Institutes of Technology Act, 1961
No: 59 Dated: Dec, 19 1961
THE INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY ACT, 1961
ACT NO. 59 OF 1961
An Act to declare certain institutions of technology to be institutions of national importance and to provide for certain matters connected with such institutions and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Declaration of certain institutions as institutions of national importance.—Whereas the objects of the institutions known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, [the College of Engineering and Technology, Delhi,] [the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam] the Indian Institute of Technology, [Kanpur, the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras [the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee]], the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhi Nagar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar [and the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi] are such as to make them institutions of national importance, it is hereby declared that each such institution is an institution of national importance.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board”, in relation to any Institute, means the Board of Governors thereof;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(c) “corresponding Institute” means,—
(i) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay;
[(ia) in relation to the society known as the College of Engineering and Technology, Delhi, the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi;]
[(ib) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
(ii) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) Society, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,
(iii) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras;
[(iv) in relation to the University of Roorkee, Roorkee, the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee;]
(v) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar;
(vi) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar;
(vii) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad;
(viii) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore;
(ix) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Rajasthan, the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur;
(x) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi;
(xi) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna;
(xii) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Punjab, the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar;
(xiii) in relation to the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, referred to in Statute 25(A)(1) of the Statutes set out in the Schedule to the Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915 (16 of 1915), the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi;]
[(xiv) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, the Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati;
(xv) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, the Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad;
(xvi) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Goa, the Indian Institute of Technology, Goa;
(xvii) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad;
(xviii) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai;
(xix) in relation to the society known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu;
(xx) in relation to the society known as the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.
(d) “Council” means the Council established under sub-section (1) of section 31;
(e) “Deputy Director”, in relation to any Institute, means the Deputy Director thereof;
(f) “Director”, in relation to any Institute, means the Director thereof;
(g) “Institute” means any of the Institutions mentioned in section 2 and includes the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, incorporated under the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) Act, 1956 (5 of 1956);
[(ga) “Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University” means the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, referred to in Statute 25(A)(1) of the Statutes set out in the Schedule to the Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915 (16 of 1915);]
[(gb) “Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad” means the society known as the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad;]
(h) “Registrar”, in relation to any Institute, means the Registrar thereof;
(i) “Senate”, in relation to any Institute, means the Senate thereof;