Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur : First Statutes of the National Institute of Technology (Amendment) Statutes, 2023

F. No. VNIT/Admn/2760 (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 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, the Board of the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, hereby makes the following Statutes to amend the First Statutes of the National Institutes of Technology, namely:—

1. (1) These Statutes may be called the First Statutes of the National Institute of Technology (Amendment) Statutes, 2023.

(2) They shall apply to the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur.

(3) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the First Statutes of the National Institutes of Technology (hereinafter referred to as the principal Statutes), in statute 1, in sub-statute (1),for the words “The First Statutes of the National Institutes of Technology”, the words and figures “the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur Statutes, 2017” shall be substituted.

3. Throughout the principal Statutes, for the words “Ministry of Human Resource Development”, wherever they occur, the words “Ministry of Education” shall be substituted.

• (a) in sub-statute (5), in the opening portion, the words “or by promotion” shall be omitted;
• (b) for sub-statute (12), the following sub-statute shall be substituted, namely:—

“(12) Some of the posts may be exempted from the purview of the personal interview for selection, which may be decided by the Board and in case where the interview is compulsory, the Selection Committee shall examine credentials of all the candidates who have been called for interview, interview the eligible candidates and recommend the names of suitable candidates to the competent authority for approval and appointment thereafter.”.

(a) against serial number 1, for entries in column (2), the following entries shall be substituted, namely: —

“Assistant Professor, Grade – II (to be appointed on contract basis) in Level-10 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be.”;

(b) against serial number 2, for entries in column (2), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Assistant Professor, Grade–II (to be appointed on contract basis) in Level-11 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be.”;

(c) against serial number 3,—

(i) for entries in column (2), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Assistant Professor, Grade–I in Level-12 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be.”;

(ii) in column (4), for the words “reputed academic Institute”, the words “Institution of repute” shall be

substituted;

(d) against serial number 4,—

 

(i) for entries in column (2), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Associate Professor in Level-13A2 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be.”;

(ii) for entries in column (4), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Six years after Ph.D. of which at least three years experience at the level of Assistant Professor Grade–I in Level-12 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be, or equivalent in an Institution of repute or Research & Development lab or relevant industry; or nine years total working experience, of which three years shall be after Ph.D. and with three years experience at the level of Assistant Professor Grade–I in Level-12 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be, or equivalent in an Institution of repute or Research & Development lab or relevant industry.”;

(e) against serial number 5, —

(i) for entries in column (2), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Professor in Level-14A of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be.”;

(ii) for entries in column (4), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Ten years after Ph.D. or thirteen years total working experience, out of which seven years shall be after Ph.D. and with three years experience at the level of Associate Professor in Level-13A2 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or four years at the level of Associate Professor in Level-13A1 or combination of Level-13A1 and Level-13A2 or equivalent in an Institution of repute or Research and Development lab or relevant industry.”;

(f) against serial number 6,—

(i) for entries in column (2), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Professor (Higher Administrative Grade) in Level-15 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th  Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be.”;

(ii) for entries in column (4), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

“Six years as Professor in Level 14 or equivalent or Level 14A or equivalent or a combination of service in Level 14 and Level 14A in an Institute of National Importance:

Provided that upto a maximum of 40% of the total number of Professors in position, after rendering regular service of six years as Professor may be granted Higher Administrative Grade scale after fulfilling the eligibility conditions and on the recommendations of duly constituted Selection Committee.”;

(g) in Note 1,—

(I) for paragraph (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:—

“(1) Any change in the pay scale shall be through an open advertisement and on the recommendations of the duly constituted Selection Committee, except where specifically exempted in these Statutes:

Provided that the Assistant Professor Grade–II appointed on contract basis in the Institute shall be, on successful completion of one year of service in Level-10 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission, may be upgraded to Level-11 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or grade pay or pay level, if found suitable by a duly constituted Selection Committee, but not through open advertisement.”;

(II) in paragraph (6), for sub-paragraph (a),the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— “(a) Permanent faculty with fifty years of age or above—

(i) The Assistant Professors Grade–II in Level-11 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission shall be mapped at the level of Assistant Professor Grade–I in Level-12 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or grade pay or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, provided that they have at least 10 credit points in their service.

(ii) The Assistant Professors Grade–I in Level-12 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission shall be mapped at the level of Associate Professor in Level-13A2of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission, provided they have at least 25 credit points in their service.

(iii) The Associate Professors in Level-13A1 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission shall be mapped at the level of Associate Professor in Level-13A2of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission, provided that they have at least 25 credit points in their service:

Provided that they have been found suitable through a Selection Committee duly constituted under the Statutes.”;

(III) for paragraph (7), the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely:—

“(7) For faculty in the Department of Architecture, following shall be essential qualifications without insisting on credit point requirements at Assistant Professor level:

(i) M.Arch. or M.Plan. with one-year professional experience: Assistant Professor Grade-II in Level-10 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or grade pay or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be;

(ii) M.Arch. or M.Plan. with two years of professional experience: Assistant Professor Grade-II in Level-11 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission or any other corresponding pay scale or grade pay or pay level approved by the Central Government or the Council, as the case may be.

(8) The qualifications and other terms and conditions of appointment of academic staff as specified under Schedule ‘E’ shall be read in conjunction with the guidelines or clarifications issued with the approval of the Council on 13th September, 2017; 30th November, 2017; 4th December, 2017; 31st January, 2018; 20th April, 2018; and 16th April, 2019.

(9) The one-time relaxation or measures for the then stagnated and eligible faculty of the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur shall be as per the relaxations issued with the approval of the Council vide communications dated the 6th October, 2017 and 17th November, 2017:

Provided that one-time relaxation or measures contained in the communications dated the 6thOctober, 2017 and 17th November, 2017shall have no validity and stand exhausted after the first round of recruitments initiated after issuance of those one-time relaxations or measures and shall not have any validity for subsequent rounds of recruitment of the faculty in the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur.”.

(h) in  Note  2,  for  the  words  “since  the  last  promotion”  wherever  they  occur,  the  words  “since  the  last appointment” shall be substituted.

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 and S.O.947(E) dated the 21st July, 2017.

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