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Code of Conduct for all Trusts and Units

of the Auroville Foundation

Whereas, Auroville was founded by The Mother on the 28th day of February 1968

and envisioned by her as a universal township dedicated to Human Unity and

international understanding based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo;

And Whereas the Mother has laid down the aims and ideals of Auroville in the

Auroville Charter (1968), To Be A True Aurovilian (1970) and in numerous other

messages and writings, such as “A Dream” (1954);

And Whereas the Auroville Foundation Act, 1988, was enacted with a view to

making long-term arrangements for better management and further development of

Auroville in accordance with the Auroville Charter and for matters connected

therewith and incidental thereto;

And Whereas the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, appointed u/s 15 (1) of the

Auroville Foundation Act, 1988, in exercise of the powers conferred u/s 7(1)(a) of the

said Act has been issuing Office Orders since May 14, 1992, for the creation of new

Units and appointing executives for the said undertakings to carry on, for and on

behalf of the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation, the management of said

undertakings in keeping with the aims, objectives and voluntary nature of the said

undertakings;

And Whereas the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation, during their 45th

Meeting held on August 3, 2014, approved the Guidelines between Trusts and Units,

on the recommendation of the Working Committee and the Funds and Assets

Management Committee (FAMC) of the Residents’ Assembly, constituted under the

Auroville Foundation Rules 1997.

And whereas the Office of the Secretary, Auroville Foundation, further to the

approval of the Governing Board discontinued the issue of Office Orders and

authorized the FAMC to issue orders for the creation of new Units under Trusts of

the Auroville Foundation, appointment of Unit executives and closure of Units;

And Whereas the Working Committee and the Funds and Assets Management

Committee of the Residents’ Assembly of the Auroville Foundation consider it

necessary and expedient to replace the aforementioned Guidelines between Trusts

and Units of the Auroville Foundation with a Code of Conduct for Trusts and Units

of the Auroville Foundation;

Now therefore, the Working Committee and the Funds and Assets Management

Committee hereby make the following Code of Conduct for Trusts and Units of the

Auroville Foundation.

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viii) “in writing​” may include signed hard copy or email communications

with delivery receipt.

ix) “Internal Entity​” includes any individual, group, unit, trust, activity,

etc. that is part of Auroville and is not Auroville Maintenance.

x) “FAMC​” means the Funds and Assets Management Committee of the

Residents’ Assembly of the Auroville Foundation;

xi) “Governing Board​” means the Governing Board of the Auroville

Foundation.

xii) “Loan​” means any amount advanced that is not billed materials or

services.

xiii) “Loan Group” is a sub-group constituted by the FAMC whose primary

responsibility is to review and approve/reject applications for loans to

be issued by Auroville Maintenance as per the guidelines determined

by the FAMC.

xiv) “Register of Residents​” means the Register of residents of Auroville

maintained by the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation under the Act;

xv) “Rules​” means the Auroville Foundation Rules, 1997;

xvi) “Secretary​” means the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation;

xvii) “Trust​” means a Trust of the Auroville Foundation;

xviii) “Trustee​” means a person appointed to manage a Trust;

xix) “Unit​” means an entity under a Trust;

xx) “Working Committee​” means the Working Committee of the

Residents’ Assembly of the Auroville Foundation;

b) All other words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in

the Auroville Foundation Act, 1988 (54 of 1988) shall have the meanings

respectively assigned to them in that Act.

4) ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERMEDIARY BODY BETWEEN THE BOARD

OF TRUSTS (BoTs) AND THE FAMC​.​ The BoTs together with the FAMC shall

constitute an Intermediary Body. The Intermediary Body will be an advisory

body that will aid FAMC in its decision-making by making reasoned

recommendations on applications and requests in all matters related to units and

Trusts. The FAMC shall consider these recommendations before making final

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