REPORT NO. 260 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TWO HUNDRED SIXTIETH REPORT The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2013 (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 13th December, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 13th December, 2013) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi December, 2013/Agrahayana, 1935 (Saka) Website: http://rajyasabha.nic.in E-mail: [email protected] Hindi version of this publication is also available PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TWO HUNDRED SIXTIETH REPORT The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2013 (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 13th December, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 13th December, 2013) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi December, 2013/Agrahayana, 1935 (Saka) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ......................................................................................... (i)-(ii) 2. PREFACE .................................................................................................................................. (iii) 3. ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................... (iv) 4. REPORT .................................................................................................................................. 1—17 5. NOTE OF DISSENT .................................................................................................................. 18—20 6. OBSERVATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE — AT A GLANCE ......................... 21—27 7. MINUTES ................................................................................................................................. 29—37 8. ANNEXURES ............................................................................................................................. 39—91 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (Constituted w.e.f. 31st August, 2013) 1. Shri Birender Singh — Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri A.W. Rabi Bernard 3. Shri Avinash Rai Khanna 4. Shri Rama Chandra Khuntia 5. Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar 6. Shri Derek O’ Brien 7. Shri Baishnab Parida 8. Chaudhary Munavver Saleem 9. Shri Tarun Vijay 10. Dr. Janardhan Waghmare LOK SABHA 11. Shri Suresh Angadi 12. Shri P.K. Biju 13. Shri Jeetendra Singh Bundela 14. Shri Sivasami C. 15. Shrimati Helen Davidson 16. Dr. Charles Dias 17. Shri Kapil Muni Karwariya 18. Shri Virender Kashyap 19. Shri Mahadev Singh Khandela 20. Shri N. Peethambara Kurup 21. Shri Prasanta Kumar Majumdar 22. Shri Raghuvir Singh Meena 23. Capt. Jai Naraian Prasad Nishad 24. Shri M.K. Raghavan 25. Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao 26. Shri M.I. Shanavas 27. Shri Balkrishna K. Shukla 28. Shri Bhoopendra Singh 29. Shri Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh 30. Ms. Ramya Divya Spandana 31. Shri Manicka Tagore (i) (ii) SECRETARIAT Shrimati Vandana Garg, Additional Secretary Shri N.S. Walia, Director Shri Arun Sharma, Joint Director Shrimati Himanshi Arya, Assistant Director Shrimati Harshita Shankar, Assistant Director PREFACE I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, having been authorized by the Committee, present this Two Hundred and sixtieth Report of the Committee on the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2013.* 2. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2013 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 18th March, 2013. In pursuance of Rule 270 relating to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees, the Chairman, Rajya Sabha in consultation with Speaker, Lok Sabha referred ** the Bill to the Committee on 17th May, 2013 for examination and report. 3. The Bill seeks to establish twenty new IIITs and also declare the existing four Indian Institutes of Information Technology as Institutions of National Importance. The Bill being a major policy initiative in the field of Information Technology the Committee decided to issue a Press Release for eliciting wider public opinion on the Bill. The Committee held extensive deliberations with the Secretary, Department of Higher Education and other stakeholders. 4. The Committee considered the Bill in four sittings held on 1st and 10th October, 5th and 12th December, 2013. 5. The Committee, while drafting the report, relied on the following:– (i) Background Note on the Bill received from the Department of Higher Education; (ii) Detailed clause by clause note on various provisions of the Bill; (iii) Status Note on the four centrally-funded IIITs; (iv) Details of consultation with all stakeholders including State Governments; (v) Verbatim record of the oral evidence taken on the Bill; and (vi) Presentation made and clarification given by the Secretary, Department of Higher Education. 6. The Committee considered its Draft Report on the Bill and adopted the same in its meeting held on 12th December, 2013. 7. One Note of dissent given by Shri P.K Biju is appended to the Report. 8. For facility of reference, observations and recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters at the end of the report. New Delhi; BIRENDER SINGH December 12, 2013 Chairman, Agrahayana 21, 1935 (Saka) Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. * Published in Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II Section 2 dated the 18th March, 2013. ** Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II No. 50901 dated the 17th May, 2013. (iii) ABBREVIATIONS IIIT : Indian Institutes of Information Technology ESDM : Electronics System Design and Manufacturing ONGC : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation NEEPCO : North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited HSIDC : Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation TCS : Tata Consultancy Services N-PPPP : Not-for-Profit Public Private Partnership NASSCOM : National Association of Software and Service Companies UGC : University Grants Commission AICTE : All India Council of Technical Education NIT : National Institutes of Technology IIM : Indian Institutes of Management IIT : Indian Institutes of Technology DPR : Detailed Project Report SEZ : Special Economic Zone (iv) 1 REPORT I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2013 was referred to the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development by the Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 17 May, 2013 for examination and report. 1.2 The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2013 seeks to incorporate the existing four Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) at Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kancheepuram under the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act so as to provide them independent statutory status and to declare them as Institutions of National Importance. The Bill further seeks to establish twenty new Indian Institutes of Information Technology in Public-Private- Partnership (PPP) mode and also incorporate them as Institutions of National Importance under the Act. 1.3 The Statement of Objects and Reasons to the Bill reads as follows:– “At present, there are four Indian Institutes of Information Technology established by the Central Government under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 at Gwalior, Allahabad, Jabalpur and Kancheepuram. To meet the challenges of the Indian Information Technology industry, the Ministry of Human Resource Development intends to establish twenty new Indian Institutes of Information Technology on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. The partners in setting up the Indian Institutes of Information Technology would be the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the concerned State Government where such Indian Institute of Information Technology will be established and the industry as conceived under the Scheme formulated by the Central Government in this behalf. The main objective in establishing Indian Institutes of Information Technology is to set up a model of education which can produce world class human resource in the field of information technology. These institutions are conceived as self-sustaining, research-led institutions contributing significantly to the global competitiveness of key sectors of the Indian economy and industry with application of information technology in selected domain areas.” 1.4 Giving a background of the Bill, the Department of Higher Education submitted that the existing four Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) at Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kancheepuram were set up in the years 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2007 respectively under the Societies Registration Act and were governed by their Memorandum of Association and Rules. Their incorporation under the Act would confer upon them an independent statutory status, besides declaring them as Institutions of National Importance. 1.5 The Secretary highlighted the distinct features of the existing four IIITs. Under-graduate, Post-graduate and Ph.D. programmes were available in these Institutions. There was varying number of faculty posts created with considerable gap so far as the existing faculty strength was concerned. In IIIT, Allahabad, against the sanctioned faculty strength of 109, faculty in position was 49+66 visiting faculty. Out of the sanctioned strength of 47 faculty members in IIIT, Gwalior, permanent faculty was 27 and 20 were visiting faculty. So far as IIIT, Jabalpur was concerned, out of the sanctioned faculty strength of 55, only 36 were in position. In IIIT, Kancheepuram,