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 34: Chairman of Council.
    (1) The Chairman of the Council shall ordinarily preside at the meetings of the Council.
     (2) It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Council to ensure that the decisions taken by the Council are implemented.
     (3) The Chairman shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as are assigned to him by this Act.
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