Act Number: 23

Act Name: The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-private Partnership) Act, 2017

Year: 2017

Enactment Date: 2017-08-09

Long Title: An Act to declare certain Indian Institutes of Information Technology established under public-private partnership as 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 18: Senate.
    (1) The Senate of every Institute shall consist of the following persons, namely:—
         (a) the Director of the Institute who shall be the ex officio Chairperson of the Senate;
         (b) all Deans, ex officio;
         (c) heads of all departments, faculties or schools, ex officio, as the case may be, of the Institute;
         (d) all full-time professors other than the Deans or heads of the Departments;
         (e) three persons from amongst educationists of repute or persons from another field related to the activities of the Institute who are not in service of the Institute, nominated by the Board;
         (f) three persons who are not members of teaching staff co-opted by the Senate for their specialised knowledge; and
         (g) Registrar of the Institute, ex officio Secretary.
     (2) The term of office of members nominated under clauses (e) and (f) shall be for a period of two years from the date of nomination.
     (3) The term of office of an ex officio member shall continue so long as the member holds the office by virtue of which he is a member.
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