The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998

(1) This Act may be called the National Institute ofPharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

Whereas the objects of the institution known as the NationalInstitute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), District Ropar,Punjab are such as to make the institution one of national importance, it is hereby declared that theinstitution known as the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research is an institution ofnational importance.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day' means the date of establishment of the National Institute of PharmaceuticalEducation and Research under sub-section (1) of section 4; (b) "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under sub-section (3) ofsection 4; (c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Institute nominated under clause (a) ofsub-section (3) of section (4); (d) "Dean" means the Dean of the Institute appointed under section 17; (e) "Director" means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 16; (f) "Fund" means the fund of the Institute to be maintained under section 21; 1[(g) "Institute" means a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research establishedunder sub-section (1) or sub-section (2A) of section 4;] (h) "Senate" means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 13; (i) "Society" means the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Society,Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), District Ropar, Punjab registered under the Societies RegistrationAct, 1860 (21 of 1860); (j) "Statutes" and "Ordinances" mean the Statutes and the Ordinances of the Institute made underthis Act.

(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, bynotification in the Official Gazette, appoint, the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education andResearch 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 theprovisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name,sue and be sued. 1[(2A) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish similarInstitutes in different parts of the country.] (3) The Institute shall consist of the Board of Governors having the following persons, namely:-- (a) a Chairperson, who shall be an eminent academician, scientist or technologist or professional,to be nominated by the Visitor; (b) the Director of the Institute, ex officio; (c) the Joint Secretary, incharge of Pharmaceutical Industries in the concerned Ministry orDepartment of the Government of India, ex officio; 2[(d) the Secretary, Technical Education, Government of the State within which the Institute issituated, ex officio;] (e) the Financial Adviser of the Ministry or Department of the Government of India dealing withthe pharmaceutical industries, ex officio; (f) the Drug Controller General of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of theGovernment of India, ex officio; (g) the Member Secretary, All-India Council for Technical Education, ex officio; (h) the Director of any one of the national laboratories of the Council of Scientific and IndustrialResearch to be nominated by the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,New Delhi; (i) the Director of either the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi or thePost-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, to be nominated by rotationby the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India; (j) the President, Indian Drugs Manufacturers' Association, ex officio; 1[(ja) a representative of the Pharmacy Council of India;] (k) the President, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India, ex officio; (l) three eminent pharmaceutical experts, one of whom shall be an educationist, a researchscientist and a biotechnologist, to be nominated by the Central Government; (m) three eminent public persons or social workers one of whom shall be either from theScheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes to be nominated by the Visitor out of a panel prepared bythe Central Government; (n) two pharmaceutical industrialists to be nominated by the Visitor out of a panel prepared by theCentral Government; (o) three Members of Parliament, two from Lok Sabha to be nominated by the Speaker of LokSabha 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 threeyears and they shall be entitled for such allowances as may be determined by the Central Government: 3[Provided that the term of office of a member nominated under clause (o) of sub-section (3) shallcome to an end as soon as he becomes a Minister or Minister of State or Deputy Minister, or the Speakeror the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People, or the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States, orceases to be a member of the House from which he was nominated.] (5) The term of office of Governor nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the remainderof 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 rulesof procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be determined by the Board.

1[4A. Centres of Institute.--An Institute, with the prior approval of the Central Government, may,by notification in the Official Gazette, establish one or more centres in different locations within itsjurisdiction.]