Though alumni associations exist to leverage alumni through mentoring, placements, and admissions, there’s another core objective that often holds even greater weight: building a strong alumni corpus fund. This fund becomes the backbone for hosting events, offering exclusive benefits, and driving long-term institutional growth.
Collecting membership fees is tough. Alumni are scattered, and institutions often rely on offline methods or membership software to collect fees; tools that add zero value to alumni. At the same time, separate platforms are used for networking and database management, leading to disjointed experiences for members. These methods lack cohesion, consistency, and a centralized way to not only collect payments but also identify, recognize, and engage premium members meaningfully.
With Vaave’s alumni engagement platform, your association can streamline the entire process by digitizing membership fee collection through the portal. Once collected, alumni associations have the flexibility to engage verified members and offer curated benefits from the association, keeping the experience valuable and purpose-driven.
1. Seamless Membership Fee Collection
Vaave’s alumni portal integrates membership fee payment directly into the registration flow. Alumni complete the required signup steps and, as the final step, pay the membership fee to instantly become premium or life members of the association. To make the process smooth and reliable, the portal works with prominent payment gateway vendors. And if someone isn’t ready to pay during registration, they can pledge and complete the payment later.
The portal also supports flexible payment categories like Pay Online, Pay Offline, Paid Earlier, and Pay Later ensuring every scenario is covered without manual effort. Alumni associations can also manage membership dues and digitally streamline existing TDS processes as well.
Know how SRMIST has collected 4+Crores in alumni membership fees through Vaave’s alumni platform!
2. Digital Alumni Card
Every premium member of the alumni association receives a unique digital membership card. This QR-enabled card serves as an official identity for alumni and strengthens their sense of belonging long after graduation. Alumni associations can use this feature to offer exclusive benefits, access, and recognition making members feel valued and connected to the institution.
This card fosters a sense of exclusivity and reinforces that alumni are part of a privileged network.
Member Benefits:
- Campus Access: Hassle-free entry to campus facilities such as libraries, hostels, auditoriums, and sports amenities like fields, courts, and pools by simply scanning or displaying the ID to security.
- Networking & Career Services: Priority or premium access to mentoring programs, job fairs, exclusive networking events, career events, and closed-door sessions with senior alumni.
- Partner Benefits: Perks such as discounted campus merchandise and offers from partnered brands across fitness, food, travel, certifications, and accommodation can be redeemed using the ID.
- Event Access: Faster check-ins and member-only pricing for reunions, alumni meets, sports events, and family gatherings.
Read our article on the kind of benefits that can be provided to the life members alumni association.
3. Visible Recognition for Paid Members
Paid members are assigned a distinct LM (Life Member) tag, making their contribution visible to all alumni on the portal and easy for the association to recognize at a glance. The member search module also includes a dedicated Life Member filter, allowing you to instantly view all life members in one place. This visible recognition naturally encourages non-paid members to contribute as well, motivating them to become part of the recognized group.
