National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007
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The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (original name: National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007; renamed by amendment of 2012) was enacted by the Parliament of India to declare India's National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) as Institutes of National Importance. The former Act received the assent of the President of India on 5 June 2007 and became effective on Independence Day, 2007.[1] The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 is the second law for technical education institutions after the Indian Institutes of Technology Act of 1961.
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 | |
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Parliament of India | |
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Citation | Act no. 29 of 2007 |
Territorial extent | Whole of India |
Passed by | Lok Sabha |
Passed | 5 June 2007 |
Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
Passed | 6 June 2007 |
Assented to | 6 June 2007 (by the President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam) |
Commenced | 15 August 2007 |
Effective | 15 August 2007 |
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First chamber: Lok Sabha | |
Bill title | The National Institutes of Technology Bill, 2007 |
Introduced by | Murli Manohar Joshi (as Minister of Human Resources Development) |
Introduced | 5 June 2007 |
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Summary | |
The Act provides further autonomy to National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research by declaring them as institutions of national importance. | |
Status: In force |
NITs, IIEST and IISERs are centrally funded technical institutes in India. This Act declares them as institutions of national importance, along with the lines of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and makes them eligible for a larger amount of funding and support from the Indian Government.[2] The Act also aims at unifying the organisational structure of the NITs and bringing them under the direct purview of the Ministry of Human Resource Department (MHRD). These institutions were previously governed by individual societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.