On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com wrote:
Can you elaborate on the legal and practical differences between the new India Trust and the India Chapter?
Dear Liam,
Since I run a non-profit in India in my other life, I'll pitch in on one part of this: the legal differences between the India trust and the India chapter.
There are three common ways of legally incorporating a non-profit in India: trust, society, section 25 company.
The chapter is registered as a society, traditionally considered a more open incorporation structure, with members, elections etc. All these are specified in its by-laws.
The program office is registered as a trust, which requires a minimum of two trustees to function. A trust does not usually have members; trustees can be appointed or elected (as per what's specified as the method on the trust deed).
Check out the table at the bottom of the attachment [1] to get more details on this.
Cheers Bishakha