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 13: Functions of Board.
    (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board of any Institute shall be responsible for the general superintendence, direction and control of the affairs of the Institute and shall exercise all the powers of the Institute not otherwise provided for by this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, and shall have the power to review the acts of the Senate.
     (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board of any Institute shall--
         (a) take decisions on questions of policy relating to the administration and working of the Institute;
         (b) institute courses of study at the Institute;
         (c) make Statutes;
         (d) institute and appoint persons to academic as well as other posts in the Institute;
         (e) consider and modify or cancel Ordinances;
         (f) consider an pass resolutions on the annual report, the annual accounts and the budget estimates of the Institute for the next financial year as it thinks fit and submit them to the Council together with a statement of its development plans;
         (g) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by this Act or the Statutes.
     (3) The Board shall have the power to appoint such committees as it considers necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this Act.
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