West Bengal State Council Of Technical Education Act, 1995
No: 21 Dated: Jan, 10 1996
THE WEST BENGAL STATE COUNCIL OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT, 1995
West Bengal Act XXI of 1995
An Act to provide for the establishment of an autonomous State Council of Technical Education in West Bengal.
Whereas there are guidelines laid down by the All-India Council for Technical Education and the Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. S.K. Sen, the then Vice-Chancellor, Jadavpur University, for the setting up of an autonomous State Council for Technical Education as a statutory body;
And whereas it is expedient to establish a State Council of Technical Education in West Bengal, keeping in view the guidelines laid down by the Expert Committee as aforesaid in order to re-organise the present set-up of the State Council for Engineering and Technical Education, West Bengal, so as to develop the standard of technical education in West Bengal and to make that standard at par with the standard prevailing at all-India level, to implement the programme of strengthening the technical education, and to monitor the performance of affiliated polytechnics;
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education Act, 1995.
(2) It Shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "affiliated" in relation to a polytechnic or a technical institution means affiliated to the Council under this Act;
(b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Council;
(c) "Council" means the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education established under this Act;
(d) "Fund" means the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education Fund referred to in sub-section (1) of section 20;
(e) "member" means a member of the Council, and includes the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman;
(f) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(g) "polytechnic" means an institution in which instruction is provided for courses of study in technical education leading to a diploma of the Council;
(h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) "recognised" in relation to an affiliated polytechnic or technical institution means recognised by the All-India Council for Technical Education;
(j) "regulation" means a regulation made under this Act;
(k) "rule" means a rule made by the State Government under this Act;
(l) "technical education" means a systematic course of instruction, research and training in the subject of engineering, technology, architecture, management, pharmacy, applied arts and crafts and such other subject as the State Government, in consultation with the Council, may, by notification, declare;
(m) "technical institution" means an educational institution in which instruction is provided for courses of study in engineering, technology, or management leading to any diploma or post-diploma certificate, and includes such other institutions as the State Government, in consultation with the Council, may, by notification, declare as technical institutions.
CHAPTER II
The Council
3. Establishment and incorporation of Council. - (1) The State Government shall, as soon as may be after this Act comes into force, establish a Council to be called the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education.
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, shall be entitled to acquire, hold and dispose of property, to enter into contracts and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act, and shall by its name sue and be sued.
(3) The head office of the Council shall be located at Calcutta and the Council may, with the prior approval of the State Government, establish offices at any other places in West Bengal.