing nominations for more than one post shall be governed by the provisions of Article 16(c) of the Rules and Regulations, which states: “No member shall hold more than one Office, or more than two Committee memberships, or one Office Bearer position together with membership of one Committee.”