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16th
August, 2002
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DR.
JOSHI TO BE CHAIRMAN OF NIT COUNCIL
A Council
of National Institutes of Technology(NIT) is to be established
in pursuance of the conversion of RECs(Regional engineering Colleges)
into NITs. The Council will be chaired by the Union Minister for
Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi. The general
duty of the Council will be to coordinate the activities all the
Institutes. The Council will also advise on the matters relating
to duration of the courses, the degrees, other academic distinctions
to be conferred by the Institutes, admission standards and other
academic matters. Besides, the Council will advise the Central
Government on policy matters regarding cadres, methods of recruitment
and conditions of service of employees, institution of scholarships
and freeships, levying of fees and other matters of common interest.
The Council will also perform any other functions as assigned
to it time to time by the Central Government or under the provision
of MOA/Rules.
10 RECs
have been converted into NITs by the Government. These are REC
Allahabad, REC Bhopal, REC Calicut, REC Silchar, REC Jaipur, REC
Kurukshetra, REC Nagpur, REC Rourkela, REC Hamirpur and REC Surathkal.
The other 7 RECs i.e. Durgapur, Jalandhar, Jamshedpur, Srinagar,
Surat, Tiruchirapalli and Warangal are also likely to be converted
as NITs shortly. The NITs will be developed as autonomous and
flexible academic institutions of excellence. This is being done
to enable them to function more effectively through responsive
and relevant academic programmes, in the light of sweeping changes
taking place in the industrial environment in post liberalised
India and also the rapidly changing scene of technical education
globally.
The Council
will consist of the following members:
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Union Minister
for Human Resource Development
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Chairman
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Education Secretary,
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
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Member
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Principal Adviser
(Education), Planning Commission
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Member
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Secretary,
Deptt. Of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
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Member
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DG:CSIR
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Member
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Secretary,
Deptt. Of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
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Member
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7.
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Secretary,
Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
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Member
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8.
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Secretary,
Deptt. Of Information Technology, Govt. of India
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Member
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9.
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Secretary,
Deptt. Of Space, Govt. of India
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Member
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10.
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Spl. Secretary,/Addl.
Secretary/Educational Adviser (T), M/o HRD
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Member
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11.
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Chairman, UGC
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Member
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12.
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Chairman, AICTE
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Member
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13.
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Two Chairmen,
Doard of Governors of Institutes (by rotation)
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Member
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Four Directors
of Institutes (by rotation)
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Member
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One Director
of IIT (by rotation)
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Member
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16.
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One Director
of Indian Institute of Management
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Member
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Two Secretaries
of Higher/Technical Education from States where NITs are
located (by rotation)
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Member
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Two persons
from Industry nominated by the Central Government
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Member
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Finance Adviser,
M/o HRD
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Member
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20.
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Joint Secretary
(Technical Education)/Joint Education Adviser (Technical
Education), M/o HRD
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Member-Secretary
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