Acts To Declare 5 IIITs, National Forensic Sciences University & Rashtriya Raksha University As Institutions Of National Importance Receive Presidential Assent [Read Notifications]

• Institutes of Information Technology, Surat
• Institutes of Information Technology, Bhopal
• Institutes of Information Technology, Bhagalpur
• Institutes of Information Technology, Agartala
• Institutes of Information Technology, Raichur
• National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat (also having campus at Delhi)
• Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat

IIIT Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020

The Act amends Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017.

It seeks to declare the abovenamed five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), set up under the Public Private Partnership mode, as institutions of national importance.

Up till now, these institutes were registered as Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and did not have the power to grant degrees or diplomas. However now, the five institutes shall have the power to grant degrees.

The Act was cleared by the Parliament on September 22, 2020.

National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020

The Act seeks to merge the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar and the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, New Delhi, and form an institute of national importance.

The newly formed University will be known as the National Forensic Sciences University, with its campuses both in Delhi and Gujarat.

It was passed by the Parliament on September 22, 2020.

To Read more about the Act, Click Here.

Rashtriya Raksha University Act, 2020

The Act seeks to establish the Raksha Shakti University, Gujarat (established under the Raksha Shakti University Act, 2009) as a University called the Rashtriya Raksha University in Gujarat. It shall have the status of an institution of national importance.

It was passed by the Parliament on September 22, 2020.

To Read more about the Act, Click Here.

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