16-479: National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur ( NIT Jamshedpur or NITJSR ), is an Institute of National Importance for Technical Education located at Jamshedpur , Jharkhand , India. Established as a Regional Institute of Technology on 15 August 1960, it was upgraded to National Institute of Technology (NIT) on 27 December 2002 with the status of a Deemed University . It is one of the 31 NITs in India, and as such
32-471: A woman, and; the director of the institute. The Act provides for the creation of an academic council for each IIM, which is the principal academic body under the act and which would decide the: (a) academic content; (b) criteria and processes for admissions to course; and (c) guidelines for conduct of examinations. The academic council would comprise: (a) the director; (b) deans in charge of academics, research, student affairs and other such functions of
48-694: Is an Indian legislation. The Act declared the Indian Institutes of Management as institutions of national importance and enabled them to offer degrees and further make substantial changes in their administration. The bill was approved by the Union Cabinet on 24 January 2017. The Act was introduced as a bill in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Human Resource Development , Prakash Javadekar , on 9 February 2017. The bill
64-703: Is directly under the control of the Ministry of Education (MHRD). It is the third in the chain of 8 NITs established as a part of the Second Five Year Plan (1956–61) by the Government of India . National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur was founded as the Regional Institute of Technology in 1960 by Shri Krishna Singh , the then Chief Minister of the state of Bihar (unpartitioned). The date of 15 August, Independence Day in India,
80-525: Is the pre-requisite for admission in all NITs . NIT Jamshedpur was ranked top 150 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. There are three annual festivals: Institute of National Importance In India , Institute of National Importance ( INI ) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution by an act of
96-409: The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 and its subsequent amendments. All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the 'All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956' and its subsequent amendments. National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through
112-844: The Parliament of India for such institutions which, "serve as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country or state." Institutes of National Importance receive special recognition, higher autonomy, and direct funding from the Government of India . Some of India's highest ranked universities, including all of the Indian Institutes of Technology , National Institutes of Design , National Institutes of Technology , All India Institutes of Medical Sciences , Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research , Indian Institutes of Information Technology and Indian Institutes of Management , have this status. The Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPA) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through
128-889: The 'National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998' and its subsequent amendments. Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) are Institutes of National Importance through the amendments in the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 . As of June 2024, there are 171 Institutes of National Importance under various Acts of Parliament. These INIs include: 23 IITs , 20 AIIMSs , 21 IIMs , 31 NITs , 25 IIITs , 7 IISERs , 7 NIPERs , 5 NIDs , 3 SPAs , 2 NIFTEMs , 10 central universities , 4 medical research institutes , and 13 other specialized institutes . Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 The Indian Institute of Management Act, 2017 ( IAST : Bhāratīya Prabaṃdhana Saṃsthāna Adhiniyama, 2017 )
144-590: The 'School of Planning and Architecture Act, 2014' and its subsequent amendments. National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K) and National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) are declared Institutes of National Importance through the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021. Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through
160-465: The chairperson of the coordination forum, by rotation for two years; (d) the director of each institute ( ex-officio ); (d) five eminent personalities—of whom one has to be of a woman—in the fields of academia and public service. The bill also proposes to incorporate many other changes like audit of institutes by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India . Even after
176-531: The commencement of the Act, not all IIMs granted degrees in the first year of its commencement. IIM Lucknow , IIM Ranchi , IIM Rohtak and IIM Ahmedabad granted postgraduate diplomas, whereas IIM Bangalore , IIM Calcutta , IIM Indore , IIM Udaipur , IIM Visakhapatnam granted degrees. In March 2018, IIMs were told at a meeting with HRD ministry that the Act only empowered them to grant degrees for courses with duration of two years or more. Further,
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#1732790383636192-407: The creation of a coordination forum, which would discuss matters pertaining to all IIMs. The coordination forum would comprise: (a) Higher Education Secretary ( ex-officio ); (b) two secretaries in charge of management education of state governments in which the institutes are located, by rotation, each year ( ex-officio ); (c) four chairpersons of institutes, to be nominated by
208-408: The institute; (c) chairs and coordinators of various areas, programmes, faculties, centres, departments and schools of the institute; (d) all full-time faculty members at the level of professor and; (e) members, by invitation of the board — on the recommendation of the director — who are eminent in the fields of industry, finance, management, academics and public administration. The Act provides for
224-507: The principal executive body for each IIM, and would appoint one director for each IIM, whose pay is ₹ 225,000 in seventh pay commission but who is entitled to a variable pay. The board of governors would have a maximum of nineteen members including one chairperson of the board; a nominee each from central and state governments; two members of the faculty; four eminent personalities from fields including education and industry, one of whom has to be
240-713: Was chosen for the laying of the foundation stone. It was among the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) established as part of the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–1961) . It now serves as the NIT for the newly carved state of Jharkhand , while NIT Patna serves as the NIT for the state of Bihar . The institute offers a Ph.D. in various streams and twelve semester courses various disciplines. It offers admission in its undergraduates courses of BTech through JEE-Main Entrance Examination, which
256-543: Was passed by the Lok Sabha on 28 July 2017, and by the Rajya Sabha on 19 December 2017. After receiving the President's assent, the bill became an Act on 31 December 2017. The Act declares Indian Institutes of Management as institutions of national importance and grants them the power to give degrees. The Act provides for the creation of a boards of governors, which would act as
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