INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction  

     The Acoustical Foundation for Education and Charitable Trust (AFECT) has been formed with the objective of nurturing research in Acoustics in India. This is to be achieved by establishing research institute, in an area where no active research is carried out and awarding fellowships, research grants, awards and prizes in all areas of acoustics. The foundation would like to encourage research and promote practical applications of acoustics as well as provide a forum for Technical discussions. The foundation is already taken concrete step to have Bio-acoustics research institute.  AFECT is a registered trust and exempt from Income Tax Act under 80G, Government of India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India has permitted AFECT to accept foreign contributions (Reg. No.075900826).

OBJECTIVE

               The basic object of the trust is to establish research institute (s) in acoustics in India and support the activities of the MIRC of the ASA by providing space in AFECT so that research institutes in acoustics get international recognition.

             The  Trust has established  the  International   Research  Institute  for   the   Deaf (IRID) at  159(94) Avvai Shanmugam Salai,   Royapettah, Chennai-600014 on January 26, 2002.  The IRID wishes to have the following Departments in due course: (a) ENT, (b) Audiology & Speech Therapy, (c) Acupuncture, (d) Mind and Brain, (e) Indian Medicines, (f) Bio-Medical Engineering and (g) Bio-Chemistry. IRID conducts free deaf camps frequently.

The broad objective of the trust are

•  To establish, maintain, run, improve, develop research Institutions in Acoustics; to stimulate interest, encourage research, diffuse knowledge and promote practical applications of Acoustics and to provide a forum wherein the technical and scientific aspects or related disciplines of Acoustics can be examined, discussed and otherwise explored.

•  To award fellowships, scholarships, research grants, prizes for young investigators in     all the areas of Acoustics.

•  To publish books, monograms, periodicals and other works of Acoustics without any motive for profit.

•  To give donation to institutions or societies having similar objects and enjoying exemption U/S 11 and 80 G of the Income Tax Act 1961.

• To accept donations, gifts, presents and grants in cash or in kind and movable or immovable properties from public, State and Central Governments either as corpus or as in cash, according to the directions of donors for the purpose of carrying out of the objects of the trust.

• To do all such other lawful acts as may be necessary or incidental and conducive to   attainment of the above objects or any of them.     

• To undertake such other activities as may be necessary for the promotion of the object of the Trust and not motivated by profit.

• The activities would be confined to the territory of India.

• All bank transactions will be done only with the signature of Managing Trustee (President) of AFECT and Vice President or Secretary.