12. (1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of every Institute.
(2) The Visitor may appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of
any Institute and to hold inquiries into the affairs thereof and to report thereon in such
manner as the Visitor may direct.
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(3) Upon receipt of any such report, the Visitor may take such action and issue such
directions as he considers necessary in respect of any of the matters dealt within the
report and the Institute shall be bound to comply with such directions within a reasonable
time.
13. The following shall be the authorities of an Institute, namely:—
(a) Visitor;
(b) Board of Governors;
(c) Senate;
(d) Finance Committee;
(e) such other authorities or posts as may be declared by the Statutes to be the
authorities of the Institute.
14. (1) The Board of Governors of each Institute shall be the principal policy making
and executive body of the Institute.
(2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(a) Chairperson, an eminent technologist or industrialist or educationist to be
nominated by the Visitor on the recommendation of the Central Government;
(b) one nominee each of the Central Government and the concerned State
Government;
(c) three eminent persons, of which at least one shall be a woman, appointed by
the Board out of industry, research laboratories, and civil society, one from each
category;
(d) two eminent academicians appointed by the Board;
(e) one nominee representing each of the industry partners:
Provided that if there are more than two industry partners then the number of
representatives of industry partners at any time would be limited to two, chosen
amongst themselves by rotation every two years;
(f) Director of an Indian Institute of Technology or a National Institute of
Technology located in the region, to be nominated by the Board;
(g) two members from the faculty of the Institute, preferably one Professor and
one Associate/Assistant Professor, to be nominated by the Senate;
(h) one person from the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes distinguished
in the field of education or industry or social service or public service, to be nominated
by the Board, in case any of the above do not belong to the Scheduled Castes or the
Scheduled Tribes; and
(i) Director of the Institute, ex officio.
(3) Registrar of the concerned Institute shall be the ex officio non-member Secretary of
the Board.
(4) The First Board of Governors shall be notified by the Central Government by
obtaining nominations under sub-section (2), other than the members referred to in clauses
(c), (d), (f) and (h), which shall be decided in the first meeting of the Board of Governors.
15. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, the term of office of the Chairperson
or any other member of the Board, other than an ex officio member, shall be for a period of
three years from the date of nomination.
(2) 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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(3) A member of the Board, other than an ex officio member, who fails to attend three
consecutive meetings of the Board without the leave of absence, shall cease to be a member
of the Board.
(4) One-third of the members of the Board shall form a quorum of the Board, provided
at least three members are from members referred to in clauses other than clauses (e), (g)
and (i) of sub-section (2) of section 14.
(5) The members of the Board shall be entitled to such allowances, as may be laid
down in Statutes, for attending meetings of the Board or as may be convened by the Institute.
16. (1) The Chairperson may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Visitor,
resign his office.
(2) Any member of the Board, except ex officio members, may, by writing under his
hand addressed to the Chairperson, resign his office.
17. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall be responsible for the
general policy making, superintendence, providing direction and shall have the power to
frame, amend, modify or rescind the Statutes and the Ordinances governing the affairs of
the Institute to achieve the objectives specified in section 6.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board shall have the
following powers, namely:—
(a) to decide questions of policy relating to the Institute;
(b) to establish departments, faculties or schools of studies and initiate
programmes or courses of study at the Institute;
(c) to examine and approve the annual budget estimates of the Institute;
(d) to examine and approve the plan for development of the Institute and to
identify sources of finance for implementation of the plan;
(e) to create teaching, academic, administrative, technical and other posts and
to make appointments thereto;
(f) to provide by the Statutes, the qualifications, criteria and processes for
appointment to teaching and other posts in the Institute;
(g) to approve fees and other charges payable for pursuit of studies, courses
or programmes in the Institute;
(h) to make Statutes, subject to provisions of section 32, governing the
administration, management and operations of such Institute;
(i) to grant degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles, and to
institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes and medals; and
(j) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
conferred or imposed by this Act or the Statutes.
(3) The Board may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, delegate
such powers and functions to the Senate or the Director, as the Board may deem fit.
(4) The Board shall put in place policies to make the Institute self-sustaining within a
period of five years.
(5) The Board shall periodically conduct a review of the performance of the Director
with specific reference to the leadership in the achievement of the objectives of the Institute.
(6) The Board shall in exercise of the powers and discharge of functions strive to
provide autonomy in academic matters to the Senate and departments of faculties or schools,
as the case may be.
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(7) Wherein the opinion of the Director or the Chairperson, the situation is so emergent
that an immediate decision needs to be taken in the interest of the Institute, the Chairperson,
in consultation with the Director, may issue such orders as may be necessary, recording in
writing the grounds for the opinion:
Provided that such orders shall be submitted for ratification of the Board in the next
meeting.
18. (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.
19. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, the
Senate shall be the principal academic body of the Institute and shall have the power to
enact, amend or modify the Ordinances governing academic matters and the affairs and
well-being of students.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Senate shall have the
following powers, namely:—
(a) to specify the criteria and procedure for admission to courses or programmes
of study offered by the Institute;
(b) to recommend to the Board creation of teaching and other academic posts,
determination of the number and emoluments of such posts and defining the duties
and conditions of service of teachers and other academic posts;
(c) to recommend to the Board about starting of new programmes or courses
of study;
(d) to specify the broad academic content of programmes and courses of study
and undertake modifications therein;
(e) to specify the academic calendar and approve grant of degrees, diplomas
and other academic distinctions or titles;
(f) to appoint examiners, moderators, tabulators and such other personnel for
different examinations;
(g) to recognise diplomas and degrees of Universities and other Institutes and
to determine equivalence with the diplomas and degrees of the Institute;
(h) to suggest measures for departmental co-ordination;
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(i) to make major recommendations to the Board of Governors on—
(A) measures for improvement of standard of teaching, training and
research;
(B) institution of chairs, fellowships, scholarships, studentships, freeships, medals and prizes and other related matters;
(C) establishment or abolition of departments or centres; and
(D) academic functioning of the Institute, discipline, residence, admissions,
examinations, award of fellowships and studentships, freeships, concessions,
attendance and other related matters;
(j) to appoint sub-committees to advise on such specific matters as may be
referred to by the Board or by itself;
(k) to consider the recommendations of the sub-committees and to take such
action including making of recommendations to the Board as may be required;
(l) to take periodical review of the activities of the departments or centres and
to take appropriate action including making of recommendations to the Board with a
view to maintain and improve the standards of instructions, in the institutions; and
(m) to exercise such other powers and discharge such other functions as may be
assigned to it, by Statutes or otherwise, by the Board.
20. (1) The Finance Committee of each Institute shall consist of the following persons,
namely:—
(a) the Chairperson of the Board shall be the ex officio Chairperson of the
Committee;
(b) one representative of the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Department of Higher Education handling the matters relating to finance,
ex officio;
(c) one representative of the State Government in which the Institute is located,
ex officio;
(d) one representative of the industry partners chosen from amongst themselves;
(e) the Director, ex officio; and
(f) the officer in-charge of finance and accounts of the Institute, ex officio Secretary.
(2) The members of the Finance Committee other than ex officio members shall hold
office for a term of three years.
21. The Finance Committee shall examine the accounts, scrutinise proposals for
expenditure and financial estimates of the Institute and thereafter submit it to the Board
together with its comments for approval.
22. (1) The Chairperson shall ordinarily preside over the meetings of the Board,
Finance Committee and at the convocations of the Institute.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to ensure that the decisions taken by the
Board are implemented.
(3) The Chairperson shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties
as may be assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes.
23. (1) The Director shall be the principal executive officer of the Institute and shall
be responsible for implementation of the decisions of the Board and Senate and for day-today administration of the Institute.
(2) The Director shall be appointed by the Visitor, on such terms and conditions of
service as may be laid down by the Statutes.
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(3) The Director shall be appointed out of the panel of names recommended by a
search-cum-selection committee consisting of—
(a) Chairperson of the Board, who shall be the Chairperson of the search-cumselection committee;
(b) two members, nominated by the Board, from amongst eminent administrators,
industrialists, educationists, scientists, technocrats and management specialists;
(c) nominee of the State Government in which the Institute is located;
(d) nominee of one of the industry partners by rotation;
(e) head of the Bureau, Ministry of Human Resource Development dealing with
Indian Institutes of Information Technology—Member Secretary, ex officio;
(4) The Director shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as may be assigned
under this Act or the Statutes or Ordinances, or as may be delegated by the Board.
(5) The Director shall, except on account of resignation or removal, hold office for a
period of five years from the date of assumption of charge as Director.
(6) The Director may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Chairperson, resign
his office.
(7) The Visitor may remove from office the Director, who —
(a) has been adjudged as insolvent; or
(b) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Visitor, involves
moral turpitude; or
(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Director; or
(d) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially
the functions as a Director; or
(e) has so abused the position or so conducted as to render the continuance in
office prejudicial to the public interest:
Provided that the Director shall not be removed from office except by an order made
by the Visitor, after an enquiry instituted by the Board, in which the Director has been
informed of the charges and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of
those charges.
(8) The Board shall initiate the process of appointment in respect of any vacancy due
to arise for the post of Director on completion of tenure before a period of six months from the
date of arising of such vacancy and that the process of appointment shall be completed
before such vacancy arises.
(9) Where the post of Director falls vacant on account of any reason other than
completion of tenure, the process of appointment shall be initiated by the Board within one
month of such vacancy and process shall be completed as early as possible.
24. (1) The Registrar of every Institute shall be appointed on such terms and conditions
as may be laid down by the Statutes.
(2) The Registrar shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be
assigned to him by the Statutes or by the Director.
(3) The Registrar shall be responsible to the Director for the proper discharge of his
functions.
25. (1) The Institute shall, within five years from the date of establishment and
incorporation under this Act and thereafter at the expiration of every fifth year, constitute,
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with the prior approval of the Board, a review committee or shall appoint an agency as a third
party to evaluate the performance of the Institute and its achievements with respect to its
objectives during the said period.
(2) The review committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall consist of members
of repute in academia or industry, from relevant fields of teaching, learning and research in
such Institute.
(3) The third party agency appointed under sub-section (1) shall have past experience
of conducting such evaluations.
(4) The review committee or the third party agency, as the case may be, shall assess the
performance of Institute and shall submit its report with recommendations on—
(a) the extent of fulfilment of the objects of the Institute mentioned in section 6,
as demonstrated by the state of teaching, learning and research, and its contribution
to the society;
(b) the promotion of transformational research and its impact on industry and
society;
(c) the advancement of fundamental research beyond the current frontiers of
knowledge;
(d) the establishment of the Institute as amongst the global leaders in the area of
information technology;
(e) such other parameters as the Board may consider necessary and specify.
(5) The Board shall place the report of the review committee or the third party agency
in the public domain and on its website and consider the recommendations referred to in
sub-section (3) and take such action as it may deem fit:
Provided that the recommendations of the review committee or the third party agency
along with an explanatory memorandum on the action taken or proposed to be taken,
specifying the reasons thereof, shall be submitted to the Central Government.