A. MISSION

NEDAA is to provide a cohesive platform for all NEDIANS, residing in NEDA-Australia to share their experiences and expertise with fellow NEDIANS and to promote friendly relations and to establish a strong network between NEDIANS for better communication. 

B. VISION

NEDIANS to have identity in Australia with utmost goal of uniting NEDIANS here to serving and bettering our Alma-Mater NED and Pakistan. 

C. BENEFITS

Join NEDA-Australia and become part of the growing community of NEDIANS in AUSTRALIA.

Get the latest news of the AUSTRALIAN job market and the latest job opportunities.

Get assistance/guidance on CV preparation and interview techniques from senior NEDIANS.

Get guidance to get Permanent residency from TR\Student visa (change of sponsorship).

Get advice from Senior NEDIANS in your field and professional growth.

Get assistance to get internship for students.

Training courses to our NEDIANS to enhance their professional skills.

To get invitation for various social activities program which includes family get together on Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Azha, BBQ, Bazm e Adab to have laughter and fun with NEDIANS.

Active participation in various NEDA-Australia activities and meetings arranged on a regular basis.

Active participation and networking of global NED community is possible, by being a part of NEDA-Australia database.

Direct access to the database created by the NEDA-Australia available through the website in near future. Comprehensive NED alumni Database where you will find your colleagues/classmates, stay in touch with them.

Become a member of NEDA-Australia and Share the common goals.

D. AIM & OBJECTIVES

To keep a database of all NEDIANS in the Australia.

To have a website for better communication and to provide an opportunity for NEDIANS to be connected.

To provide a social platform for NEDIANS, working in Australia and promote friendly relations and understanding between NEDIANS.

To provide a forum for the NEDIANS to share their expertise and experiences with fellow NEDIANS.

To assist fellow NEDIANS, relocate to a better position/job in this regard.

To assist and provide full guidance and support for those NEDIANS, coming to Australia for study or job search.

To create a continuous contact within the NEDIAN community by organizing the functions and family gatherings on various occasion.

To provide access and information about latest Engineering Technology and organize training courses.

To provide advice and guidance to the junior NEDIANS in a particular field or specialty by senior NEDIANS or an expert in that area.

To provide a forum for the members to establish academic and social links with the NED University and its other Alumni associations.

ARTICLE-I NAME

SECTION 1:

The name of the association will be “NED Alumni Australia” hereinafter called and alluded to as “NEDAA”. It is a clearly defined, individuals spurred and financed, nonprofitable, technical, and social and welfare organization of the graduates of NED Engineering College/NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, hereafter alluded as “NEDIANS” who are Citizens or legitimate Residents of Australia. The Head Office of NEDAA shall be located in Australia. Local Chapters of NEDAA may be opened in any other city of Australia, provided the number of members in the city is 50 or more.

SECTION 2:

The utilization of the name of “NEDAA” will be approved by the “Executive team”. The advantage of the utilization of NEDAA’s name altruism or validity by any part will be removed, whenever considered prudent by the two-third larger part of all out of the “Executive team”.

SECTION 3:

All approach proclamations and responsibilities in which name, generosity or believability of NEDAA is utilized, first be submitted to the “Executive team” for endorsement and somewhere around two-third greater part of the absolute of the “Executive team” should be looked for before application, with the exception of a public statement by a part approved by the “Executive team” or by these Bylaws.

ARTICLE-II DEFINATIONS

SECTION 1:

TERMS: The terms utilized in these By-Laws will pass on the importance expressed here under except if it is characterized in any case in the text where they are utilized.

SECTION 2:

BYLAWS: As defined here under, the rules and regulations approved by the “Board of Directors” will be viewed as the By-Laws for the lead of everyday business of the Association and will shape its constitution. They will be alluded to in the policy by the term Bylaws.

SECTION 3:

NEDAA: “NED Alumni Australia” hereinafter shall be referred to as “NEDAA” and this term shall be used in the document of the Bylaws for the purpose stated herein.

SECTION 4:

Executive team: The Executive team shall consist of 6 Office Bearers and 5 Male Executive Members and 2 Female Executive Members, who will be elected through a General Meeting of the members. The members of the Executive team shall be residing in Australia. The “Executive team” shall hereinafter be referred to in the text by the term “Executive”.

SECTION 5:

General Body: All valid Members present in a General Meeting will form the “General Body” of the Association.

SECTION 6: 

Executive team – Local Chapters: Every Local Chapter of NEDAA shall have its own “Board” and shall consist of as many “Board” members as necessary, remaining within the structure of the “Board” at the Head Office. All the “Board” members of the Local Chapter shall be residing in the city where the Local Chapter is opened and shall be elected by the Local Chapter members.

ARTICLE-III OBJECTIVES

SECTION 1:

The fundamental goal of NEDAA will be to advance cooperation and closer contact among its individuals to accomplish aggregate advantages for the NEDIANS and NED University of Engineering and Technology. This respectable motivation will be accomplished by such means as holding specialized and social gatherings, addresses, workshops, instructional classes and different exercises as considered significant. NEDAA shall raise funds for its activities by the annual membership fee, contributions by the members and outside sponsorship.

SECTION 2:

Every member is qualified and advantaged for and will be called to go to every one of the customary or uncommon occasions and will likewise have equivalent privileges to offer their viewpoint.

ARTICLE-IV CODE OF ETHICS

As a member of NED Alumni Australia, he/she shall pledge:

    1. To abide by the LAWS of the Country of Australia.

    2. To assume the responsibility of promoting harmony among fellow members.

    3. To deal fairly with all members and avoid any discrimination.   

  4.To consistently recollect that NEDAA is a social association of NEDIANs and will try to upgrade its expert picture among the sister associations with comparable objectives and goals.

    5. To remember if “Anonymous” email addresses are utilized to abuse the previously mentioned rule the EXECUTIVE TEAM will have the power to research to decide whether any NEDAA part is involved and assuming his/her contribution is demonstrated the board may briefly suspend his/her enrolment or make another corrective move according to Bylaws and the laws of Australia.

    6. To surrender totally inside two weeks or ten working days any extraordinary material like records, measure of cash or property in his/her ownership during their residency to the New Board. Infringement in such manner will prompt end or suspension of his/her NEDAA participation or potentially lawful move might be made against that part as per
Article Section 1.3.

ARTICLE-V MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1:

REQUIREMENT AND ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERSHIP: A degree/diploma from the NED Engineering College/NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi is a must for the membership of NEDAA.

SECTION 2:

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: NEDAA’s social activities focus on strengthening fellowship and promote effective functioning. Every member is relied upon to partake in whatever number exercises as could reasonably be expected to legitimize the advantage of being a bonafide NEDAA part.

SECTION 3:

MEMBERS RIGHT: Every Member, after payment of one-time life membership fee, shall have full right to vote and contest in election for any position in the “Executive team” and to participate in all benefits and programs of the Association.

SECTION 4:

MEMBERSHIP DATA BASE: A membership data base shall be developed and maintained by NEDAA on a regular basis.

SECTION 5:

LOCAL CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP DATA BASE: The data base of all NEDAA members shall be maintained by the NEDAA Head Office. The membership application form of any Local Chapter member shall be sent to NEDAA Head Office for allocation of membership number.

ARTICLE VI FEES AND DUES

SECTION 1:

The one-time life Membership Fee for new members shall be $70.00 effective Jan 1^st 2022 and any further changes as determined from time to time by the “Executive team” and
approved by an affirmative opinion of two-third of the members attending the General meeting.

ARTICLE-VII FISCAL YEAR

SECTION 1:

The fiscal year shall be from 1^st of July to 30^th of June of each calendar year.

SECTION 2:

Yearly financial report and statements of NEDAA covering the Earnings and expenditures incurred during the entire financial year will be created by the Finance Secretary. Other monetary reports and articulations will be delivered by the Finance Secretary at such critical points in time or mentioned by the “Executive team”.

ARTICLE-VIII BUSINESS MEETINGS

SECTION1:

QUORUM: A quorum of 6 out of 13 members of the “Executive team” shall be required for all the “Board” meetings.

SECTION 2:

Board Meeting: Generally, the meeting of the “Executive team” shall be bi-annually i.e. 02 times per year. Additional meetings may take place as it may deem necessary at the call of the President, or the Vice President in the absence of the President. The General Secretary shall inform the members of the “Board” about the meeting place and agenda two (02) weeks prior to such meetings.

SECTION 3:

Annual General Meeting (AGM): The Annual General Meeting of NEDAA shall be held at such time and place as may be decided by the “Executive team”. The General Secretary in consultation with the President, as the case may be, shall finalize the agenda of the meeting and shall inform all registered members on record about the place and agenda thirty (30) days prior to the AGM.

SECTION 4:

Special Meetings of the Executive team: A special meeting of the Board may be called at any time, with a written notice of seven (7) days prior to the meeting, at the request of the President or two-third majority of the total members of the ““Executive team”. All notices of such meetings shall state the time, place and agenda to be discussed.

SECTION 5:

Resolution for discussion of any other matter or topic in any special Meeting of the Executive team must be supported by majority of the members of the ““Executive team”.

SECTION 6:

Majority Vote: At all meetings of the Executive team, every issue shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present in person. Majority is considered to be 50 percent of the members in good standing present, plus one.

SECTION 7:

Show of Hands Voting: Every issue in General Body Meeting (GBM) shall be decided in first instance by a show of hands unless a poll is demanded by majority. Upon a show of hands, every member having voting rights shall have one vote. A declaration by the President that a resolution has been carried or not carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the association shall be admissible evidence of the adoption or defeat of a resolution. If a secret ballot be demanded and not be withdrawn, the question shall be decided by two-third majority of votes given by the members present in person and such secret ballot shall be deemed the decision of the Association upon the matter in question.

SECTION 8:

Standing Committee Meetings: The Standing Committee meetings may be held by the members of any Standing Committee to expedite the task of the Committee as assigned by the “Board”.

ARTICLE-IX OFFICE BEARERS

SECTION 1:

Office bearers of NEDAA shall consist of:

           i.
President = 1

ii.
General Secretary = 1

iii.
Finance and Membership Secretary = 1

iv.
Social Secretary = 3

v.
Information Secretary = 1

vi.
Admin Secretary = 1

vii.
Liaison Secretary = 1

viii.
Executive Members = 2

ix.
Female Executive Members = 2

SECTION 1.1:

The office bearers shall be elected in a General Body meeting designated for this purpose. Such General Body meeting shall normally be held not later than 2 months from expiry of Board tenure. A member willing to be a candidate for election as an office bearer must first be nominated by a member and seconded by two other members. The office bearers shall hold their respective offices for a three (3) years period. No Office bearer will hold any office in the Association for more than two consecutive terms and No office bearer will hold an office in the Association for more than six terms in total in the life time.

SECTION 1.1a:

All office Bearers should have a minimum of two years of Life Membership tenure with NEDAA.

SECTION 1.1b:

The position for President and General Secretary should have served the board for at least two (2) term in NEDAA board at any position.

SECTION 1.1c.:

Election: Election shall be conducted end of every two (2) year (Jan – Feb).

When election date is announced by existing/current President, the activities of the existing Board shall cease, and the Election Committee

shall take charge of any announcement from NEDAA.

The Election Committee may seek any help from any existing Board member or any other NEDAA member for press release, website tec.

Current board will help the election committee for arrangements and financial expenses for the election.

SECTION 1.2: 

By-Elections In case any office bearer or executive member resigns or becomes incapacitated during his/her tenure, the vacant position shall be filled as follows:

             The position of General-Secretary shall be filled by the Admin Secretary. The position of any of the remaining office bearers shall be filled by the candidate who secured the next highest votes in the last elections in the descending order. In case of non-availability of such candidate for any reason, the position shall be filled from an executive member or a female executive member by the “Executive team” by a majority of vote.              

        The position of executive member(s) shall be filled by the candidate(s) who secured the highest votes among the non-elected candidates in the last elections in the descending order. 

      The position of female executive member(s) shall be filled by the candidate(s) who secured the highest votes among the non-elected candidates in the last elections in the descending order. In case the serving team becomes incapacitated due to any reason, the last Election Commissioner who monitored the elections of the serving Board, will be responsible to conduct new elections within 90 days from the day the entire serving Board becomes non-functional. The Election Commissioner will form a (5) Member Committee of NEDAA members, who had served the Board previously as a member of the Board of Directors or is actively associated with NEDAA. The Committee will take care of day-today NEDAA activities and will also assist the Election Commissioner to conduct elections. 

      The President and all office bearers of the dysfunctional Board will be responsible to handover all record and NEDAA properties to the Election Commissioner within one week.

        The signatories of financial matters will hand over complete funds, records to the Election Commissioner and to new signatories within one week.

      The Finance Secretary of the dysfunctional board will be responsible to handover all financial record to the Election Commissioner and coordination between signatories and new signatories. If any office bearer refuses to handover any property or record, NEDAA will have the right to take legal action against the person and or cancel/suspend his/her membership from NEDAA.. 

SECTION 1.3: Disciplinary Action 

If the performance of any “Executive team” member is seen to be unsatisfactory or he/she loses interest in the activities of the “Board” or does not attend the “Board” meetings regularly without a valid reason, the President shall issue a letter to such member asking him to explain the reason of his absence. The response of the member will be reviewed
by the “Executive team”. In case of unsatisfactory response or non-receipt of response from the member, the “Executive team” shall ask the member to resign. If resignation is not received within a week the “Executive team” will remove him/her from the “Executive team” if approved by majority of the total “Executive team” members.

SECTION 2. PRESIDENT

 President schedule regular meeting with EC members and play vital role in helping alumni to establish the structure. Create vision for the future of our alumni and encourage all NEDIANS to join hands for the improvement of our University & alumni.

 Emerging local chapters to all work together.

SECTION 3. GENERAL SECRETARY

 GS offers members a variety of ways to stay connected and explore opportunities for building a place in the world and share their expertise and experiences with fellow members.

   In brief defines the future plan of an association.

SECTION 4. SOCIAL SECRETARY

· To create a continuous contact within the NEDIAN community by organizing the functions and family gatherings on various occasion.

· To provide a social platform for NEDIANS, working in the Australia and promote friendly relations and understanding between NEDIANS.

SECTION 5. ADMIN SECRETARY

· Shall be the custodian of official records in duplicate, except records related to finance.

· Launch NEDA newsletter that would cover various aspects on our association and responsible to sent this newsletter electronically to our

  members.

 

SECTION 6. FINANCE AND MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

     · Shall be responsible for maintenance of books of accounts for the Association.

   · Expenses up to Australian Dollars $500 must have written consent of General Secretary and expense exceeding this value must be          approved by Executive Team. 

SECTION 7. INFORMATION SECRETARY

· Responsible to provide  a forum for the members to establish academic links with the NED University and its other Alumni associations.

 

· Prepare the MOM & share with all the existing members of association.

 

· Plan to arrange the meeting on monthly basis if required.

 

· To assist fellow NEDIANS, relocate to a better position/job and provide assistance in this regard.

 

SECTION 8. LIAISON SECRETARY

· Responsible to coordinate with other NED Alumni’s.

 

· Shall person the duties that may be assigned by the President time to time.

 

· Shall be key contact for coordination between the Association and NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi.

 

· Harmonise with other chapters of NEDAA in Australia.