EKAM MITRA
TERMS & CONDITIONS
- You are signing up as an Ekam Mitra to host Ekam Circles in your countries. By filling up your information, you acknowledge that your information will be processed by the Ekam and you receive from us emails (which may also include your acceptance to the ekam mithra’s training). Only upon successful completion of the training, you are eligible to host Ekam Circle.
- You also acknowledge that you have read and you agree to the below terms and conditions for an Ekam Mitra who wants to be a member of Ekam Circle.
- The Ekam Mitra acknowledge that Ekam has legally acquired and holds the license and / or legally controls, programs, methods and proprietary techniques for educating, guiding, enlightening and imparting information for human spiritual and personal development and for individual and collective wellness including any teaching based on Sri Amma Bhagavan / Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji’s wisdom and meditative practices or processes (collectively referred to as the “Ekam Methods”) which methods are protected under all proprietary intellectual property laws including and not limited to patent, copyright and/or trade secret laws worldwide;
- The Ekam Mitra also acknowledge that Ekam is into organizing professional events and seminars to educate, enlighten and promote individual and collective wellness using the Ekam Methods and which services are globally promoted under various trademarks, brands and symbols, all licensed and controlled by Ekam and including but not limited to “The Beautiful State®”, and other marks, trade names, trade secrets, identifiers (collectively referred to as the “Ekam Trademarks”);
- The Ekam Mitra agrees and affirm that Ekam is the sole licensed user/s and exclusive owner of all intellectual property (as may be applicable) comprising the Ekam Methods and the Ekam Trademarks. The Ekam Mitra also agree and affirm that Ekam has also developed, licensed, owns and/or controls a collection of text, graphics, media and other copyrightable contents (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Ekam Collaterals”) which materials are used for the purpose as determined by Ekam for the exclusive promotion of Ekam and its endeavors for the cause of the society at large.
- The Ekam Mitra desires to conduct an initial seminar / event taught to them based on the Ekam Methods in the training, and the Ekam Mitra recognizes that the Ekam Methods and the Ekam Trademarks are invaluable proprietary intellectual property rights and are highly valuable intangible assets licensed to Ekam, and that Ekam would suffer irreparable loss and harm if they are misused, or used without proper authorization, and that the Ekam Mitra’s failure to comply with any of the terms governing the Ekam Methods and/ or Ekam Trademarks is material and a ground for immediate termination of this Agreement;
- The Ekam Mitra agrees and confirm to receive training on Ekam Methods from Ekam on a flat fee basis and on the terms and conditions as may be determined by Ekam or its authorized representative/s and agrees to execute any and all documents/ definitive agreement/s with Ekam and/ or or Golden Shelters Private Limited and/ or any other entity/ies, as may be designated by Ekam or its authorized representative/s in this regard. The Parties agree that upon successful completion of the training of the Ekam Mitra on Ekam Methods from Ekam , the Ekam Mitra shall be duly certified and licensed and authorized to commercially practice the Ekam Methods and shall be recognized and called as ‘Ekam Mitra’.
- With regard to all seminars and events, the Ekam Mitra shall, at his/her sole expense, provide for the following to Ekam:
- Information on all the attendees and participants (identifying full name, address, phone and email of each), including ensuring that each of the attendees and / or participants sign a waiver and acknowledgment form specifically acknowledging and respecting Ekam’s rights as appropriate for the legal jurisdiction in which the seminar takes place. This waiver and acknowledgment form shall further identify the Ekam Mitra as the party legally responsible for the seminar, specifically identify the Ekam Trademarks, the Ekam Methods and the Ekam Collaterals, and waive and extinguish the liability of Ekam for any damage or claim arising out of or on connection with the events against the Ekam Mitra, attendees, participants and/ or any other third partyies;
- The Ekam Mitra agrees to co-operate fully with Ekam to ensure that the event is successful and reflects positively upon both Ekam, Ekam Trademarks, Ekam Methods and the Ekam Mitra, the Ekam Mitra shall not do any act, publish any material, conduct any seminar/talks, write any blogs in social media or otherwise, etc., in collaboration with Ekam or otherwise (in his personal capacity or in collaboration with any third party/ies) which shall cause or likely to cause disrepute to Ekam and the Ekam Trademarks and Ekam Methods;
- The Ekam Mitra shall at all times conduct and present in a just and proper manner and shall not engage in any activity/conduct which will bring any sort of disrepute to Ekam and Ekam Methods. The Ekam Mitra shall not organize/conduct any events in his individual capacity or otherwise which is against the Ekam vision and hurts Ekam Methods and sentiments;
- The Ekam Mitra agrees to attend regularly all the scheduled and ongoing online Ekam Mitra training sessions organized by Ekam. In the event the Ekam Mitra fails to attend these trainings without a good and reasonable cause, the same shall constitute a material breach of this terms & conditions giving absolute right to Ekam to terminate the Ekam Mitra as a member of Ekam Circle at its discretion;
- The Ekam Mitra agrees to ensure proper recognition, attribution and credit to Ekam for all Ekam provided materials and not to appropriate or mislead others into perceiving or believing that the materials used for training / seminar are the property of the Ekam Mitra and further not to tamper, change, modify, misuse or misrepresent the content provided by Ekam in any way or manner;
- The Ekam Mitra agrees to use best efforts to prevent any copying, misuse or unauthorized access or use of the Ekam licensed materials including the Ekam Trademarks, the Ekam Methods, and the Ekam Collaterals and also notify Ekam of any attempted or actual unauthorized use;
- The Ekam Mitra agrees to conduct events in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations and such approvals as may be required by the governmental agencies of the land where the Ekam Mitra organizes the events, using the Ekam materials, the Ekam Trademarks, the Ekam Methods, and the Ekam Collaterals or otherwise;
- The Ekam Mitra hereby represents and warrants that there are no legal proceedings initiated, threatened to be initiated or concluded, or any case or investigation is pending against the Ekam Mitra under applicable laws in which the event/s is/are conducted or in the Ekam Mitra’s host country or anywhere in the world which may bring any manner of disrepute to Ekam and Ekam sentiments.
- The Ekam Mitra hereby represents and warrants to comply with the applicable laws of the host country/ies or any other country/ies in which the event/s is/are conducted at all times.
- The Ekam Mitra hereby represents and warrants that there are no allegations, threatened allegations, complaints, claims, proceedings, initiated or threatened to be initiated due to any misconduct against the Ekam Mitra. In case of any such allegations, complaints, claims, proceedings, the Ekam Mitra shall be suspended immediately as a member of Ekam Circle and the Ekam Mitra’s Certification shall automatically stand cancelled forthwith. Upon enquiry if such complaints, allegations are found to be untrue to the satisfaction of Ekam, the Ekam Mitra shall be reinstated with the Certification to hold Ekam Circles.
- The Ekam Mitra agrees and acknowledges that in the event any moral allegations / legal proceedings have been initiated or threatened to be initiated against the Ekam Mitra for noncompliance of applicable laws of the host country/ies and/or any other country/ies in which the event/s is/are being conducted, or in the Ekam Mitra’s host country or anywhere in the world, or if Ekam is of the view that any event/s conducted by the Ekam Mitra may cause or likely to cause disrepute to Ekam and Ekam Methods and Ekam Trademarks and/ or violate the applicable laws of the host country and/or any other country/ies, Ekam shall have a right to terminate the Ekam Mitra from representing Ekam and Ekam with immediate effect without any notice to the Ekam Mitra.
- The Ekam Mitra agrees to, at all times, indemnify and hold Ekam harmless from any and all liabilities, losses, claims, suits or damages or actions, proceedings, judgments, settlements, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ expenses) or the like made by third parties against Ekam arising from i) any act, omission or failure of Ekam Mitra to act under this terms & conditions; ii) any breach of these conditions; iii) any misrepresentation by the Ekam Mitra under this conditions.