National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007

*National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007*
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007
	Emblem of India
Parliament of India
	Long title An Act to declare certain institutions of technology, science education and research to be Institutions of national importance and to provide for instructions and research in branches of engineering, technology, management, education, sciences and arts and for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in such branches and for certain other matters connected with such institutions. ;
Citation	Act no. 29 of 2007
Territorial extent	Whole of India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	5 June 2007
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	6 June 2007
Assented to	6 June 2007 (by the President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam)
Commenced	15 August 2007
Effective	15 August 2007
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	The National Institutes of Technology Bill, 2007
Introduced by	Murli Manohar Joshi (as Minister of Human Resources Development)
Introduced	5 June 2007
Related legislation
	The Delhi University Act, 1922; All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956; The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961;
Summary
	The Act provides further autonomy to National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research by declaring them as institutions of national importance.
	Status: In force

The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (original name: National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007; renamed by amendment of 2012) was enacted by the Parliament of India to declare India's National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) as Institutes of National Importance. The former Act received the assent of the President of India on 5 June 2007 and became effective on Independence Day, 2007. The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 is the second law for technical education institutions after the Indian Institutes of Technology Act of 1961.

NITs, IIEST and IISERs are centrally funded technical institutes in India. This Act declares them as institutions of national importance, along with the lines of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and makes them eligible for a larger amount of funding and support from the Indian Government. The Act also aims at unifying the organisational structure of the NITs and bringing them under the direct purview of the Ministry of Human Resource Department (MHRD). These institutions were previously governed by individual societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

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