Whereas the objects of the institutions known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, [the College of Engineering and Technology, Delhi,] [the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam] the Indian Institute of Technology, [Kanpur, the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras [the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee]], the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhi Nagar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar [and the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi] are such as to make them institutions of national importance, it is hereby declared that each such institution is an institution of national importance.
Section 2: Declaration of certain institutions as institutions of national importance.
The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961Central Act · Act 59 of 1961
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Section | 2 |
| Marginal note | Declaration of certain institutions as institutions of national importance. |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
- inserted, Act 29 of 1963. . Ins. by Act 29 of 1963, s. 2 (w.e.f. 13-9-1963).
- inserted, Act 35 of 1994. . Ins. by Act 35 of 1994, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-9-1994).
- substituted, Act 16 of 2002. . Subs. by Act 16 of 2002, s. 2, for "Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras" (w.e.f. 21-9-2001).
- substituted, Act 34 of 2012. . Subs. by Act 34 of 2012, s. 2, for "and the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee" (w.e.f. 29-6-2012).
- substituted, Act 41 of 2016. . The words in brackets shall stand substituted (date to be notified) by Act 41 of 2016, s. 2 to read as under:-- "the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, the Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, the Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, the Indian Institute of Technology, Goa, the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad, the Indian Institute of Technolog…
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