Who can become a member
ISPN membership requirements:
1. A Life member may reside anywhere in India
2. A member must have an active interest in pediatric nephrology and be medically qualified.
3. Members of Regional and/or National Pediatric Nephrology Societies from outside India will be eligible for ISPN membership.

What are the types of membership and eligibility?
ISPN Life membership criteria:
a) ‘A doctor (with MD (Pediatrics)/DCH/ DNB (Pediatrics) or equivalent degree in Pediatrics) who is a citizen of India and who is committed to practising/ teaching pediatric nephrology or trained in pediatric nephrology’
b) Scientist, holding a health-related doctoral degree, who manifests scientific interest in pediatric nephrology.
Life members have the right to vote and hold office.
The president, secretary and joint secretary will hold responsibility of checking the credentials of all member applications for Aadhar card, PAN card, MD/DNB certificates etc. Once the particulars are verified, applicants will be eligible to pay the life membership fee.

ISPN Associate Life membership criteria:
a) Doctors or Allied-health care professionals interested in kidney diseases (including dialysis technicians, nurses, social workers, transplant coordinators, dieticians providing care to children with kidney diseases) who are not eligible for Life membership
b) Members of Regional and/or National Pediatric Nephrology Societies outside India
c) Doctors with DM (Nephrology) or DNB (Nephrology) after having obtained MD (General Medicine)/DNB (General Medicine); or doctors with MCh (Pediatric Surgery) qualification
The Associate membership needs to be proposed by a life member. Associate life members will not have the right to vote.'