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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-04042025-262301
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III-Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 279]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025/CHAITRA 14, 1947
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th February, 2025
F. No. NITR/DR/2025/L/0039(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 26 of
the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (29 of 2007), with the approval of the
Visitor of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, the Board of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,
hereby makes the following Statutes to amend the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Statutes, 2017, namely:—
1. (1) These Statutes may be called the Statutes of the National Institutes of Technology, Rourkela
(Amendment) Statute, 2025.
(2) They shall apply to the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.
(3) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Statutes, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the principal
Statutes), in Statute 14, after sub-statute (iv), the following sub-statute shall be inserted, namely—
"(v) In the event of occurrence of any vacancy in the office of the Chairperson of Board of Governors by reason
of expiry of his or her tenure, death, resignation or otherwise or in the event of the Chairperson being unable
to discharge his or her functions owing to absence, illness or any other cause, the Chairperson of an Institute
of National Importance, may discharge the functions assigned to the Chairperson under Section 16 of the Act,
for a period of six months or till the nomination of a regular Chairperson, whichever is earlier, with the approval
of the Visitor and in case of expiry of tenure, the Visitor may extend the term of the incumbent Chairperson
for a period of six months or till the nomination of a regular Chairperson, whichever is earlier."
3. In the principal Statutes, in Statute 17, sub-statute (15) shall be omitted.
Prof. K. UMAMAHESHWAR RAO, Director
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./12/2025-26]
Note: The principal Statutes were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)
vide notification number G.S.R. 280(E) dated the 23rd April, 2009 and subsequently amended vide notification
number G.S.R. 837(E) dated the 15th October, 2015, S.O.947(E) dated the 21st July, 2017 and
F. No. NITR/DR/2023/L/0278 dated 19th June, 2023.