1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Institutes of Information Technology
(Public-private Partnership) Act, 2017.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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PART II — Section 1
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REGISTERED NO. DL—(N)04/0007/2003—17
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 9th August, 2017/Shravana 18, 1939 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
9th August, 2017 and is hereby published for general information:—
2. Whereas the objects of the Institutes mentioned in the Schedule are such as to make
them institutions of national importance, it is hereby declared that each such Institute is an
institution of national importance.
3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "appointed day" means the date of establishment of the Institutes established
under sub-section (2) of section 4;
(b) "Board", in relation to any Institute, means the Board of Governors referred
to in sub-section (1) of section 14;
(c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under
sub-section (2) of section 14;
(d) "Co-ordination Forum" means the Co-ordination Forum established under
sub-section (1) of section 38;
(e) "Director" means the Director of the Institute;
(f) "existing Institute" means the Institute mentioned in column (3) of the
Schedule;
(g) "industry partner" means an individual, or a trust established under the Indian
Trusts Act, 1882, or a company established under the Companies Act, 2013, or society
formed and registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or a financial
institution or a combination of one or more of such industry partners;
(h) "Institute" means any of the institutions mentioned in column (5) of the
Schedule and such other Institutes established under section 11;
(i) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the
expression "notify" shall be construed accordingly;
(j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k) "public-private partnership " means such partnership under a scheme of the
Central Government which provides for establishment of Institute involving
collaboration between the Central Government, the State Government and industry
partners;
(l) "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Act;
(m) "Senate", in relation to any Institute, means the Senate thereof;
(n) "Statutes" and "Ordinances", in relation to any Institute, mean the Statutes
and Ordinances of the Institute made under this Act.