 bill  no  56  of  2017 the indian institutes of information technology (amendment) bill, 2017 a billfurther to amend the indian institutes of information technology act, 2014be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the indian institutes of information technology(amendment) act, 2017amendment of section 323 in section 32 of the principal act, in clause (a), for the words "assistant professor", the words "assistant professor or above" shall be substitutedamendment of schedule4 in the schedule to the principal act, after serial number 4 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:—5slname of thename of thelocationname of thenostateexistinginstitute underinstitutethis act10"5andhraindian institutekurnoolindian institutepradeshof informationof informationtechnology, designtechnology, designand manufacturingand manufacturing,kurnool" statement  of  objects   and  reasonsthe indian institutes of information technology act, 2014 was enacted, inter alia,  to declare certain institutes of technology to be institutions of national importance2 the government of india set up a new indian institute of technology, design and manufacturing at kurnool in the state of andhra pradesh to give effect to its obligation under the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014 now it has been decided to amend the indian institutes of information technology act, 2014 so as to bring the said institute within the scope of that act and to declare it as an institution of national importance3 the indian institutes of information technology (amendment) bill, 2017, inter alia, seeks to declare the indian institute of technology, design and manufacturing at kurnool as an institution of national importance and include it in the schedule to the said act4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;prakash  javadekarthe 21st march, 2017 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the indian institutes of information technology (amendment) bill, 2017, inter alia, seeks to amend the schedule to the indian institutes of information technology act, 2014 so as to include the indian institute of information technology, design and manufacturing at kurnool within the scope to the said act and declare it as an institution of national importance2 the indian institute of information technology, design and manufacturing at kurnool is already functioning and a budgetary allocation of rs 310 crore had been made for the years 2015-2016 and rs 2000 crore for the year 2016-2017 under the plan fund the expenditure for establishment of the said institute shall be met from the budgetary provisions of the department of higher education under the ministry of human resource development3 the bill does not involve any other expenditure of recurring or non-recurring nature from the consolidated fund of india annexure extracts from the indian institutes of information technology act, 2014 (30 of 2014)    director24(1)    (2) the search-cum-selection committee shall consist of the following, namely:—    (d) director of a indian institutes of information technology to be nominated by minister incharge of human resource development—member, ex officio;    appointments32 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, by—(a) the board, if the appointment is made on the academic staff in the post of assistant professor or if the appointment is made on the non-academic staff in every cadre the maximum of the pay scale for which exceeds prevalent grade pay scale for group a officers;    ————a billfurther to amend the indian institutes of information technology act, 2014————(shri prakash javadekar, minister of human resource development)