1. Name
The name of the Association shall be " The Kerala State Small Industries Association " (hereinafter referred to as " the Association ". In each Revenue District there shall be a District Unit.

(a) The name of the Association in the Revenue District shall be " The Kerala State Small Industries Association, ……………………….. District Unit " (hereinafter referred to as " District Unit ")

Illustration: The name of the respective District shall be preceded by the Kerala State Small Industries Association.

Example : The Kerala state Small Industries Association,
Ernakulam District Unit.

2. Registered Office
The registered office of the Association shall be in Cochin Corporation.

3. Aims & Objectives

(a) To establish fellowship and co-operation among industrialists, who have their small scale industrial units registered in Kerala State and to promote and protect such industrial units and their interests.
(b) To further mutual assistance and co-operation among members and to organize combinations of members for undertaking projects in which they are interested.
(c) To consider and formulate opinions on all matters connected with small scale industries and to make representations for and on behalf of the members of the Association before State and Central Governments, Governmental Institutions, Statutory Bodies, Local Bodies, individuals and other organizations and to obtain by all acknowledged means the redress of grievances of the small scale industrialists.
(d) To edit, print and publish journals, periodicals, dailies, books, Souvenirs and other literature concerning small scale industries Sector and to undertake any other activities necessary for the above purpose.
(e) To establish and maintain a library consisting of books, periodicals and other publications, tapes, films, photographs and other audio-visual equipments of interest to small scale industrialists and to establish and maintain offices and lecture halls.
(f) To provide facilities for exchange of information and opinion of interest to small industries.
(g) To adjust and settle disputes or controversies among the members of the Association and to assist the members in settling disputes with their employees and to represent members in industrial disputes before the conciliation officers and/or the authorities under the Industrial Dispute Act.
(h) To render legal aid to members and to assist them in solving labour, industrial and other problems connected with their activities.
(i) To conduct Seminars and conferences and to organize Fairs, Exhibitions and similar activities.
(j) To assist members in the procurement of raw materials, machinery and equipment's, to obtain finance for their industries and to assist them to market their finished products.
(k) To communicate with and to make representations to chambers of commerce, institutions and other Associations throughout the world and conceive and promote measures for the protection and furtherance of the small scale industries and the common good of persons engaged therein.
(l) To arrange tours for members in India and abroad and to send representative or representatives to attend Meetings, Seminars, Conferences, Fairs and Exhibitions anywhere in the world.
(m) To undertake and finance researches, Surveys, Projects reports and feasibility studies.
(n) To subscribe to and to become member of and co-operate with other organizations whose objects are wholly or partly identical with or similar to those of the Association.
(o) To accept and make gifts, donations, awards or benefactions from and to Individuals, Institutions, Organizations and Governments
(p) To acquire by purchase, gift, lease or otherwise and buildings and properties and to construct, equip and furnish buildings and structurals and to lease out, exchange or sell or otherwise dispose off such assets, which the Association may from time to time decide for the purpose of and in the interest of the Association.
(q) To borrow from Bank or Banks or such other institutions or individuals amounts necessary for carrying on the objects of the Association.
(r) To co-operate with other Associations in India and abroad with the intention of furthering the objects of the Association and with this end in view, to affiliate with groups and bodies and by getting itself affiliated to any National Body or Chamber of Commerce, if considered necessary.
(s) To help, promote and establish suitable machinery for procurement and distribution of raw materials, provision of credit and marketing of end products of the member units.
(t) To provide facilities for maintaining quality of products and to conduct research for the up gradation, modernization and the like for the industrial growth.
(u) To do all or such other acts and things as may be necessary and conducive to the preservation, furtherance and expansion of small scale industries in the State or incidental to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.
4. Membership
The Association shall consist of Ordinary Members, Active Members and Honorary Members.
(a) Ordinary Members : Any person whose industrial unit is registered a small scale industry with the Department of Industries shall be eligible for admission as an Ordinary Member. For the purpose of this clause, a person shall include a company, a Co-operative Society, a Partnership and an institution and a Trust. Each member shall be represented by one person.
The small scale industry having Provisional Registration is also eligible for Ordinary membership. However, the period of such membership shall be only for the period mentioned in the Certificate.
Members belong to each Revenue District shall be enrolled by the respective District Committee of the Association in the name under which they carry on business, and for all purposes or the Association be generally represented by the Proprietor, a Partner, a Director or a Company Secretary or in the case of a Trust and a Co-operative Society, by its President or Secretary. But in the case of any member, the committee of the District Unit may allow the member unit to be represented by a duly authorized paid Officer of the unit for reasons to be recorded in writing, based on an application by the member unit. In case of a Co-operative Society, or company registered under the Companies Act, 1956, such application shall be accompanied by a resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing a paid officer of the Company to represent the company in the Association.
(b) Active Members : Active Members are those members who have a standing of at least one full year in the Association and who have permanent SSI Registration.
(c) Honorary Members : Honorary Members are persons admitted to the Association by the State Committee or District Committee from among members of Public like Lawyers, Technologists, Scientists etc. who possess special technical skill, expertise and knowledge on any subject which will be of use to the Association. The Honorary Members shall have no voting rights. Honorary Members shall not be required to pay any membership fee.
5. Membership year
Membership year shall be from 1st April to 31st March.
6. Enrolment.
(a) The State Committee as well as the District Committee may enroll honorary members. No application by the member shall be required
(b) Only the District Committee shall have the right to enroll Ordinary Members.