(a) Corporate Member: Members Covered under 5(i), (ii) and (iii) and belongs to large scale category of membership may become Corporate members by paying twenty times the membership fees or Rs. Two Lakhs only whichever is more.
(b) Life membership with one time fee of 10 times in the relevant category fee application to be paid in lump-sum.

Classification of Members:
(1) Ordinary Members being those:
(i) Engaged in the manufacture, marketing and or export of processed food products. (ii) Producers and suppliers of Agro-based raw materials required for Food processing.
(2) Associate Members: being those firms who are manufacturers and suppliers of packaging materials or food ingredients or food additives or food processing/packaging equipment/machinery for the Food Processing Industry or who are directly or indirectly interested in food processing and packaging industry but not being eligible to be enrolled as Ordinary Members.
(3) Individual Members: being those individuals who by themselves are neither manufacturers or traders or producers, suppliers and exporters of agricultural raw materials required for Food Processing and are not eligible to be enrolled as Ordinary and Associate Members as per sub clause 8 (a) & (b) above but are interested in Food Processing , Preservation and Packaging Industry. Individuals working for those firms who are eligible to be covered by sub-clause 8 (a) & (b) cannot become individual members unless their firm is also a member of the Association
(4) Affiliated Members: being those Organisations, Associations or Institutions interested in food processing , preservation and packaging industry but who by themselves are not manufacturers, or traders, or growers. (Membership Fee for Affiliate Member - Rs.2000/-).
(5) Honorary Members being those individuals who may be nominated by the Executive Committee by reason of their scientific or technical research work or their public service and who are concerned in the improvement and development of food processing , preservation and packaging industry and the AGM ratifies this nomination.
(6) Patrons being those individuals who are not engaged or concerned in any of the ways aforesaid but who approve of the objects of the Association and are, by virtue of their standing or position, capable of furthering the interest of the Association
(7) Life-time Members with one time fee of 10 times in the relevant category fee applicable to be paid in lump-sum.
(8) International Members being those Organisations, Associations or Institutions interested in food processing , preservation and packaging industry but who by themselves are not manufacturers, or traders, or growers. (Membership Fee for Affiliate Member - Rs.2000/-).