Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill 2010 snapshots concerning ITBHU

On March 23 2011, Mr Kapil Sibal, Hon'ble Union Minister of Science & Technology will move the Institutes of Technologies (Amendment) Bill 2010 further.

It is going to amend the Institutes of Technology Act 1961 in following manner:

In the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 in section 2 of Indian Constitution,
for the words “and the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee”, the words “

the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee,
the Indian Institute of Technology,Bhubaneshwar,
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”
shall be substituted.




This is also going to affect the Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915 in following ways :

(a) any reference to the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu
University in any law for the time being in force (other than this Act) or in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a reference to the Indian
Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi;

(b) all property, movable and immovable, of or belonging to the Institute
of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, shall vest in the Indian Institute of
Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi;

(c) all rights and liabilities of the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu
University shall be transferred to, and be the rights and liabilities of, the
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi;

(d) every person employed in the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu
University immediately before such commencement shall hold his office or
service in the Indian Institute of Technology, (Banaras Hindu University),
Varanasi by the same tenure, at the same 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 Act had not been passed and shall continue to do 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 Indian Institute of Technology
(Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi 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 Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu
University), Varanasi of compensation equivalent to three months’ remuneration
in the case of permanent employees and one month's remuneration in the case
of other employees:






(e) Provided further that any reference, by whatever form of words, to the
Director of the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in any law
for the time being in force, or in any instrument or other document, shall be
construed as a reference to the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology
(Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi; and


(e) The Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University, appointed
under the provisions of the Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915 shall be
deemed to have been appointed as ex officio Chairman of the Board of
Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu
University), Varanasi under this Act, and shall hold office for a period of
three years with effect from such commencement;


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March 24th 2011