In order to co-ordinate the activities of all NITs the Central Government has constituted a NIT Council, as under:
NIT COUNCIL |
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1. | Minister of HRD, Government of India | Chairman |
2. | Education Secretary, Ministry of HRD, Government of India | Member |
3. | Principal Advisor (Education), Planning Commission | Member |
4. | Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India | Member |
5. | Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research | Member |
6. | Special Secretary/Additional Secretary/ Educational advisor (T),Ministry of HRD, Government of India | Member |
7. | Chairman, USC | Member |
8. | Chairman, AICTE | Member |
9. | Financial Advisor, Ministry of HRD, Government of India | Member |
10. | Two Chairman of the Boards of the Institutes (By rotation) | Member |
11. | Five Directors of the Institutes (by rotation) | Member |
12. | One Director of NIT (By rotation in alphabetic order) |
Member |
13. | Two Secretaries of Higher/Technical Education from States where NITs are located (By rotation) |
Member |
14. | Two persons from Industry nominated by the Central Government | Member |
15. | Joint Secretary (Technical Education) Joint Educational Adviser (T), Ministry of HRD, Government of India |
Member |