The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum Act, 1980

(1) This Act may be called the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute forMedical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Act, 1980. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint.

Whereas the objects of the SreeChitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for Advanced Studies in Specialities, Trivandrum, in the State ofKerala, are such as to make the institution one of national importance, it is hereby declared that theinstitution, known as the Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for Advanced Studies inSpecialities, Trivandrum, is an institution of national importance.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Governing Body; (b) "Director" means the Director of the Institute; (c) "Fund" means the Fund of the Institute referred to in section 16; (d) "Governing Body" means the Governing Body of the Institute; (e) "Institute" means the institution known as the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for MedicalSciences and Technology, Trivandrum, incorporated under this Act; (f) "member" means a member of the Institute; (g) "President" means the President of the Institute; (h) "regulation" means a regulation made by the Institute; (i) "rule" means a rule made by the Central Government.

The Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for AdvancedStudies in Specialities, Trivandrum, is hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, and as such body corporate, it shallhave perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, toacquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name, sue and be sued.

The Institute shall consist of the following members, namely:-- (a) the Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala University, ex officio; (b) the Director-General of Health Services, Government of India, ex officio; (c) the Director, ex officio; (d) four members to be nominated by the Central Government to represent respectively theDepartments or, as the case may be, Ministries of that Government dealing with Science andTechnology, Health, Finance and Education; (e) two members to be nominated by the Government of the State of Kerala to representrespectively the Departments or, as the case may be, Ministries of that Government dealing withPlanning, Science and Technology and Health; (f) three scientists of whom two shall be medical scientists and one shall be a social scientist, tobe nominated by the Central Government in the manner prescribed by rules; (g) three scientists representing engineering and technology to be nominated by the CentralGovernment in the manner prescribed by rules; (h) the Head of the Biomedical Technology Wing of the Institute, ex officio; (i) three representatives of the medical faculties of Indian Universities to be nominated by theCentral Government in the manner prescribed by rules; and (j) three members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected from among themselves by themembers of the House of the People and one from among themselves by the members of the Councilof States.