THE INDIAN INSTITUTES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  
(PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP) 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 certain institutions as institutions of national importance. 
3.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

THE INSTITUTES 

4.  Incorporation of Institutes. 
5.  Effect of incorporation of Institutes.  
6.  Objects of Institute. 
7.  Powers and functions of Institute. 
8.  Institutes to be open to all races, creeds and classes. 
9.  Teaching at Institute. 
10.  Institute to be a distinct legal entity not-for-profit.  
11.  Establishment of Institute by Central Government, State Government and industry partners. 

CHAPTER III 

AUTHORITIES OF INDIAN INSTITUTES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  
ESTABLISHED IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 

12.  Visitor. 
13.  Authorities of Institute.  
14.  Board of Governors. 
15.  Term of office of, vacancies among and allowances payable to, members of Board. 
16.  Resignation of Chairperson. 
17.  Powers and functions of Board.  
18.  Senate.   
19.  Powers and functions of Senate.  
20. Finance Committee.  
21.  Powers and functions of Finance Committee.  
22.  Meetings. 
23.  Director. 
24.  Registrar.  
25.  Review of Performance of Institute.  

CHAPTER IV 
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

26.  Grants by Central Government and State Governments.  
27.  Fund of Institute 
28.  Accounts and audit. 
29.  Pension and provident fund. 
30.  Appointments. 
31.  Statutes. 
32.  Statutes how to be made. 
33.  Ordinances. 

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SECTIONS 

34.  Ordinances how to be made. 
35.  Tribunal of Arbitration. 
36.  Annual report of Director. 
37.  Annual report of each Institute. 

CHAPTER V 

CO-ORDINATION FORUM 

38.  Co-ordination Forum. 
39.  Term of office and allowances payable to members of Co-ordination Forum. 
40.  Functions and duties of Co-ordination Forum. 

CHAPTER VI  
MISCELLANEOUS 

41.  Power to make rules. 
42.  Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies, etc. 
43.  Returns and information to be provided to Central Government or State Government. 
44.  Power of Central Government to issue directions. 
45.  Institute to be public authority under Right to Information Act. 
46.  Transitional provisions. 
47.  Power to remove difficulties. 
48.  Laying of rules, Statutes, Ordinances and notification. 

THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE INDIAN INSTITUTES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  
(PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP) ACT, 2017 

NO. 23 OF 2017 

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. 

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

[9th August, 2017.] 

CHAPTER I  

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title and commencement.—(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  date1 as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. Declaration of certain institutions as institutions of national importance.—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. Definitions.—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, 
(2 of 1882) or a company established under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) or society formed 
and  registered  under  the  Societies  Registration  Act,  1860  (21  of  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; 

1.  6th  September,  2017  vide  notification  No.  S.O.  2928(E)  dated  the  6  September,  2017,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,        

Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

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(n) “Statutes” and “Ordinances”, in relation to any Institute, mean the Statutes and Ordinances of 

the Institute made under this Act. 

CHAPTER II 

THE INSTITUTES 

4.  Incorporation  of  Institutes.—(1)  On  and  from  the  commencement  of  this  Act,  every  existing          

Institute, shall be a body corporate by the same name as mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule. 

(2)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  any  other  Institute  of  Information  Technology  as  may  be 
established under section 11 shall be a body corporate by such name as the Central Government may, by 
notification, specify. 

(3)  Every  existing  Institute  or  any  Institute  established  under  sub-section  (2)  shall  have  perpetual 
succession  and  a  common  seal,  with  power,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  to  acquire,  hold  and 
dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall, by its name, sue or be sued. 

5. Effect of incorporation of Institutes.—On and from the date of commencement of this Act,— 

(a) any reference to any existing Institute in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed to be 

reference to the corresponding Institute mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule; 

(b)  all  properties,  movable  and  immovable,  belonging  to  every  existing  Institute  shall  vest  in  the 

corresponding Institute mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule; 

(c) all rights, debts and other liabilities of every existing Institute shall be transferred to, and be the 

rights and liabilities of, the corresponding Institute mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule; 

(d) every person employed by any existing Institute, immediately before such commencement, shall hold 
his office or service in the corresponding Institute mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule, with 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 enacted and shall continue to do so unless and until his employment is terminated or 
until such tenure, remuneration and the 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 employees and one month's remuneration in 
case of other employees: 

Provided further that any reference, by whatever form of words, to the Director, Registrar and other 
officers of any existing Institute, in any law for the time being in force, or in any instrument or other 
document,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  reference  to  the  Director,  Registrar  and  other  officers  of  the 
corresponding Institute mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule; 

(e) every person pursuing, before the commencement of this Act, any academic or research course in 
any  existing  Institute,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  migrated  and  registered  with  the  corresponding  Institute 
mentioned  in  column  (5)  of  the  Schedule,  on  such  commencement  at  the  same  level  of  course  in  the 
Institute from which such person migrated; 

(f) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted or which could have been instituted by or against an 
existing Institute, immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be continued or instituted by 
or against the corresponding Institute mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule. 

6. Objects of Institute.—Every Institute shall have the following objectives, namely:— 

(a)  to  emerge  amongst  the  foremost  institutions  in  information  technology  and  allied  fields  of 

knowledge in the global context; 

(b)  to  advance  new  knowledge  and  innovation  in  information  technology  and  allied  fields  to 

empower the nation to the forefront in the global context; 

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(c)  to  develop  competent  and  capable  youth  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  innovation  and 
entrepreneurship  with  the social and environmental  orientation  to  meet the  knowledge  needs  of  the 
country and provide global leadership in information technology and allied fields; 

(d) to promote and provide transparency of highest order in matters of admission, appointment to 

various positions, academic evaluation, administration and finance. 

7. Powers and functions of Institute.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every Institute shall 

exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:— 

(a)  to  provide  instructions  in  such  fields  of  knowledge  relating  to  information  technology  and 
allied  areas  as  the  Institute  may  deem  fit,  for  the  advancement  of  learning  and  dissemination  of 
knowledge; 

(b)  to  lead,  organise  and  conduct  research  and  innovation  in  information  technology  and  allied 
fields  of  knowledge  in  such  manner  as  the  Institute  may  deem  fit,  including  in  collaboration  or  in 
association with any other Institute, educational institution, research organisation, body corporate or 
financial organisations at national or global level; 

(c) to hold examinations and grant degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles and 

to confer honorary degrees; 

(d)  to  create  academic,  administrative,  technical,  ministerial  and  other  posts  under  the  Institute 

other than the post of Director of the Institute and to make appointments thereto; 

(e)  to  appoint  persons  working  in  any  other  Institute  or  educational  institution  or  involved  in 
research of significance in any industry as adjunct, guest or visiting faculty of the Institute on such 
terms and for such duration as the Institute may decide; 

(f)  to  create  administrative  and  other  posts  and  to  make  appointments  thereto  on  the  basis  of 

criteria as may be decided by the Board; 

(g) to make provision for dissemination of knowledge emerging from research and for that purpose 
to  enter  into  such  arrangements,  including  consultancy  and  advisory  services,  with  other  institutions, 
industry, civil society or other organisations, as the Institute may deem necessary; 

(h)  to  create  a  website,  highlight  all  information  not  restricted  to  those  related  to  students, 
admission, fee, administrative structure, policies including recruitment rules, faculty and non-faculty 
posts, annual reports and financial details including statement of account of the Institute; 

(i) to determine, specify and receive payment of fees and other charges, as the Institute may deem 
fit,  from  students  and  any  other  person,  institution  or  body  corporate  for  instructions  and  other 
services, including training, consultancy and advisory services, provided by the Institute; 

(j) to deal with any property belonging to, or vested in, the Institute in such manner as the Institute 

may deem fit for advancement of the objectives of the Institute: 

Provided that no land or other immovable property shall be disposed of by the Institute without 

the prior approval of the concerned State Government and the Central Government; 

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

(l)  to  co-operate  with  educational  or  other  institutions  in  any  part  of  the  world  having  objects 
wholly or partly similar to those of the Institute by exchange of teachers and scholars and generally in 
such manner as may be conducive to their common objects; 

(m) to establish and maintain such infrastructure as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to 

the attainment of the objectives of the Institute; 

(n) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals; and 

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

any of the objectives of the Institute. 

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(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every Institute may take up the following works, namely:— 

(a) supporting and collaborating with educational Institutes imparting technical or information 

technology courses located in the zone or region; 

(b) advising the State Governments and Union territory Administrations included in its zone in 
matters of information technology and other technological issues referred by them to the Institute for 
advice. 

8.  Institutes  to  be  open  to  all  races,  creeds  and  classes.—(1) Every Institute shall be open to all 
citizens  irrespective  of  gender,  caste,  creed,  disability,  domicile,  ethnicity,  social  or  economic 
background. 

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

(3)  Admissions  to  every  programme  of  study  in  each  Institute  shall  be  based  on  merit  assessed 
through transparent and reasonable criteria disclosed through its prospectus, prior to the commencement 
of the process of admission by such Institute: 

Provided that  every  such  Institute shall be  a  Central Educational  Institution  for the  purposes  of the 

Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 (5 of 2007). 

9. Teaching at Institute.—All teaching at each of the Institute shall be conducted by or in the name 

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

10.  Institute to be a distinct legal entity not-for-profit. —(1) Every Institute shall be a not-for-profit 
legal entity and no part of the surplus, if any, in revenue of such Institute, after meeting all expenditure in 
regard to its operations under this Act, shall be invested for any  purpose other than for the growth and 
development of such Institute or for conducting research therein. 

(2) Every Institute shall strive to raise funds for creation of a corpus for self-sufficiency, sustainability 

and future development of the Institute. 

11.  Establishment  of  Institute  by  Central  Government,  State  Government  and  industry  
partners.—(1) The State Government shall identify at least one industry partner, and preferably three industry 
partners, for collaboration and submit a proposal to the Central Government. 

(2)  The  Central  Government  shall  examine  the  proposal  on  the  basis  of  such  criteria,  as  may  be 

prescribed, which shall include the following, namely:— 

(a) the  investment  of  capital required for  establishing  the  proposed  Institute  to be  borne by  the 
Central Government, the concerned State Government and industry partners in the ratio 50:35:15 and 
recurring expenditure, as may be considered necessary during the first five years of operation, to be 
made available by the Central Government: 

Provided that the ratio of investment of capital required for establishing the proposed Institute in 

North Eastern States shall be 57.5:35:7.5; 

(b) the expertise and standing of the industry partners proposed in sub-section (1) in the field of 

information technology; 

(c) the assessment of the capability, financial and other resources of industry partners to support 

the Institute; 

(d) the suitability of adequate land, to the extent of fifty to hundred acres, to be provided by the 

State Government free of cost; 

(e) the availability of, or the commitment of the State Government to make available, adequate 
physical infrastructure namely, water, electricity, road connectivity and security, at the proposed site. 

(3) The Central Government may, with the concurrence of the concerned State Government, suggest 

modifications, if any, to the proposal submitted to it under sub-section (1).  

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(4) Where a proposal submitted by the State Government under sub-section (1) is not acceptable to the 
Central Government, the Central Government shall communicate its decision to that State Government, 
specifying the reasons for such decision. 

(5)  The  Central  Government  shall,  on  acceptance  of  the  proposal  with  modifications,  if  any,  under          

sub-section  (3),  enter  into  a  memorandum  of  understanding  or  an  agreement  with  the  concerned  State 
Government and the industry partners for the establishment of the proposed Institute. 

(6) The industry partner shall— 

(a) actively participate in the governance of the Institute within the overall framework; 

(b) support and facilitate joint research projects with the Indian Institutes of Information Technology 

either through funding, collaboration or in any other manner; 

(c) depute experienced individuals as adjunct faculty; 

(d) encourage, enable, support and mentor students to do research project as a part of their course 

curriculum, within their enterprise; 

(e) accept faculty members of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology on a sabbatical to 

work for short period with the industry; 

(f) co-create programs as per the requirements of the industry with the Institution; 

(g) provide internship to students of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology; 

(h) facilitate for placement of students from the Indian Institutes of Information Technology; 

(i)  sponsor their  eligible  employees  for  doctorate  studies  in  the  Indian  Institutes  of  Information 

Technology; and 

(j) fund and mentor the startups in the Institution. 

(7) Every memorandum of understanding or agreement referred to in sub-section (5) shall contain— 

(a) the investment proposal of capital in establishment of the Institute and the respective shares as 

may be prescribed; 

(b) the first Statutes of the Institute; 

(c)  the  commitment  of  the  Central  Government,  the  concerned  State  Government,  and  the 

industry partner in ensuring autonomy to the proposed Institute; and 

(d) the conditions, if the industry partners pulls out. 

CHAPTER III 
AUTHORITIES OF INDIAN INSTITUTES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  
ESTABLISHED IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 

12. Visitor.—(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. 

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

(a) Visitor; 

(b) Board of Governors; 

(c) Senate; 

(d) Finance Committee; 

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(e) such other authorities or posts as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the 

Institute. 

14. Board of Governors.—(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. Term of office of, vacancies among and allowances payable to, members of Board.—(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. 

(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. Resignation of Chairperson.—(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. Powers and functions of Board. — (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. 

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(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. 

(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. 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. 

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(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. Powers and functions of Senate.—(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; 

(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.  Finance Committee.—(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; 

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(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. Powers and functions of Finance Committee.—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. Meetings.—(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.  Director.—(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-to-day 
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. 

(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-cum-selection 

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 

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(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. Registrar.—(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.  Review  of  performance  of  Institute.—(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, 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. 

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CHAPTER IV 
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

26. Grants by Central Government and State Governments.—(1) For the purposes of enabling the 
Institute  to  discharge  their  functions  efficiently  under  this  Act,  the  Central  Government  and  the  State 
Government may, after due appropriation made by the Parliament and the concerned State Legislature, as 
the case may be, by law in this behalf, pay to each Institute in every financial year such sums of money in 
such manner as is required to fulfil their obligations under section 11. 

(2)  The  Central  Government  and  the  concerned  State  Government  shall  provide  to  each  Institute, 
grants  of  such  sums  of  money  as  are  required  to  meet  the  expenditure  on  scholarships  or  fellowships 
instituted  by  it,  including  scholarships  or  fellowships  for  students  from  socially  and  educationally 
backward classes of citizens enrolled in such Institute. 

27. Fund of Institute.—(1) Every Institute shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited— 

(a) all monies provided by the Central Government or the State Government or industry partner, 

as the case may be;  

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

(c) all monies received by the Institute by way of grants, gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests 

or transfers; 

(d)  all  monies  received  by  the  Institute  from  utilisation  of  intellectual  property  arising  from 

research conducted or provision of advisory or consultancy services by it; and 

(e) all monies received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2)  The  Fund  of  every  Institute  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, 
furtherance of research in the Institute or in collaboration with other educational institutions or industry 
and for capital investment aimed at the growth and development of the Institute. 

(3) All monies credited to the Fund of every Institute shall be deposited in such banks or invested in 

such manner as the Institute may, with approval of the Board, decide. 

(4) Each Institute shall create a corpus fund for long term sustainability of the Institute, to which shall 
be credited such per cent. of the net income of the Institute and donations made specifically towards such 
corpus  fund as the  Central  Government  may,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of the  Income-tax  Act, 
1961 (43 of 1961),  notify: 

Provided that the  Board  may  also  create endowment funds  for specific  purpose to  which  donations 

may be specifically made. 

28.  Accounts  and  audit.—(1)  Every  Institute  shall  maintain  proper  accounts  and  other  relevant 
records and prepare annual statement of accounts including the balance sheet in such form and accounting 
standard  as  may  be  specified  by  notification,  by  the  Central  Government  in  consultation  with  the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(2)  Where  the  statement  of  income  and  expenditure  and  the  balance  sheet  of  the  Institute  do  not 
comply  with  the  accounting  standards,  the  Institute  shall  disclose  in  its  statement  of  income  and 
expenditure and balance sheet, the following, namely:— 

(a) the deviation from the accounting standards; 

(b) the reasons for such deviation; and 

(c) the financial effect, if any, arising out due to such deviation. 

(3) The accounts of every Institute shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or 
any other person in accordance with the provisions of the extant rules and any expenditure incurred by audit 

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team in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Institute to the Comptroller and Auditor-General 
of India or such person. 

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

(5) The  accounts of  every Institute  as certified by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General of  India  or 
any  other  person  appointed  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded 
annually to the Central Government. 

29.  Pension  and  provident  fund.—Every  Institute may  constitute  for  the  benefit  of its  employees 
such provident or pension fund or provide such insurance scheme as it may deem fit in such manner and 
subject to such conditions as may be laid down by the Statutes. 

30. Appointments.—All appointments of the staff of every Institute, except that of the Director, shall 

be made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Statutes. 

31.  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; 

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

(c) the terms of office and the method of appointment of officers of the Institute; 

(d) the qualifications of teachers of the Institute; 

(e) the classification, method of appointment and the determination of the terms and conditions of 

service of teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

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

teachers and other staff of the Institute as per the provisions existing from time to time; 

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

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

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

the halls and hostels and of other charges; 

(j) the allowances to be paid to the Chairperson and members of the Board; 

(k) the authentication of the orders and decisions of the Board; 

(l) the meetings of the Board, the Senate, or any committee, the quorum at such meetings and the 

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

(m) any other matter as may be considered necessary for the efficient functioning of the Institute. 

32. Statutes how to be made.—(1) The first Statute of each Institute shall be framed by the Board 

with the prior approval of the Visitor. 

(2) The Board may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the 

Statutes. 

33.  Ordinance.—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  Statutes,  the  Ordinances  of  every 

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

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

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

(c) the conditions under which students shall be admitted to the degree or diploma courses and to 

the examinations of the Institute, and shall be eligible for degrees and diplomas; 

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

(e)  the  conditions  and  mode  of  appointment  and  duties  of  examining  bodies,  examiners  and 

moderators; 

(f) the conduct of examinations; 

(g) the maintenance of discipline among the students of the Institute; and 

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

Ordinances. 

34. Ordinance how to be 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 Board and shall be considered by the 
Board at its next meeting. 

(3)  The  Board  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. 

35. Tribunal of Arbitration.—(1) (a) Any dispute arising out of a contract between an 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. 

(b) The decision of the Tribunal shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court. 

(c)  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. 

(d) The Tribunal of Arbitration shall have power to regulate its own procedure: 

Provided that the Tribunal shall have regard to the principles of natural justice while making such 

procedure. 

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

under this section. 

(2) Any student or candidate for an examination whose name has been removed from the rolls of the 
Institute  by  the  orders  or  resolution  of  the  Director  of  the  Institute  and  who  has  been  debarred  from 
appearing at the examinations of the Institute for more than one year, may within ten days of the date of 
receipt of such resolution by him, appeal to the Board who may confirm, modify or reverse the decision 
of the Director. 

(3) Any dispute arising out of any disciplinary action taken by the Institute against a student shall, at 
the request of such student, be referred to a Tribunal of Arbitration and the provisions of sub-section (1) 
shall, as far as may be, apply to a reference made under this sub-section. 

(4) Every employee or student of the Institute, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, have a 
right to appeal within such time as may be laid down by the Statutes, to the Board of Governors against 
the decision of any officer or authority of the Institute, as the case may be, and thereupon the Board may 
confirm, modify or reverse the decision appealed against. 

36.  Annual  report  of  Director.—(1)  There  shall  be  attached  to  every  statement  of  accounts  laid 

before the Board of each Institute, a report by its Director, with respect to— 

(a) the state of affairs of such Institute; 

(b) the amount, if any, which it proposes to carry forward to any surplus reserves in its balance 

sheet; 

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(c) the extent to which understatement or overstatement of any surplus of income over expenditure or 
any shortfall of expenditure over income has been indicated in the auditor's report and the reasons for such 
understatement or overstatement; 

(d) the productivity of research projects undertaken by the Institute measured in accordance with 

such norms as may be specified by any statutory regulatory authority; 

(e) appointments of the officers and teachers of the Institute; 

(f)  benchmark  and internal  standards  set  by  the  Institute, including  the  nature of  innovations in 

teaching, research and application of knowledge. 

(2) The Director shall also be bound to give the complete information and explanation in its report on 

every reservation, qualification or adverse remark contained in the auditors' report. 

37. Annual report of each Institute.—(1) The annual report of each Institute shall be prepared under 
the  direction  of  the  Board,  which  shall  include,  among  other  matters,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Institute 
towards the fulfilment of its objects and an outcome based assessment of the research being undertaken in 
such Institute, and be submitted to the Board on or before such date as may be specified and the Board 
shall consider the report in its annual meeting. 

(2) The annual report as approved by the Board shall be published and placed on the website of the 

Institute. 

(3) The Board shall prepare and release for every year a report, in English and in Hindi, the working 
of  the  Institute in  the  previous  year on  or before the expiry  of  nine  months  from  the  close of financial 
year,  and  a  copy  of  the  same,  together  with  an  audited  statement  of  accounts  showing  the  income  and 
expenditure for the previous year shall be submitted to the Central Government and the concerned State 
Government  within  that  stipulated  time,  and  the  same  may  be  caused  to  be  laid  before  each  House  of 
Parliament and the concerned State Legislature. 

CHAPTER V 

CO-ORDINATION FORUM 

38.  Co-ordination Forum.—(1) In order that there may be better co-ordination among the Institutes, 
the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish, with effect from such date 
as  may  be  specified  in  the  notification,  a  central  body  to  be called  the  Co-ordination  Forum  for all the 
Institutes specified in column (5) of the Schedule. 

(2) The Co-ordination Forum shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i)  the  Minister  in-charge  of  the  Ministry  or  Department  of  the  Central  Government  having 

administrative control of technical education, ex officio, as Chairperson; 

(ii) Secretary to the Government of India, in-charge of the Department of the Central Government 

having administrative control of technical education, ex officio; 

(iii)  four  Secretaries  in-charge  of  department  looking  after  Indian  Institutes  of  Information 
Technology  of  State  Governments  in  which  the  Institutes  are  located,  to  be  nominated  by  the 
Chairperson of the Co-ordination Forum, by rotation for two years, ex officio; 

(iv) four Chairpersons of the Institutes, to be nominated by the Chairperson of the Co-ordination 

Forum, by rotation for two years; 

(v) the Directors of each of the Institutes, ex officio; 

(vi)  four  industry  partners,  to  be  nominated  by  the  Chairperson  of  the  Co-ordination  Forum,  not 

more than one from any Institute, by rotation every two years; 

(vii) three persons of eminence, of which at least one shall be a woman, in academia, industry or 

public service, to be nominated by the Co-ordination Forum; and 

(viii) one representative of All India Council of Technical Education: 

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Provided  that  while  nominating  under  clauses  (iii),  (iv)  and  (vi),  care  shall  be  taken  to  ensure 
representation  of  as  many  Institutes  as  possible  by  selecting  Secretaries  of  State  Governments, 
Chairpersons  of  the  Institutes,  and  representatives  of  industry  partners  from  the  Board  of  different 
Institutes to the extent possible. 

(3) An officer of the Department of Higher Education, Government of India, not below the rank of 
Joint  Secretary,  concerned  with  technical  education,  ex  officio,  to  act  as  the  Member-Secretary  of  the       
Co-ordination Forum. 

(4)  The  Co-ordination  Forum  may,  at  its  discretion,  constitute  a  Standing  Committee  of  the  Indian 
Institute  of  Information  Technology  Co-ordination  Forum  (Public-private  Partnership)  to  assist  the        
Co-ordination Forum in discharge of its duties and responsibilities. 

(5)  The  expenditure  on  the  Co-ordination  Forum  shall  be  met  by  the  resources  pooled  by  all  the 

Institutes governed by this Act. 

39. Term of office and allowances payable to members of Co-ordination Forum.—(1) The term 
of office of a member referred to in clause (viii) of sub-section (2) of section 38 shall be 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. 

(3)  While  nominating  members  to  the  Co-ordination  Forum  under  clauses  (iii),  (iv)  and  (vi)  of                    

sub-section (2) of section 38, the Chairperson of the Co-ordination Forum shall, to the extent possible, ensure 
maximum possible representation from each Institute. 

(4) The members of the Co-ordination Forum shall be entitled to travelling and such other allowances, 

as may be prescribed, for attending meetings of the Co-ordination Forum or its Committees thereof. 

40.  Functions and duties of Co-ordination Forum.—(1) The Co-ordination Forum shall facilitate 
the  sharing  of  experience,  ideas  and  concerns  with  a  view  to  enhancing  the  performance  of  all  the 
Institutes. 

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Co-ordination Forum shall perform the 

following functions, namely:— 

(a) advise the Central Government to include a new institution or exclude an existing institution 

from the Schedule; 

(b)  deliberate  on  such  matters  of  common  interest  to  Institutes  as  may  be  referred  to  it  by  any 

Institute; 

(c) promote necessary co-ordination and co-operation in the working of the Institutes; 

(d) recommend to the Central Government, the institution of scholarships including for research 
and  for  the  benefit  of  students  belonging  to  the  Scheduled  Castes,  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and  other 
socially and educationally backward classes of citizens; and 

(e) perform such other functions as may be referred to it by the Central Government or any State 

Government: 

Provided that nothing in this section shall derogate the powers and functions vested by law in the 

Board or Senate or other authorities of each Institute. 

(3)  The  Chairperson  of  the  Co-ordination  Forum  shall  ordinarily  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the             

Co-ordination  Forum  and  in  the  absence,  the  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India,  in-charge  of  the 
Department of the Central Government having administrative control of technical education, shall preside at 
the meeting. 

(4)  The  Co-ordination  Forum  shall  meet  at  least  once  in  every  year,  or  as  and  when  deemed 
necessary by the Chairperson of the Co-ordination Forum, and follow such procedure in its meetings, as 
may be prescribed. 

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CHAPTER VI  
MISCELLANEOUS 

41.  Power  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  after  previous  publication,  by 

notification make rules for carrying out the provisions 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  form  and  manner  in  which  the  State  Government  shall  submit  proposal  to  the  Central 

Government under sub-section (2) of section 11; 

(b) the investment proposal of capital in establishment of the Institute and the respective shares 

under sub-section (7) of section 11; 

(c)  the  travelling  and  other  allowances  payable  to  members  of  the  Co-ordination  Forum  under 

sub-section (4) of section 39; 

(d)  the  procedure  to  be  followed  in  the  meetings  of  the  Co-ordination  Forum  under                     

sub-section (4) of section 40. 

42.  Acts  and  proceedings  not  to  be  invalidated  by  vacancies,  etc.—No act of the Co-ordination 
Forum, or any Institute or Board or Senate or any other body set up under this Act or the Statutes, shall be 
invalid merely by reason of— 

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

(b) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case; or 

(c) any defect in the selection, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof. 

43. Returns and information to be provided to Central Government or State Government.—(1) 
The Institute shall furnish to the Central Government such returns or other information with respect to its 
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. 

(2) The Institute, shall furnish to the State Government in which such Institute is located, such returns 
or other information with respect to its policies or activities as that Government may, for the purpose of 
reporting to the concerned State Legislature or for the making of policy, from time to time require. 

44. Power of Central Government to issue directions.—The Institute shall carry out such directions 
as may be issued to it from time to time by the Central Government for the efficient administration of this 
Act. 

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

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

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

(b) every Senate constituted in relation to every Institute before the commencement of this Act shall 
be deemed to be the Senate constituted under this Act until a Senate is constituted under this Act for that 
Institute, but on the constitution of the new Senate under this Act, the members of the Senate holding 
office before the commencement of this Act shall cease to hold office; 

(c) rules, bye-laws and Ordinances of each existing Institute as in force, immediately, before the 
commencement of this Act, shall continue to apply in the corresponding institute in so far as they are 
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, until the first Statutes and Ordinances are made under 
this Act; 

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(d) in case there are no such rules, bye-laws or Ordinances, the Statutes, Ordinances, rules and 
regulations  of  one  of  the  existing  centrally  funded  Indian  Institutes  of  Information  Technology  as 
adopted by the Board of the concerned Institute, shall apply to the Institute in so far as they are not 
inconsistent with the provisions of the Act until the first Statutes and the Ordinances are made under 
this Act. 

(2)  The  Central  Government  may,  without  prejudice  to  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (1),  if  it 
considers necessary and expedient to do so, by notification, take such measures which may be necessary 
for the transfer of the existing Institute to the corresponding Institute mentioned under column (5) of the 
Schedule. 

47. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If 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 provisions or give 
such directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient 
for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of the period of three 

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. 

48. Laying of rules, Statutes, Ordinances and notification.—Every rule, Statute, Ordinance made, and 
every notification issued, by the Central Government under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is 
made or issued, 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, Statute, Ordinance or notification or both Houses agree that the rule, Statute, 
Ordinance  or  notification  should  not  be  made  or  issued,  the  rule,  Statute,  Ordinance  or  notification  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 rule, Statute, Ordinance or notification. 

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THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 4(1)] 

Sl. No 

Name of the 
State 

Name of the existing institute 

Location 

Name of Institute 
Incorporated under 
this Act 

(1) 

1. 

2. 

(2) 

Andhra Pradesh 

( 3 ) 

(4) 

(5) 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology, Sri City Chittoor, being 
the 
a 
Societies  Registration  Act,  1860  (21 
of 1860) 

registered  under 

society 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
City, Chittoor 

Sri 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology,            
Sri City, Chittoor. 

Assam 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology,  Guwahati,  being  a 
society registered under the Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Guwahati 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Guwahati. 

1[2A 

Bihar 

3. 

Gujarat 

1[3A 

Gujarat 

4. 

Haryana 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Himachal 
Pradesh 

Jharkhand 

Karnataka 

Institute  of 

Information 
Indian 
Technology,  Bhagalpur  being  a 
society registered under the Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Bhagalpur 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Bhagalpur.] 

Institute  of 

Information 
Indian 
Technology,  Vadodara,  being  a 
society registered under the Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Vadodara 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Vadodara. 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology,  Surat  being  a  society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

under 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology, Sonepat, being a society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860 

under 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology,  Una,  being  a  society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

under 

Institute  of 

Information 
Indian 
Technology,  Ranchi,  being  a  society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

under 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Surat 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Surat.] 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Sonepat 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Sonepat. 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Una 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Una. 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Ranchi 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Ranchi. 

Information 
Institute  of 
Indian 
Technology,  Dharwad,  being 
a 
society registered under the Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Dharwad 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Dharwad. 

1. Ins. by Act 28 of 2020, s. 3 (w.e.f. 10-10-2020). 

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Sl. No 

Name of the 
State 

(1) 
1[7A. 

(2) 
Karnataka 

8. 

Kerala 

1[8A 

Madhya 
Pradesh 

9. 

Maharashtra 

10. 

Maharashtra 

11. 

Manipur 

12. 

Rajasthan 

13. 

Tamil Nadu 

1[13A 

Tripura 

14. 

Uttar 
Pradesh 

Name of the existing institute 

Location 

Name of Institute 
Incorporated under 
this Act 

( 3 ) 

(4) 

(5) 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology,  Raichur  being  a  society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

under 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Raichur 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Raichur.] 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology,  Kottayam,  being  a 
society registered under the Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Kottayam 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Kottayam. 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology,  Bhopal  being  a  society 
the  Societies 
registered 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

under 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology, Nagpur, being a society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

under 

Institute  of 

Indian 
Information 
Technology,  Pune,  being  a  society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

under 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Bhopal 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Bhopal.] 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Nagpur 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Nagpur. 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Pune 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Pune. 

Information 
Institute  of 
Indian 
Technology,  Senapati,  being 
a 
society registered under the Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Senapati 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Senapati. 

under 

Institute  of 

Information 
Indian 
Technology,  Kota,  being  a  society 
registered 
the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) 
Indian  Institute  of  Information 
Technology,  Tiruchirapalli,  being 
a  society  registered  under  the 
Societies  Registration  Act,  1860 
(21 of 1860) 

Indian  Institute  of  Information 
Technology,  Agartala  being  a 
the 
society 
Societies  Registration  Act,  1860 
(21 of 1860) 

registered  under 

Indian  Institute  of  Information 
Technology,  Lucknow,  being  a 
society 
the 
Societies  Registration  Act,  1860 
(21 of 1860) 

registered  under 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Kota 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, Kota. 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Srirangam, 
Tiruchirapalli 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Tiruchirapalli. 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Agartala 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Agartala.] 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Lucknow 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Lucknow. 

1. Ins. by Act 28 of 2020, s. 3 (w.e.f. 10-10-2020). 

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Sl. No 

Name of the 
State 

(1) 

15. 

(2) 
West Bengal 

Name of the existing institute 

Location 

Name of Institute 
Incorporated under 
this Act 

( 3 ) 
Indian  Institute  of  Information 
Technology,  Kalyani,  being  a 
society 
the 
Societies  Registration  Act,  1860 
(21 of 1860) 

registered  under 

(4) 

(5) 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Kalyani 

Indian  Institute  of 
Information 
Technology, 
Kalyani. 

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