National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007
No: 29 Dated: Jun, 05 2007
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007
Act No. 29 of 2007
An Act to declare certain institutions of technology, science education and research to be Institutions of national importance and to provide for instructions and research in branches of engineering, technology, management, education, sciences and arts and for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in such branches and for certain other matters connected with such institutions.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007.
(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 institution mentioned in the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule are such as to make them Institutions of national importance, it is hereby declared that each such institute 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) “Chairperson”, means the Chairperson of the Board;
(c) “Corresponding Institute”, in relation to a society mentioned in column (2) of the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule means the Institute as specified in column (3) of the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule;
(d) “Council”, means the Council established under sub-section (1) of section 30
(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 column (3) of 4 the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule;
(h) “Notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(i) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(j) “Registrar” in relation to any Institute, means the Registrar thereof;
(k) “Schedule” means the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule;
(l) “Senate” in relation to any Institute, means the Senate thereof;
(m) “Society” means any of the societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) and mentioned in column (2) of the the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule;
(n) “Statutes and Ordinances”, in relation to any Institute, means the Statutes and Ordinances of that Institute made under this Act.
CHAPTER II
THE INSTITUTES
4. Incorporation of Institutes.—(1) Each of the Institutes mentioned in column (3) of the 2 the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, by its name, sue and be sued.
(1A) The Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur shall be deemed to have been incorporated under this Act, and on such incorporation, be called the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur.
(2) The body corporate constituting each of the said Institutes shall consist of a Chairperson, a Director and other members of the Board for the time being of the institute.