RSSDI - Nomination

Eligibility & Rules:

As per the constitution recently passed by the AGM in 2022, the rules and eligibility for the elections are as:

1. Members applying for National President Elect should be a member of the RSSDI for at least ten years and have served on the Executive Committee for at least two terms (six years) of which one term should be of an executive post of Vice President, Hon Secretary or Hon Treasurer.

2. No member can hold simultaneously elected post in State EC and Central EC in any capacity.

3. Members of Central EC will serve as Ex-Officio members of the State EC they reside in.

4. Members who apply for the President Elect post should have completed one term in their State EC necessarily.

5. The applying member should have participated in diabetes related activities in the area of public awareness, education, research, or leadership role (to attach details)

6. All individual nomination should be accompanied by the Biodata of the applicant, nomination duly proposed and seconded by valid RSSDI member and the applicant willingness to contest and serve on EC

7. Validation by the Proposer and Seconder will be the sole responsibility of the contestant. Failure to complete the due nomination process by July 15th midnight will amount to disqualification of contestants.

8. Candidates contesting in elections can send only communications to members mentioning the post they are contesting by text message. All communications from contestants must stop once e-voting commences. Any attempt to influence or canvass after e-voting commences will be considered as violation of election code of conduct and amount to disqualification. Any candidate, sending biodata, indulging in any other form of canvassing which is not approved by election committee directly to members (voters) or by collecting voting credentials from members, indulge in groupism to influence voting, involve third parties in any manner or uses derogatory language against other contestants will be considered as violation of Election ethics leading to disqualification proceedings. If any candidate or member is found indulging in the same, he or she shall be debarred from the election and shall be debarred from contesting elections for next six consecutive years. The decision of the election committee will be final and binding. Anybody raising complaints against a contestant must provide proof of such an act of Violation of Election Ethics for consideration by the Election committee.

9. It is the responsibility of all members to update personal information (email, cell phone number) in the membership database of the RSSDI. It will not be the responsibility of the EC or Secretariat in event a member is unable to participate in the elections due to wrong or missing information available in the RSSDI database.

10. Recommendations by Proposer and Seconder should be received by the secretariat before the closure date of submission of nominations. The individual candidate should ensure this.

11. All communications related to the elections to be sent on the email- [email protected]

RSSDI National President Elect e-Election 2026