2 Prof. Rajat Gupta Director, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Hazratbal, Kashmir

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1 Minutes of the 83 rd meeting of Board of Governors of the National Institute of Technology Srinagar, held on November 12, 2012 (Monday) at 2 p.m. at NIT Transit House, A-1/267, Safderjung Enclave, New Delhi The following were present: 1 Shri Wajahat Habibullah, IAS (Chairman, Board of Governors, NIT Srinagar) Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, 5th Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi Prof. Rajat Gupta Director, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Hazratbal, Kashmir Shri Rajesh Singh, Director (NITs), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. 4 Shri Naveen Soi, Director (Finance), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. 5 Mr. Gazzanfer Hussain, IAS Commissioner / Secretary, Higher & Technical Education Dept., Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Civil Secretariat, Srinagar / Jammu. 6 Prof. Furqan Qamar, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala District Kangra. Chairman Ex-Officio

2 2 7 Dr. Shabana Aftab, Professor & Head, Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu. 8 Prof. Ajaz Hussain Mir, Professor & Head, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, 9 Dr. G. R. Khan, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, 10 Prof. Fayaz Ahmad MIr, Registrar, -Secretary Shri Rajesh Singh, Director (NITs) and Shri Nav een Soi, Director (Finance) represented on behalf of Ms. Amita Sharma, IAS and Ms. Sarita Mittal, IAS respectively. Mr. Dharam Bir Singh Oberoi (MLC) C/O Arian Traders, Rajbah, Srinagar did not attend the meeting. Shri Mohammad Ashraf Sidiqui, Section Officer, Imtiyaz Hussain Rather, Sr. Assistant, and Shri Firdous Ahmad Runga, Personal Assistant assisted the meeting during deliberations. BOG-83/01 To confirm the Minutes of the 82 nd Board of Governors meeting of the Institute, held on May 19, 2012 at P.M. in the Institute. 01/83 Confirmed. BOG-83/02 To record action taken report on the decisions of 82 nd BOG meeting, held on in the Institute. 02/83 Report recorded.

3 3 BOG-83/03 03/83 BOG-83/04 04/83 BOG-83/05 05/83 BOG-83/06 06/83 BOG-83/07 07/83 BOG-83/08 08/83 To record action taken report on relinquishing of the post by Assistant Registrar (Audit). Report recorded. However, the BOG desired that in future, a clear policy be articulated for items to be reported to the BOG as all items may not be needed to be reported to the BOG. To ratify the action taken by the Chairman, BOG for relieving Mr. M. A. Qureshi from the engagement as Deputy Registrar, Accounts and Incharge Registrar To ratify the action taken by the Chairman, BOG for allowing repatriation of Mr. Musroor Hussain Deputy Registrar, Administration to his parent department. To ratify the action taken by the Chairman, BOG in having approved appointment of Er. F. A. Mir as Incharge Registrar and Deputy Registrar (Accounts). To ratify engagement of Lady Doctor as contractual basis in the Institute. To ratify deputation of Deputy Registrar and Assistant Registrar, Audit from the Office of Principal Accountant General, J&K. BOG-83/09 To ratify the action taken in having approved nomination of Dr. M. A. Lone as Dean Planning & Development and Dr. J. A. Bhat as Associate Dean Planning & Development. 09/83

4 4 BOG-83/10 10/83 BOG-83/11 11/83 BOG-83/12 12/83 BOG-83/13 13/83 To ratify the nomination of Dr. Abdul Liman, Chief Warden as Chairman Student Mess. To ratify the action taken by the Chairman, Board of Governors in having approved engagement of academic arrangement Lecturers on contractual basis for autumn session However, the BOG desired in future, a clear policy be articulated for items to be ratified by the BOG as all items may not be needed to be ratified by the BOG because such items do not require policy decisions or adherence to statutory requirements. It was desired that this articulation proposal should be compiled in the light of terms and conditions of the BOG and statutes of NITs. To consider the recommendations of the Senate for conferment of various degrees on the Convocation The BOG approved the recommendations of the Senate except in case of the award of Gold Medal to M.Tech. topper of Water Resource Engineering Programme of Civil Engineering on the information of Dean Academic Affairs regarding receipt of some court judgment. The BOG desired that the matter be discussed alongwith court judgment with the Standing Council of the Institute and further action taken accordingly. Meanwhile the award of the gold medal to the topper of M.Tech. Water Resource Engineering Programme 2012 batch be kept reserved. To consider the report of ACoFAR for implementation of CAS for faculty. (a) Recommendations at A(1) approved. (b) Recommendations at A(2) approved with the condition that the eligibility criteria of NIT Surat be adopted, instead of the eligibility criteria recommended by the ACoFAR of the NIT Srinagar. The BOG approved the proposal to conduct the CAS as per the above. (c) However, in respect of grievances of faculty regarding implementation of 5th CPC and any anomalies arising out of (a) and (b) above, the following committee is constituted to address the same: 1. Prof. P. D. Pore, Director NIT Surat Chairman 2. Prof. M. F. Wani, NIT Srinagar 3. Prof. F. A. Mir, Registrar, Convener NIT Srinagar The Committee will strive to address the grievances, anomalies and submit their recommendations to the Director for approval by the Chairman, BOG.

5 5 BOG-83/14 14/83 To consider the recommendations of the Finance Committee held on F.N. BOG approved the recommendations made by the Finance Committee on various issues of the Institute (enclosed as annexure A), at its meeting held on (F.N) at NIT Transit House, A-1/267, Safderjung Enclave, New Delhi. However, in case of item FC/08, the payment of allowances shall be from the date of issue of letter by the MHRD i.e. 5 th July, BOG-83/15 To consider the inclusion of past service rendered by faculty members in other institutions on adhoc basis under CAS. 15/83 BOG-83/16 16/83 Approved subject to fulfillment of conditions stipulated for the same by relevant UGC / MHRD guidelines. To consider the request of Dr. Siraj Ahmad, Prof. & Head, Department of Chemistry for re-employment. The matter was debated in length. As a matter of policy, the BOG agreed in principle to the re-employment of retiring faculty members on contract basis subject to the availability of vacancy and as per the MHRD guidelines contained in its notification 1-32/2006-U.II/U.1(1) dated Based on the recommendation of the HOD of the concerned department, the Director will take a decision. However the recommendation of the HOD shall not be a binding on the Director. The meeting ended with a Vote of thanks to the Chair. (Prof. Fayaz Ahmad Mir) Secretary / Registrar (Prof. Rajat Gupta) Director Ex-Officio Approved (Wajahat Habibullah) Chairman, Board of Governors