MEMBERS' REFERENCE SERVICE LARRDIS LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT, NEW DELHI LEGISLATIVE NOTE No.1/LN/Ref./January/2017 For the use of Members of Parliament NOT FOR PUBLICATION 1 The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 Prepared by Shri Jayadev Sahu, Additional Director (23035025) and Smt. Lata Bansal, Joint Director of Lok Sabha Secretariat under the supervision of Smt. Kalpana Sharma, Joint Secretary and Smt. Anita Khanna, Director. The reference material is for personal use of the Members in the discharge of their Parliamentary duties, and is not for publication. This Service is not to be quoted as the source of information as it is based on the sources indicated at the end/in the text.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (SECOND AMENDMENT) BILL, 2016 The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education And Research (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeks to include the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati and IISER, Berhampur in the Second Schedule of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) Act, 2007 so as to increase the presence of IISERs in various States to cater to the need for quality education in Science and Research. The Minister of Human Resource Development, introduced the Bill in Lok Sabha on 9 December 2016. Background The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (the Act) provides for declaration of certain institutions of technology, science education and research as institutions of national importance and to provide for instructions and research in branches of engineering, technology, management, education, sciences and arts and for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in such branches and for certain other matters connected with such institutions. Initially, twenty societies of Institutes of Technology spread across the country were incorporated in the Act as the National Institutes of Technology and the same were included in the first Schedule to the Act (Sl. No. 1 to 20 at Annexure I) 1. The Act was first amended in the year 2012 incorporating ten more National Institutes of Technology in the First Schedule (Sl. No. 21 to 30 at Annexure I) and inserted a Second Schedule incorporating therein five new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (Annexure II) 2. 1 First Schedule of NITSER Act, 2007 is given at Annexure-I. 2 Second Schedule of NITSER Act, 2007 is given at Annexure-II.
2 The Act was further amended in 2014 incorporating the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur in the Third Schedule to the Act (Annexure III) 3. Consequent upon the bifurcation of the State of Andhra Pradesh and as provided in section 93 of the Andhra Pradesh reorganisation Act, 2014 read with Thirteenth Schedule thereof, the Central Government was required to establish a National Institute of Technology and an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Andhra Pradesh. The National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh was established by enactment of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2016 and was included in the First Schedule (Sl. No. 31 at Annexure I). Salient Features The Bill amends the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (NITSER Act). The NITSER Act declares certain institutions of technology, science education and research as Institutes of National Importance and provides for research, training and dissemination of knowledge in these institutions. The 2007 Act was amended in 2012 to include a number of new institutes within its ambit. A Second Schedule was added to include new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research under the 2007 Act. The present Bill seeks to incorporate two institutes to the Second Schedule of the NITSER Act namely, (i) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh); and (ii) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur (Odisha). 3 Third Schedule of NITSER Act, 2007 is given at Annexure-III.
3 THE [FIRST] SCHEDULE [See sections 3 (g), (m) and 4(1)] LIST OF CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS INCORPORATED INTO THE ACT Annexure-I Sl.No. Corresponding Institute 1 2 3 1. Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology, Allahabad Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology, Allahabad. 2. Maulana Azad National Institute Technology, Bhopal Maulana Azad National Institute Technology, Bhopal. 3. National Institute of Technology, Calicut National Institute of Technology, Calicut. 4. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur National Institute of Technology, Durgapur. 5. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur. 6. Malaviya Institute of Technology, Jaipur Malaviya Institute of Technology, Jaipur 7. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. 8. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. 9. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. 10. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur VisvesvarayaNational Institute of Technology, Nagpur 11. National Institute of Technology, Patna National Institute of Technology, Patna 12. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. 13. National Institute of Technology, Silchar National Institute of Technology, Silchar 14. National Institute of Technology, Srinagar National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. 15. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat 16. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal. 17. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 18. National Institute of Technology, Warangal National Institute of Technology, Warangal. 19. National Institute of Technology, Raipur National Institute of Technology, Raipur 20. National Institute of Technology, Agartala National Institute of Technology, Agartala. 21. National Institute of Technology, Goa National Institute of Technology, Goa 22. National Institute of Technology, Puducherry National Institute of Technology, Puducherry 23. National Institute of Technology, Delhi National Institute of Technology, Delhi 24. National Institute of Technology, Sumari (Srinagar), National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand Uttarakhand 25. National Institute of Technology, Sohra (Meghalaya) National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya. 26. National Institute of Technology, Mizoram National Institute of Technology, Mizoram 27. National Institute of Technology, Manipur National Institute of Technology, Manipur 28. National Institute of Technology, Nagaland National Institute of Technology, Nagaland 29. National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh 30. National Institute of Technology, Sikkim National Institute of Technology, Sikkim 31. National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh.
4 Annexure-II THE SECOND SCHEDULE [See sections 3 (g), (m), 4 (1) and 11A] LIST OF INDIAN INSTITUTES OF SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH Sl. No. Corresponding Institute 1 2 3 1. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Kolkata. 2. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. 3. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali Mohali. 4. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhopal. 5. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram. Annexure III THE THIRD SCHEDULE [See sections 3(g),(k), (m), 4(1) and 11A] LIST OF INDIAN INSTITUTES OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Sl. No. University or Corresponding Institute (1) (2) (3) Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur..