             THE FOOTWEAR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ACT, 2017 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I  

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Declaration of Footwear Design and Development Institute as an institution of national importance. 
3.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II  
THE INSTITUTE 

4.  Establishment of Institute. 
5.  Vesting of properties. 
6.  Effect of incorporation of Institute. 
7.  Functions of Institute. 
8.  Power of Governing Council. 
9.  Institute be open to all races, creeds and classes. 
10.  Teaching at Institute. 
11.  Visitor. 
12.  Authorities of Institute. 
13.  The Senate. 
14.  Functions of Senate. 
15.  Functions, powers and duties of Chairperson. 
16.  Managing Director. 
17.  Secretary. 
18.  Executive Director. 
19.  Power and duties of other authorities and officers. 
20.  Grants by Central Government. 
21.  Funds of Institute. 
22.  Setting up of endowment fund.  
23.  Accounts and audit. 
24.  Pension and provident fund. 
25.  Appointment. 
26.  Statutes. 
27.  Statutes how made. 
28.  Ordinances. 
29.  Ordinance how made. 
30.  Tribunal of Arbitration. 

CHAPTER III  
MISCELLANEOUS 

31.  Act and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies. 
32.  Sponsored schemes. 
33.  Power of Institute to grant degree, etc. 
34.  Institute to be public authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005. 
35.  Power of Central Government to make rules. 
36.  Returns and information to be provided to Central Government. 
37.  Transitional provisions. 
38.  Statute and Ordinance to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid before Parliament. 
39.  Power to remove difficulties. 

THE SCHEDULE 

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THE FOOTWEAR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ACT, 2017 

ACT NO. 20 OF 2017 

An  Act  to  establish  and  declare  the  Footwear  Design  and  Development  Institute  as  an  institution  of 
national  importance  for  the  promotion  and  development  of  quality  and  excellence  in  education, 
research  and  training  in  all  disciplines  relating  to  footwear  and  leather  products  design  and 
development and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[4th August, 2017.] 

CHAPTER I  

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Footwear  Design  and 

Development Institute Act, 2017. 

(2) It shall come  into force on such  date1 as the Central Government  may, by notification  in the Official 
Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference to 
the commencement in any such provision of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement 
of that provision. 

2.  Declaration  of  Footwear  Design  and  Development  Institute  as  an  institution  of  national 
importance.—Whereas  the  objects  of  the  institution  known  as  the  Footwear  Design  and  Development 
Institute,  are  such  as  to  make  it  the  institution  of  national  importance,  it  is  hereby  declared  that  the 
Footwear Design and Development Institute is an institution of national importance. 

3. Definition.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a)  “Chairperson”  means  the  Chairperson  of  the  Institute  nominated  under  clause  (a)  of                    

sub-section (3) of section 4; 

(b)  “design”  means  a  rational,  logical  and  sequential  innovation  process  for  the  purposes  of 
transferring culture to viable products and services in footwear and leather products, including fashion 
and retail thereof and for providing a competitive edge to products and services; 

(c) “development” means the systematic use of scientific and technical knowledge to meet specific 
objective or requirements and includes an extension of the theoretical or practical aspects of concepts, 
design, discovery and invention including business thereof; 

(d)  “Executive  Director”  means  the  Executive  Director  of  the  Institute  campus  appointed  under 

section 18; 

(e) “Fund” means the Fund of the institute to be maintained under section 21; 

(f)  “Governing  Council”  means  the  Governing  Council  of  the  Institute  constituted  under                 

sub-section (3) of section 4; 

(g)  “Institute”  means  the  Footwear  Design  and  Development  Institute  established  under                

sub-section (1) of section 4; 

(h) “Institute campus” means an Institute campus specified in the Schedule; 

(i)  “leather  products”  includes  a  product  made  of  leather  or  any  other  material  or  combination 

thereof; 

(j) “Managing Director” means the Managing Director of the Institute appointed under section 16; 

(k) “Member” means a Member of the Governing Council and includes the Chairperson; 

(l) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; 

(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(n) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act; 

1.  16th  October,  2017  vide  notification  No.  S.O.  3248(E)  dated  the  5th  October,  2017,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,              

Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

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(o) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Institute appointed under section 17; 

(p) “Senate” means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 13; 

(q)  “Society”  means  the  Footwear  Design  and  Development  Institute  registered  under  the  Societies 

Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); 

(r)  “Statutes”  and  “Ordinances”  mean  respectively  the  Statutes  and  the  Ordinances  of  the  Institute  made 

under this Act. 

CHAPTER II  
THE INSTITUTE 

4. Establishment of Institute.—(1) On and from the date of commencement of this Act, the Footwear 

Design and Development Institute shall be established as a body corporate by the name aforesaid. 

(2)  The  Institute  shall  have  perpetual  succession  and  a  common  seal  with  power,  subject  to  the 
provisions  of this  Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name, 
sue or be sued. 

(3) The Institute shall consist of a Governing Council having the following Members, namely:— 

(a)  a  Chairperson,  who  shall  be  an  eminent  academician,  scientist,  or  industrialist  from  leather 

sector, to be nominated by the Central Government; 

(b) the Managing Director, ex officio; 

(c)  the  Joint  Secretary  in  the  Ministry  or  Department  in  the  Government  of  India  dealing  with 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, ex officio; 

(d) the Joint Secretary in the Ministry or Department in the Government of India dealing with the 

leather, retail or fashion sector, ex officio;  

(e) the Director Finance of the Ministry or the Department in the Government of India dealing with 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, ex officio; 

(f)  a  representative  of  Ministry  or  Department  in  the  Government  of  India  dealing  with  skill 

development and entrepreneurship, ex officio; 

(g)  four  professionals  or  industrialists  to  represent  the  Council  for  Leather  Exports,  the  Indian 
Leather Garments  Association, the Indian Footwear Components Manufacturers Association, and the 
Confederation of Indian Industry National Committee on Leather, Footwear and Leather Products, to 
be nominated by the Central Government; and 

(h)  one  person  each  from  the  National  Institute  of  Fashion  Technology,  National  Institute  of 
Design,  the  Central  Leather  Research  Institute,  the  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  and  the  Indian 
Institute of Management, to be nominated by the Central Government. 

(4) The term of office of the Chairperson and other Members, other than ex officio Members thereof, 
shall be three years and they shall be entitled for such allowances  as may be determined by the Central 
Government. 

(5) The term of office of the Members nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the remainder 

of the term of the Member in whose place he has been nominated. 

(6) The Governing Council shall meet at least two times in a year at such place and time and observe 
such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be determined by 
the Governing Council. 

(7)  Save  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  section,  the  term  of  office  of  an  ex  officio  member  shall 

continue as long as he holds the office by virtue of which he is a member. 

5.  Vesting  of  properties.—On  and  from  the  date  of  commencement  of  this  Act,  subject  to  the  other 
provisions  of  this  Act,  all  properties  which  had  vested  in  the  Society,  immediately  before  the 
commencement of this Act, shall on and from such commencement, vest in the Institute. 

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6. Effect of incorporation of Institute. —On and from the date of commencement of this Act,— 

(a) any reference to the Society in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a reference 

to the Institute; 

(b) all the rights and liabilities of the Society shall be transferred to, and be the rights and liabilities 

of, the Institute; 

(c) every person employed by the Society, immediately before the appointed day, shall hold office 
or service in the Institute by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the same terms and 
conditions  and with the same rights  and privileges  as  to pension, leave, gratuity, provident fund and 
other matters as he would have held the same, if this Act had not been passed, and shall continue to be 
so,  unless  and  until  his  employment  is  terminated  or  until  such  tenure,  remuneration,  terms  and 
conditions are duly altered by the Statutes: 

Provided that if the alteration so made is not acceptable to such employee, his employment may be 
terminated  by  the  Institute  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  contract  with  the  employee  or,  if  no 
provision is made therein in this behalf, on payment to him by the Institute of compensation equivalent 
to  three  months’  remuneration  in  the  case  of  permanent  employee  and  one  month’s  remuneration  in 
the case of other employee; 

(d) every person pursuing, before the date of commencement of this Act, any academic or research 
course  in  existing  Institute  campus,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  migrated  and  registered  with  the 
corresponding  Institute  campus  on  such  commencement  at  the  same  level  of  study  in  the  Institute 
campus from which such person migrated; and 

(e) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted or which could have been instituted by or against 
the Society, immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be continued or instituted by or 
against the Institute. 

7. Functions of Institute.—The functions of the Institute shall be— 

(i) to nurture and promote quality and excellence in education and research in the areas of footwear 

and leather products design and development and allied fields thereof; 

(ii)  develop  and  conduct  courses  leading  to  graduate  and  post-graduate  degrees,  doctoral  and          

post-doctoral  courses  and  research  in  the  areas  of  footwear  and  leather  products  design  and 
development and allied fields thereof; 

(iii) to hold examinations and grant degrees, diplomas, certificates, or any other qualification; 

(iv)  to  institute  fellowships,  scholarships  and  confer  awards,  honorary  degrees  or  other  academic 

distinctions or titles; 

(v)  to  co-operate,  associate  and  collaborate  with  educational  or  other  institutions,  research 
organisations  or bodies  corporate in any part of the world having  objects  wholly or partly similar to 
those  of  the  Institute  by  exchange  of  faculty  members,  students,  staff and  scholars  and  generally  in 
such manner as may be conducive to their common objective; 

(vi) to conduct courses for teachers, technologists and other professionals in the areas of footwear 

and leather products design and development and allied fields thereof; 

(vii)  to  undertake  research,  survey,  and  studies  and  application  thereof,  for  improved  quality  and 

design, testing, and international marketing; 

(viii)  to  provide  consultancy,  testing,  inspection,  certification,  project  implementation  and  design 

support to the institutions and industries in any part of the world; 

(ix) to develop an international centre for creation and transmission of information, with focus on 

educational, professional and industrial commitments; 

(x)  to  conduct  skill  development  programs  and  to  provide  technical  assistance  to  artisans, 

craftsmen, manufacturers, designers and exporters; 

(xi) to design, develop, amend, update curriculums of the academic programs and training materials 

as per the sector’s requirement and change of technology; 

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(xii)  to  acquire  any  patent  or  license  relating  to  such  invention,  improvement  or  design  or 

standardisation marks whether for general or specific purposes; 

(xiii)  to  establish,  form  and  maintain  museums,  libraries  and  collections  of  literature  and  films, 

slides, photographs, prototypes and other information; 

(xiv) to function as a National resource centre for curriculum development, training the trainers and 

support skill development in the leather sector overall; 

(xv) to frame the Statutes and the Ordinances and to alter, modify or rescind the same; and 

(xvi) to do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or 

any of the objects of the Institute. 

8. Powers of Governing Council.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Governing Council, 
under  overall  control  of  the  Central  Government,  shall  be  responsible  for  the  general  superintendence, 
direction and control of the affairs of the Institute and shall exercise all the powers 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 Governing Council shall— 

(a) take decisions on questions of policy relating to the administration and working of the Institute; 

(b) institute academic and other posts and to make appointments thereto (except in the case of the 

Managing Director, Secretary and Executive Director); 

(c) frame the Statutes and the Ordinances and to alter, modify or rescind the same; 

(d) consider and pass resolutions on the annual report, the annual audited accounts and the budget 
estimates  of  the  Institute  for  the  next  financial  year  as  it  thinks  fit  together  with  a  statement  of  its 
development plans; 

(e) receive  gifts, grants, donations  or benefactions  from the Government and to receive bequests, 
donations and transfers of movable or immovable properties from the testators, donors or transferors, 
as the case may be; and 

(f) do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of 

the aforesaid powers. 

(3) The Governing Council 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. 

(4)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-section  (2)  of  section  4,  the  Governing  Council  shall 
not  dispose  of  in  any  manner  any  immovable  property  without  the  prior  approval  of  the  Central 
Government. 

(5) The Central Government may appoint one or more persons to review the work and  progress  of the 
Institute and to hold inquiries into the affairs thereof and to report thereon in such manner as the Central 
Government may direct. 

(6)  Upon  receipt  of  any  such  report,  the  Central  Government  may  take  such  action  and  issue  such 
directions as it considers necessary in respect of any of the matters dealt within the report and the Institute 
shall be bound to comply with such directions. 

(7)  The  Central  Government  shall  have  the  power  to  remove  Chairperson  or  other  Members  or 

reconstitute the Governing Council, if it considers it appropriate to do so. 

(8)  No  Chairperson  or  Member  shall  be  removed  under  sub-section  (7)  unless  he  has  been  given  a 

reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter. 

9. Institute be open to all races, creeds and classes.—(1) The Institute shall be open to persons of all 
sex and of whatever race, creed, caste or class, and no test or condition shall be imposed as to religious 
belief  or  profession  in  admitting  or  appointing  members,  students,  teachers  or  workers  or  in  any  other 
connection whatsoever. 

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(2)  No  bequest,  donation  or  transfer  of  any  property  shall  be  accepted  by  the  Institute,  which  in  the 
opinion of the Governing Council involves  conditions or obligations  opposed to the spirit and object of 
this section. 

10. Teaching at Institute.—All teaching at the campuses of the Institute shall be conducted by or in 

the name of the Institute in accordance with the Statutes and the Ordinances made in this behalf. 

11.  Visitor.—The President of India shall be the Visitor of the Institute. 

12. Authorities of Institute.—The following shall be the authorities of the Institute, namely:— 

(a) a Governing council; 

(b) a Senate; and 

(c) such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the Institute. 

13. The Senate.—The Senate of the Institute shall consist of the following persons, namely:— 

(a) the Managing Director, ex officio who shall be the Chairperson of the Senate; 

(b) the Secretary, ex officio; 

(c) the Executive Directors of all Institute campus, ex officio; 

(d) all Senior Professors of the Institute; 

(e)  three  persons,  not  being  employees  of  the  Institute,  to  be  nominated  by  the  Chairperson  in 
consultation with the Managing Director, from amongst educationists of repute, from the fields of footwear, 
science, engineering and humanities and one of them shall be woman; 

(f)  one  alumnus  of  the  Institute  to  be  nominated  by  the  Chairperson  in  consultation  with  the  Managing 

Director by rotation; and 

(g) such other members of the staff as may be laid down in the Statutes. 

14. Functions  of Senate.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, the Senate of 
the Institute shall be the principal academic body of the Institute and shall have the control and general regulation, and be 
responsible for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examinations in the Institute and shall exercise 
such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Statutes. 

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Senate shall have the following powers, namely:— 

(a) to specify the criteria and process for admission to courses or programmes of study by the Institute; 

(b)  to  recommend  to  the  Governing  Council  for  creation  of  teaching  and  other  academic  posts, 
determination  of  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 Governing Council for commencement of new programmes and course of 

study; 

(d)  to  specify  academic  contents  of  programmes  and  course  of  study  and  to  undertake 

modifications therein; 

(e)  to  specify  the  academic  calendar and  approve  grant  of  degrees,  diplomas  and  other  academic 

distinctions or titles; and 

(f) to exercise such other powers  and discharge such other functions  as  may be assigned to it, by 

Statutes or by the Governing Council. 

15. Functions, powers  and duties  of Chairperson.—(1) The Chairperson shall ordinarily preside at 

the meetings of the Governing Council and at the Convocations of the Institute. 

(2)  The  Chairperson  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 

assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes. 

(3)  The  Chairperson  shall  have  the  authority  to  review  periodically  the  work  and  progress  of  the 

Institute and to order enquiries into the affairs of the Institute. 

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16.  Managing  Director.—(1)  The  Managing  Director  of  the  Institute  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Central  Government  for  a  tenure  of  five  years  and  on  such  terms  and  conditions  of  services  as  may  be 
prescribed. 

(2)  The  Managing  Director  shall  be  the  principal  executive  officer  of  the  Institute  and  shall  be 
responsible for the proper administration of the Institute and for imparting of instruction and maintenance 
of discipline therein. 

(3) The Managing Director shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be 
assigned to him by this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances or delegated by the Governing Council or the 
Senate. 

(4) The Managing Director shall submit annual reports and accounts to the Governing Council. 

(5) The Central Government shall have the power to remove the Managing Director before the tenure of 
five years, if it considers it appropriate to do so on the grounds of misconduct or incapacity after giving him 
an opportunity of being heard in the matter. 

(6)  The  Managing  Director  shall  be  responsible  for  the  implementation  of  the  decision  of  the 

Governing Council and the Senate. 

17. Secretary.—(1) The Secretary of the Institute shall be appointed by the Central Government. for a 

tenure of five years and on such terms and conditions of service as may be prescribed. 

(2) The Secretary shall act as the Secretary of the Governing Council, the Senate and such committees 

as may be specified by the Statutes. 

(3)  The  Secretary  shall  be  responsible  to  the  Managing  Director  for  the  proper  discharge  of  his 

functions. 

(4) The Secretary shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned 

to him by this Act or the Statutes or the Managing Director. 

18. Executive Director.—(1) The Executive Director of each Institute campus shall be appointed by 
the Central Government for a tenure of five years and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed 
and  shall  exercise  such  powers  and  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  this  Act  or  the 
Statutes or by the Managing Director. 

(2)  The  Executive  Director  shall  be  the  principal  academic  and  executive  officer  of  the  Institute 
campus and shall be responsible for the implementation of the decision of the Governing Council and the 
Senate  and  the  day-to-day  administration  of  the  Institute  campus  in  consultation  with  the  Managing 
Director. 

19. Power and duties  of other  authorities  and officers.—The powers and duties of authorities and 

officers, other than those hereinbefore mentioned, shall be determined by the Statutes. 

20.  Grants  by  Central  Government.—For  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  Institute  to  discharge  its 
functions  efficiently  under  this  Act,  the  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament by  law  in this  behalf, pay to the Institute in  each financial  year such sums  of  money and  in 
such manner as it may think fit. 

21. Funds of Institute.—(1) The Institute shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited— 

(a) all moneys provided by the Central Government; 

(b) all fees and other charges received by the Institute; 

(c)  all  moneys  received  by  the  Institute  by  way  of  loans,  grants,  gifts,  donations,  benefactions, 

bequests or transfers; and 

(d) all moneys received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2) All moneys credited to the Fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as the 

Institute may, with the approval of the Governing Council decide. 

(3) The Fund shall be applied towards meeting the expenses of the Institute, including expenses incurred 

in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its duties under this Act. 

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22. Setting up of endowment fund.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 21, the Central 

Government may direct the Institute to— 

(a) set-up an endowment fund and any other fund for specified purpose; and 

(b) transfer money from its Fund to endowment fund or any other fund. 

23. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Institute shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  accounts,  including  the  balance  sheet,  in  such  form  as  may  be 
specified,  in  accordance  with  such  general  directions  as  may  be  issued  by  the  Central  Government  in 
consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(2) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and 
any  expenditure  incurred  by  him  in  connection  with  such  audit  shall  be  payable  by  the  Institute  to  the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(3)  The  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  and  any  person  appointed  by  him  in  connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institute  shall  have  the  same  rights,  privileges  and  authority  in 
connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, generally has in connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  Government  accounts,  and,  in  particular,  shall  have  the  right  to  demand  the 
production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of 
the offices of the Institute. 

(4) The accounts of the Institute as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India  any other 
person appointed by him in this behalf, together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually 
to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  each  House  of 
Parliament. 

24. Pension and provident fund.—(1) The Institute shall constitute, for the benefit of its employees, 
including the Managing Director in such  manner and  subject to such conditions  as may be specified by 
the Statutes, such pension, insurance and provident funds as it may consider necessary. 

(2) Where any such provident fund has been so constituted, the Central Government may declare that 
the  provisions  of  the  Provident  Funds  Act,  1925  (19  of  1925),  shall  apply  to  such  fund  as  if  it  were  a 
Government Provident Fund.  

25.  Appointment.—All appointments of the staff of the Institute, except that of the Managing Director, 
Secretary and Executive Director shall be  made  in accordance  with the  procedure  laid  down  in the Statutes 
by— 

(a) the Governing Council, if the appointment is made on the academic staff in the post of Assistant 
Professor  or  above  or  if  the  appointment  is  made  on  the  non-academic  staff  in  any  cadre,  the 
maximum of the pay scale for which is the same or higher than that of Assistant Professor; and 

(b) the Managing Director, in any other case. 

26.  Statutes.—  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the  Statutes  may  provide  for  all  or  any  of  the 

following matters, namely:— 

(a)  the  formation  of  departments  of  teaching,  centre  of  research,  establishment  of  workshops, 

laboratories, studios; 

(b) the institution of fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

(c) the classification, term of office, qualification, the method of appointment and the determination 

of the terms and conditions of service of officers, teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

(d) the reservation of posts for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other backward categories 

of person as may be determined by the Central Government; 

(e)  the  constitution  of  pension,  insurance  and  provident  funds  for  the  benefit  of  the  officers, 

teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

(f) the constitution, powers and duties of the authorities of the Institute; 

(g) the manner of filling up of vacancies among members of the Governing Council; 

(h) the authentication of the orders and decisions of the Governing Council; 

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(i) the meetings of the Governing Council, Senate or any Committee, the quorum at such meetings and 

the procedure to be followed in the conduct of their business; 

(j) conferment of honorary degree; 

(k) the establishment and maintenance of halls and hostels; 

(l) the conditions of residence of students of the Institute and the levying of the fees for residence in 

the halls and hostels and other charges; and 

(m) any other matter which by this Act is to be or may be specified by the Statutes. 

27.  Statutes  how  made.—(1)  The  first  Statutes  of  the  Institute  shall  be  framed  by  the  Governing 
Council with the previous approval of the Visitor and shall be laid as soon as may be before each House 
of Parliament. 

(2) The  Governing Council  may, from time to time,  make  new  or additional Statutes or  may amend  or 

repeal the Statutes in the manner hereafter in this section provided. 

(3) Every new Statute or addition to the Statute or any amendment or repeal of a Statute shall require 

the previous approval of the Visitor who may remit it to the Governing Council for consideration. 

(4) A new Statute or a Statute amending or repealing an existing Statute shall have no validity unless it 

has been assented to by the Visitor. 

28.  Ordinances.—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  Statutes,  the  Ordinances  of  the 

Institute may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the admission of the students to the Institute; 

(b) the reservation for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes  and other backward categories 

of persons; 

(c) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees, diplomas and certificates of the Institute; 

(d)  the  conditions  under  which  students  shall  be  admitted  to  the  degree,  diploma  and  certificate 

courses and to the examinations of the Institute and award of degrees, diplomas and certificates; 

(e) the conditions for award of fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

(f)  the  conditions  and  mode  of  appointment  and  duties  of  examining  body,  examiners  and 

moderators; 

(g) the conduct of examinations; 

(h) the maintenance of discipline among the students of the Institute; 

(i) the fees to be charged for courses of study in the Institute and for admission to the examinations of 

degrees, diplomas and certificates of the Institute; and 

(j)  any  other  matter  which  by  this  Act  or  the  Statutes  is  to  be  or  may  be  provided  for  by  the 

Ordinances. 

29. Ordinance how made.—(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, Ordinances shall be made 

by the Senate. 

(2)  All  Ordinances  made  by  the  Senate  shall  have  effect  from  such  date  as  it  may  direct,  but  every 
Ordinance so made shall be submitted, as soon as may be, to the Governing Council and shall be considered 
by the Governing Council at its next succeeding meeting. 

(3)  The  Governing  Council  shall  have  power  by  resolution  to  modify  or  cancel  any  such  Ordinance 
and such Ordinance shall from the date of such resolution stand modified accordingly or cancelled, as the 
case may be. 

30.  Tribunal of Arbitration.—(1) Any dispute arising out of a contract between the Institute and any of 
its employees shall, at the request of the employee concerned or at the instance of the Institute, be referred to 
a Tribunal of Arbitration consisting of one member appointed by the Institute, one member nominated by the 
employee and an umpire appointed by the Visitor. 

(2) The decision of the Tribunal of Arbitration shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court. 
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(3)  No  suit  or  proceeding  shall  lie  in  any  court  in  respect  of  any  matter  which  is  required  by              

sub-section (1) to be referred to the Tribunal of Arbitration. 

(4) The Tribunal of Arbitration shall have power to regulate its own procedure. 

(5) Nothing in any law for the time being in force relating to arbitration shall apply to arbitration under 

this section. 

CHAPTER III  
MISCELLANEOUS 

31. Act and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies.—No act of the Institute or Governing 
Council  or  Senate  or  any  other  body  set-up  under  this  Act  or  the  Statutes,  shall  be  invalid  merely  by 
reason of— 

(a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution thereof; or 

(b) any defect in the election, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof; 

or 

(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case. 

32. Sponsored schemes.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, whenever the Institute receives 
funds  from  any  Government,  the  University  Grants  Commission  or  any  other  agency,  including  industry 
sponsoring a research scheme or a consultancy assignment or a teaching programme or a chaired professorship 
or a scholarship, etc., to be executed or endowed at the Institute— 

(a) the amount received shall be kept by the Institute separately from the Fund of the Institute and 

utilised only for the purpose of the scheme; and 

(b)  the  staff  required  to  execute  the  same  shall  be  recruited  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 

conditions stipulated by the sponsoring organisations: 

Provided  that  any  money  remaining  unutilised  shall  be  transferred  to  the  endowment  fund  created 

under section 22 of this Act. 

33.  Power  of  Institute  to  grant  degree,  etc.—The  Institute  shall  have  the  power  to  grant  degrees, 
diplomas,  certificates  and  other  academic  distinctions  under  this  Act,  which  shall  be  equivalent  to  such 
corresponding degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions granted by any University or 
Institute established or incorporated under any other law for the time being in force. 

34. Institute to be public authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005.—The provisions of 
the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) shall apply to the Institute, as if it were a public authority 
as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. 

35.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by 

notification, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

(2)  In  particular  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a)  the  manner  of  appointment  of  the  Managing  Director,  Secretary  and  Executive  Director  and 

terms and conditions of his services; 

(b)  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  Managing  Director,  Secretary  and  the  Executive 
Director  under  sub-section  (1)  of  section  16,  sub-section  (1)  of  section  17  and  sub-section  (1)  of 
section 18; 

(c) the form and  manner in which the books  of account of the Institute shall be  maintained under 

sub-section (1) of section 23; and 

(d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed. 

(3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House 
of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or 
in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session 
or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses 
agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of 

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no  effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without 
prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. 

36. Returns and information to be provided to Central Government.—The Institute shall furnish to the 
Central  Government  such  returns  or  other  information  with  respect  to  policies  or  activities  as  the  Central 
Government may, for the purpose of reporting to Parliament or for the making of policy, from time to time, 
require. 

37. Transitional provisions.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act— 

(a) the Governing Council of the Society functioning as such, immediately before the commencement 
of this Act shall continue to so function until a new Governing Council is constituted for the Institute under 
this Act, but on the constitution of a new Governing Council under this Act the members of the Governing 
Council holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office; 

(b)  until  the  first Statutes  and  the  Ordinances  are  made  under  this  Act,  the  rules  and  regulations, 
instructions  and guidelines  of the Society as  in force, immediately before the commencement of this 
Act, shall continue to apply to the Institute insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of 
this Act; and 

(c) any student who joined classes of the existing Institute on or after the academic year 2012-2013 or 
completed the course on or after the academic year 2013-2014 shall for the purposes of clause (iii) of section 7, 
be deemed to have pursued a course  of  study in the existing Institute if such student has not already been awarded 
degree or diploma for the same course of study. 

38.    Statute  and  Ordinance  to  be  published  in  the  Official  Gazette  and  to  be  laid  before 
Parliament.—(1)  Every  Statute  or  Ordinance  made  under  this  Act  shall  be  published  in  the  Official 
Gazette. 

(2) Every Statute or Ordinance made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before 
each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in 
one  session  or  in  two  or  more  successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  immediately 
following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in 
the Statute or Ordinance or both Houses agree that the Statute or Ordinance should not be made, the Statute or 
Ordinance shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, 
however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of  anything 
previously done under that Statute or Ordinance. 

(3) The power to make Statutes or Ordinances shall include the power to give retrospective effect with 
the approval of the Central Government from a date not earlier than the date of commencement of this Act 
to  Statutes  or  Ordinances  or  any  of  them  but  no  retrospective  effect  shall  be  given  to  any  Statute  or 
Ordinance so as to prejudicially affect the interests of any person to whom such Statutes or Ordinances may 
be applicable. 

39. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) lf any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this 
Act,  the  Central  Government  may,  by  order  published  in  the  Official  Gazette,  make  such  provision  or 
give  such  direction  not  inconsistent  with  the  purposes  of  this  Act,  as  appears  to  it  to  be  necessary  or 
expedient for removing the difficulty: 

Provided  that  no  such  order  shall  be  made  after  the  expiry  of  two  years  from  the  date  of 

commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 

House of Parliament. 

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(1) 

1. 

Name of the  
State 

(2) 

  Uttar Pradesh 

2. 

  Tamil Nadu 

3. 

  West Bengal 

4. 

  Haryana 

5. 

  Rajasthan 

6. 

  Uttar Pradesh 

7. 

  Madhya Pradesh 

8. 

  Madhya Pradesh 

9. 

  Bihar 

10. 

  Telengana 

11. 

  Gujarat 

12. 

  Punjab 

THE SCHEDULE  

[See section 3(h)] 

INSTITUTE CAMPUSES 

Name and address of the existing Institute campus and 

its location 

(3) 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, A-10/A,             
Sector-24, Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar, Pin-201301. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Plot No: E-1, 
SIPCOT Industrial Park, Irrungattukotai, Kancheepuram. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Kolkata Leather 
Complex, Mouzakariadanga, J.L No-32 and Gangapur, J.L 
No-35, Kolkata. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Plot No- 1, 
Sector-31 B, IMT Rohtak. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute,Village Mandor, 
Tehsil Jodhpur, District- Jodhpur. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Sultanpur Road, 
Fursatganj, Raebareli, Pin-229302. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Corner Plot, 
Khasara No: 31, Nagpur-Batil Road, Immlikhera Chowk, 
Chhindwara. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Gram Maharajpura 
Panchayat, Hari Pur, Phawa No-42, Survey No.571/158, 61/1/1/1 
on Gram Puraposar Road, Guna. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Plot No P-6, 
Megha Industrial Area, Moza Dumri, Arra Road, Patna. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, LIDCAP 
Campus, HS Durga, Gachibowli, Bidar-Hyderabad Road, 
Hyderabad. 
Footwear Design and Development Institute, Plot No H-3301, 
Near ESIC Hospital, Ankleshwar Industrial Estate, 
Ankleshwar. 

Footwear Design and Development Institute, District SAS 
Nagar (Mohali), Chandigarh-Patiala Highway, Chandigarh. 

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