Act Number: 59

Act Name: The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961

Year: 1961

Enactment Date: 1961-12-19

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 9: Visitor.
    (1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of every Institute.
     (2) The Visitor may appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of any Institute and to hold inquiries into the affairs thereof and to report thereon in such manner as the Visitor may direct.
     (3) Upon receipt of any such report, the Visitor may take such action and issue such directions as he considers necessary in respect of any of the matters dealt with in the report and the Institute shall be bound to comply with such directions.
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