Universities / colleges falling into categories mentioned in eligibility of membership may submit their application along with a signed participation agreement. The federation may request additional information with regard to participating institution.
Participating universities and colleges or Service providers are required to assign its officers and / or faculty as its Administrative and Technical contacts to the INFED.
Universities / Colleges covered under the 12(B) and 12(F) Section of the UGC Act would be accepted as members of the INFED on receipt of application along with signed agreement along with a photocopy of notification issued by the UGC about 12(B) and 2 (F) status of the university. Application from other institutions / research organizations would be examined and accepted on case to case basis.
INFED does not propose to charge any fee from the core member universities / CFTIs of the ONOS (One Nation One Subscription) Consortium. However, as the workload and membership database increases for core members, INFED may propose a nominal membership fee for core member universities.
Membership for other institutions would be opened only after complete implementation of INFED for all publishers. Charges for other institutions would be announced at a later date.
No fee will be charged from publishers providing access to their e-resources to the universities and colleges under ONOS (One Nation One Subscription) Consortium and N-LIST programme respectively.