The All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987

(1) This Act may be called the All India Council for TechnicalEducation Act, 1987. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the OfficialGazette, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Commission" means the University Grants Commission established under section 4 of theUniversity Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956); (b) "Council" means the All India Council for Technical Education established under section 3; (c) "Fund" means the Fund of the Council constituted under section 16; (d) "member" means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and Vice-Chairman; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act; (g) "technical education" means programmes of education, research and training in engineeringtechnology, architecture, town planning, management, pharmacy and applied arts and crafts andsuch other programme or areas as the Central Government may, in consultation with the Council, bynotification in the Official Gazette, declare; (h) "technical institution" means an institution, not being a University, which offers courses orprogrammes of technical education, and shall include such other institutions as the Central Governmentmay, in consultation with the Council, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare as technicalinstitutions; (i) "University" means a University defined under clause (f) of section 2 of the University GrantsCommission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) and includes an institution deemed to be a University undersection 3 of that Act.

(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, bynotification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a Council by the name of the All IndiaCouncil for Technical Education. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and acommon seal, with power to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued. (3) The head office of the Council shall be at Delhi and the Council may, with the previous approval ofthe Central Government, establish offices at other places in India. (4) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:-- (a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; (b) a Vice-Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; (c) the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of the Central Government dealing witheducation, ex officio; (d) the Educational Adviser (General) to the Government of India, ex officio; (e) the Chairmen of the four Regional Committees, ex officio; (f) the Chairmen of,-- (i) the All India Board of Vocational Education, ex officio; (ii) the All India Board of Technician Education, ex officio; (iii) the All India Board of Under-graduate Studies in Engineering and Technology, ex officio; (iv) the All India Board of Post-graduate Education and Research in Engineering andTechnology, ex officio; (v) the All India Board of Management Studies, ex officio; (g) one member to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the Ministry of Finance ofthe Central Government; (h) one member to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the Ministry of Science andTechnology of the Central Government; (i) four members to be appointed by the Central Government by rotation to represent the Ministriesand the Departments of the Central Government, other than those specified in clauses (g) and (h); (j) two members of Parliament of whom one shall be elected by the House of the People and one bythe Council of States; (k) eight members to be appointed by the Central Government by rotation in the alphabetical order torepresent the States and the Union territories: Provided that an appointment under this clause shall be made on the recommendation of theGovernment of the State, or as the case may be, the Union territory concerned; (l) four members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the organisations in thefield of industry and commerce; (m) seven members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent,-- (i) the Central Advisory Board of Education; (ii) the Association of Indian Universities; (iii) the Indian Society for Technical Education; (iv) the Council of the Indian Institutes of Technology; (v) the Pharmacy Council of India; (vi) the Council of Architecture; (vii) the National Productivity Council; (n) four members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the professional bodies inthe field of technical and management education; (o) not more than two members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent suchinterests not covered by the foregoing clauses as the Central Government may deem fit; (p) the Chairman, University Grants Commission, ex officio; (q) the Director, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi, ex officio; (r) the Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ex officio; (s) the Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, ex officio; (t) Member-Secretary to be appointed by the Central Government. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4),-- (a) the first Chairman shall be the Minister of Human Resource Development of the CentralGovernment; (b) the first Vice-Chairman of the Council shall be the Minister of State for Education of the CentralGovernment; (c) the first Member-Secretary of the Council shall be the Educational Adviser (Technical) of theCentral Government.

(1) The term of office of a member, other than an ex officio member, onthe first constitution of the Council shall be five years and thereafter three years. (2) If a casual vacancy occurs in the office of the Chairman, whether by reason of his death, resignationor inability to discharge his functions owing to illness or other incapacity, the Vice-Chairman holding officeas such for the time being shall act as the Chairman and shall, unless any other person is appointed earlier asthe Chairman, hold office of the Chairman for the remainder of the term of office of the person in whoseplace he is to so act. (3) If a casual vacancy occurs in the office of the Vice-Chairman or any other member, whether by reasonof his death, resignation or inability to discharge his functions owing to illness or other incapacity, suchvacancy shall be filled by the Central Government by making a fresh appointment and the member soappointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of office of the person in whose place he is soappointed. (4) The Vice-Chairman shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him by the Chairman fromtime to time. (5) The procedure to be followed by the members in the discharge of their functions shall be such as maybe prescribed.

(1) The Council shall meet at such time and places, and shall observe suchrules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum atsuch meetings) as may be provided by regulations: Provided that the Council shall meet at least once every year. (2) The Chairman and in his absence the Vice-Chairman shall preside at the meetings of the Council. (3) If for any reason the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman is unable to attend any meeting of the Council,any other member chosen by the members present at the meeting shall preside at the meeting. (4) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of thevotes of the members present and voting, and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairman, or in hisabsence, the person presiding, shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.