(7) With effect from such date as the Central Government, may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research shall be constituted as a body corporate by the name aforesaid.
(2) The Institute shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name, sue and be sued.
(i) The Institute shall consist of the Board of Governors having the following persons, namely:—
(a) Chairperson, who shall be an eminent academician, scientist or technologist or professional, to be nominated by the Visitor;
Short title and commencement.
Declaration of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research as an institution of national importance.
Definitions.
21 of 1860.
Establishment of Institute.
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(b) Director of the Institute, ex officio;
(c) Joint Secretary, in charge of pharmaceutical industries in the concerned Ministry or Department of the Government of India, ex officio;
(d) Secretary, Technical Education, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh, ex officio;
(e) Financial Adviser of the Ministry or Department of the Government of India dealing with the pharmaceutical industries, ex officio;
(f) Drug Controller General of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India, ex officio;
(g) Member-Secretary, All-India Council for Technical Education, ex officio;
(h) Director of any one of the national laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to be nominated by the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi;
(i) Director of either the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi or the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh to be nominated by rotation by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India;
(j) President, India Drugs Manufacturers' Association, ex officio;
(k) President, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India, ex officio;
(l) three eminent pharmaceutical experts, one of whom shall be an educationist, a research scientist and a bio-technologist, to be nominated by the Central Government;
(m) three eminent public persons or social workers one of whom shall be either from the Scheduled Castes or from the Scheduled Tribes, to be nominated by the Visitor out of a panel prepared by the Central Government;
(n) two pharmaceutical industrialists to be nominated by the Visitor out of a panel prepared by the Central Government;
(o) three Members of Parliament, two from Lok Sabha to be nominated by the Speaker of Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha to be nominated by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
(4) The term of office of the Chairperson and Governors other than ex officio Governors shall be three years and they shall be entitled for such allowances as may be determined by the Central Government.
(5) The term of office of Governor nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the remainder of the term of the Governor in whose place he has been nominated.
(6) The Board shall meet at least three times in a year at such place and time and observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be determined by the Board.
5. On and from the appointed day, subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance, all properties which had vested in the Society, immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance, shall, on and from such commencement, vest in the Institute.
6. On and from the appointed day,—
(a) any reference to the Society in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a reference to the Institute;
(b) all the rights and liabilities of the Society shall be transferred to, and be the rights and liabilities of, the Institute; and
(c) every person employed by the Society immediately before the appointed day shall hold office or service in the Institute by the same tenure, at the same Vesting of properties.
Effect of incorporation of Institute.
4 GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I I — remuneration and upon the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension, leave, gratuity, provident fund and other matters as he would have held the same if this Ordinance had not been promulgated, and shall continue to be so unless and until his employment is terminated or until such tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions are duly altered by the Statutes:
Provided that if the alteration so made is not acceptable to such employee, his employment may be terminated by the Institute in accordance with the terms of the contract with the employee or, if no provision is made therein in this behalf, on payment to him by the Institute of compensation equivalent to three months' remuneration in the case of permanent employee and one month's remuneration in the case of other employee.
7. The functions of the Institute shall be—
(i) to nurture and promote quality and excellence in pharmaceutical education and research.
(ii) to concentrate on courses leading to master's degree, doctoral and postdoctoral courses and research in pharmaceutical education;
(iii) to hold examinations and grant degrees;
(iv) to confer honorary awards or other distinctions;
(v) to co-operate with educational or other institutions having objects wholly or partly similar to those of the Institute by exchange of faculty members and scholars and generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objective;
(vi) to conduct courses for teachers, pharmaceutical technologist, community and hospital-pharmacists and other professionals;
(vii) to collect and maintain world literature on pharmaceutical and related sciences and technology so as to develop an information centre of its own kind for other institutions within the country and in the developing world;
(viii) to create a central faculty of pharmaceutical instrumentation and analysis for use by the researchers within and outside the Institute;
(ix) to have a centre to experiment and innovate and to train teachers and other workers in the art or science of pharmaceutical teaching;
(x) to develop a world level centre for creation of new knowledge and transmission of existing information in pharmaceutical areas, with focus on national, educational, professional and industrial commitments;
(xi) to develop a multi-disciplinary approach in carrying out research and training of pharmaceutical manpower so that the larger interests of the profession, academia and pharmaceutical industry are better served and a pharmaceutical work culture is evolved which is in tune with the changing world trends and patterns of pharmaceutical education and research;
(xii) to organise national or international symposia, seminars and conferences in selected areas of pharmaceutical education, from time to time;
(xiii) to arrange courses catering to the special needs of the developing countries;
(xiv) to act as a nucleus for inter-action between academic and industry by encouraging exchange of scientists and other technical staff between the Institute and the industry and by undertaking sponsored and funded research as well as consultancy projects by the Institute; and (XV) to pay due attention to studies on the distribution and usage of drugs by the rural masses, taking into account the socio-economic spectrum in the country.
Functions of Institute.
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