About the Council

The Council of NITSER is the supreme governing body of India's 31 National Institute of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur (West Bangal) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERs) as per provisions under Section 30 of the NITSER Act, 2007. As like the Council of IITs and modeled very much similarly to its IIT counterpart, the Council of NITSER consists of Chairperson-Board of Governors, Director of all NITs, IIEST and IISER along with the Government nominees from various sectors with the Education Minister, Govt. of India as its Chairperson and Secretary, Department of Higher Education as Vice - Chairperson of the Council of NITSER. The Council of NITSER is the highest decision making body and is answerable only to the Government of India. The Council is expected to meet regularly once in a year and take steps conducive for maximum growth of the NITs as whole in the near future.

Functions:

1. To recommend regulations regsarding transactions of business by the Council viz., frequency of meeting,quorum for a meeting and such other connected business transactions;
2. To recommend guidelines and regulations regarding enpowerment of Chairman of the Council to deal with specific matters as well as matters of emergency on behalf of the Council in consultation with the Standing Committee;
3. To advise the Chairman of the Council whether an item requires urgent consideration by him.
4. To finalise agenda items for the consideration of the council.
5. To advise the Chairman of the Council on specific items within his purview as well as any emergency matters that may be referred to him;
6. To draft resolutions which would empower the council to make statutes of common policy covering all NITs;
7. To formulate guidelines on items/issues to be considered and approved by the Standing Committee on behalf of the Council;
8. To recommend the structure of the Council's Secretariat for consideration of the Government;
9. To screen all proposals coming within the purview of the Council under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 and make appropriate recommendations to the council;
10. To consider all items within the jurisdiction of the Council and referred by the various Board of Governors of the individual NITs or the individual Directors of the NITs or other groups within the NITs, such as the Senates and the Faculty Associations or the Council for items within his purview for emergent consideration or to the Council itself at a normal scheduled meeting or for final disposal for items delegated to the Standing Committee.