Act Number: 30

Act Name: The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014

Year: 2014

Enactment Date: 2014-12-08

Long Title: An Act to declare certain institutions of information technology to be institutions of national importance, with a view to develop new knowledge in information technology and to provide manpower of global standards for the information technology industry and to provide for certain other matters connected with such institutions or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 3: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
         (a) "Board", in relation to any Institute, means the Board of Governors referred to in sub-section (1) of section 13;
         (b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board of Governors appointed under sub-section (2) of section 13;
         (c) "Council" means the Council established under sub-section (1) of section 40;
         (d) "Director" means the Director of the Institute;
         (e) "existing Institute" means the institute mentioned in column (3) of the Schedule;
         (f) "Institute" means any of the institutions mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule;
         (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
         (h) "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Act;
         (i) "Senate", in relation to any Institute, means the Senate thereof;
         (j) "Statutes" and "Ordinances", in relation to any Institute, means the Statutes and Ordinances of the Institute made under this Act.
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