 the institutes or technology (amendment) bill) i963 a billto amend the institutes of technology act, 1961 be it enacted by parliament in the fourteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act maybe called the institutes of technology (amendmenrt) act, 1963 | short    ||----------|| i\jld    || com-     || mence_   || ment    |(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 69 of 1961 z in section 2 of the institutes of technology act 1961 (herein- amend_ after referred to as the principal act), after the words "the indian ~~!m~ institute of technology, bombay,", the words "the college of engi-10 neering and technology, delhi," shall be inserted 15 3 in section 3 of the principal act,-arqend_ ment of (a) in clause (c), after sub-clause (i), the following sub- section 3 clause shall be inserted, namely:-"(ia) in relation to the society known as the college of engineering and technology, delhi, the indian institute of technology, delhi;"; (b) in clause (j) after su'b-clause (i), the following subclause shall be insel1ted, namely:-"(ia) the college of engineering and technology, delhi;" 20 4 in section 4 of the principal act, after sub-section (1) the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-amendment of section 4  (ia) the college of engineering and technology, delhi shall, on such incorporation, be called the indian institute of technology, delhi" s amend dlent of section 12 5 in sub-section (3) of sectipn 12 of the princ'ipal act, for the word, brackets and letter "clause (c)", the word, brackets and letter "clauae (e)'~ shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, substituted  amendment of section 38 6 in section 38 of the principal act, in clause (b), for the words 10 "any academic council constituted in relation to any institute", the words "the staff committee constituted in relation to the college of engineering and technology, delhi and any academic council constituted in relation to any other institute" shall be substituted is colle~e of engineer-'1 notwithstanding anything contained in the delhi university act, 1922, or the statutes made thereunder, the college of engineer-8 of 1922 ing and technology, delhi, incorporated under this act, shall, on the commencement of this act, cease to be an "affiliated college" within the meanmg of clause (a) of section 2 of the delhi univer- 20 sity act, 1922, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such cesser in~ and techno_ logy, delhi to cease to be at'll liatect collegeot university of delhi  statement of objects and reasonspursuant to the recommendations of the implementation com-' mittee of the development plan of the delhi polytechnic, delhi, the college of engineering and technol'ogy, delhi, was set up and it admitted the first batch of students in 1961 the college was registered as a society under the societies registration act, 1860, with its administration vesting in an autonomous board 'of governors the college prepares students for the first degree in mechanical, electrical, civil and chemical engineering and textile technology of the university of delhi the college is fully financed by the central government 2 assistance for the establishment of the college' has been secured from the united kingdom; the british industries have agreed to make contributions for the supply of equipment to the college of the value of £ 250,000 and the government of uk will make available to the college the services of 10 professors under the colombo plan arrangements have also been made for the training of indian teachers of the college in uk universities and institutions 3 with the arrival of the british professors, the interest of the government of uk and the industrialists of that cquntry in the working of the college became more and more pronounced culminating in the desire on the part of both the indian staff and their british colleagues to develop the college into a first class technological institution 4 negotiations for securing further assistance for the college from the uk have led to an understanding that uk will increase the assistance from £250,000 to £600,000 for equipment and will make available services of five more professors and a,lso increase number of training facilities if india will take steps to ensure that the college would have the power to shape its own academic policies and courses; and further, the government of india would make adequate provision of funds for the c011ege to construct buildings to house the equipment to be supplied by uk 5 in the present conditions of the country, concerted efforts are required to be made for economic mobilisation and this involves training of large number of high grade technologists the scheme of the college may therefore be enlarged with advantage to enable it to function like the other four institutes of technology established by the centraf government in the country the college has already succeeded -in creating an atmosphere which instils in the minds of students a spirit of objective enquiry and a sense of purpose and is helping them develop a balanced and integrated personality 6 one of the important tasks of the college is to meet the present and future needs of industry and technology the broad objectives of the college are similar to the indian institutes of technology, kharagpur, bombay, madras and kanpur which are governed by the institutes of technology act, 1961, although in actual working, there will be difference of emphasis on separate fields, particularly at the advanced level the bill seeks (i) to retain the individuality of the college by declaring it an institution of national iiil\portance under article 246, read with seventh schedule, list i, entry 64 of the constitution, (ii) rename it as "in~iian institute of technology, delhi" and (iii) to bring it within the ambit of the institutes of technology act, 1961 the institute will have the power to grant degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions as at present possessed by the four indian institutes of technology, kharagpur, bombay, madras and kanpur new delhi; humayun kabir the 8th april 1963 the bill seeks to declare the college of engineering and technology, delhi, as a body corporate, rename it as 'indian institute of technology, delhi' and bring it within the ambit of the institutes of technology act, 1961 2 the institute will maintain the departments covering various fields of science, engineering and technology for training of technical personnel finances, required by it for exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions, shall be payable by the central government in the shape of grants-in-aid each year at this stage, it is not possible to frame an accurate estimate of the man-power, equipment, etc, needed to enable the institute to exercise its powers and discharge the functions provided under the institutes of technology act, 1961, but, since the development of the institute will be according to the proposals that may be approved by the government, the funds, to be given will be for programmes so approved they will depend on the number of courses and departments that may be opened by the institute, as determined by the government, to fulfil its obligations to the needs of the nation the total outlay on the scheme is, however, expected to be of the order of rs 5·65 crores (excluding the cost of equipment to be received from the uk) and ultimate recurring grant from government will be of the order of rs 65 lakhs per annum 3 in the budget for 1963-64, a total provision of rs 90·42 lakbs (excluding the cost of equipment to be received from uk as gift) has been proposed funds to be made available in the subsequent years will be determined each year a provision of rs 250 lakhs was originally made in the third five year plan for the project however, the planning commission has agreed that the financial provision required during the plan period for the implementation of the project will be found by adjustment within the plan 4 the institute has been empowered to receive grants, gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests or transfers from private bodies or individuals 5 all monies placed at the disposal of the institute will constitute th~ fund of the institute and will not lapse at the end of the year it shall be taken into account in making funds available to the institute in subsequent years - - - ' - -  chaprer ipreliminary - - - - - - z whereas the objects of the institutions known as the indiad declara institute of technology, bombay, the indian institute of technology, tion of certain in-kanpur and the indian institute of technology, madras are such as stitutions to make them institutions of national importance, it is hereby a,s mstitu_ declared that each such institution is an institution of national =~~l importance importance deftni-,tiona 3 in this act" unless the context otherwise requires,-- - -  - - (c) "corresponding institute" means,-(i) in relation to the society known as the indian institute of technology, bombay, the indian institute of technology, bombay; (ii) in relation to the society known as the indian institute of technology (kanpur) society, the indian institute of technology, kanpur; and (iii) in ,relation to the society kn9wn as the indian institute of technology, madras, the indian institute of technology, madras; - - - - - - (j) "society" means any of the following societies registered under the societies registration act, 1860, namely:-21 of 1860 (i) the indian institute of technology, bombay; (ii) the indian institute of technology (kanpur) society; (iii) the indian institute of technology, madras; - - - - - -  chapter n the institutesincorpora_ 4 (1) each of ~he institutes mentioned in section 2 shall be a tion ot body corporate havlng perpetual succession and a common seal institutes and shall, by its name, sue and,be sued (2) the body corporate constituting each of the said institutes shall consist of a chairman, a director and other members of the board for the time being (\f the institute  - - - - - - 12 (1) - - - - - - termot office of (3) the term of office of a member nominated under clause (c) =~es of section 11 shall be two years from the 1st day of january of the and allow year in which he is nominated anees pay_  able to - - - - - - members otboard tranlli_ tionalpl'o-visions chapter iv miscellaneous 38 notwithstanding anything contained in this act,-- - - - - - (b) any academic council constituted in relation to any institute before the commencement of this act shall be deemed to be the senate c'onstituted under this act until a senate is constituted under this act for that institute; - - - -  a billto amend the institutes of technology act, 1961 the president has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lot sabha the consideration of the bill - mnkaul, secretary  (shri humayun kabir, minilter of scientific &search and cultural affairs) 