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 11: Board of Governors.
    The Board of an Institute shall consist of the following persons, namely:--
         (a) the Chairman, to be nominated by the Visitor;
         (b) the Director, ex officio;
         (c) one person to be nominated by the Government of each of the States comprising the zone in which the Institute is situated, from among persons who, in the opinion of that Government, are technologists or industrialists of repute;
         (d) four persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of education, engineering or science, to be nominated by the Council; and
         (e) two professors of the Institute, to be nominated by the Senate:
     1[Provided that in the case of the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,--
         (a) the Board of such Institute shall consist of Vice-Chairman to be nominated, after a period of three years from the commencement of the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012 (34 of 2012), by the Executive Council referred to in clause (d) of section 2 of the Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915 (16 of 1915), from amongst its members including its Vice-Chancellor;"
         (b) four persons to be nominated under clause (d), out of which two persons to be nominated by the Executive Council referred to in clause (d) of section 2 of the Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915 (16 of 1915), from amongst its members including its Vice-Chancellor.]
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Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 34 of 2012, s. 8 (w.e.f. 29-6-2012).
2. The Explanation omitted by Act 34 of 2012, s. 8 (w.e.f. 29-6-2012).
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