Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act—

(a) the Board of Governors of every Institute ¹[mentioned in the First Schedule] functioning as such immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to so function until a new Board is constituted for that Institute under this Act, but on the constitution of a new Board under this Act, the member of the Board holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office;

(b) every Senate constituted in relation to every Institute before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the Senate constituted under this Act until a Senate is constituted under this Act for that Institute but on the constitution of new Senate under this Act, the members of the Senate holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office.

¹[(c) recruitment process and disciplinary proceedings, which had commenced before the commencement of the National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012 (28 of 2012), shall be completed, mutatis mutandis, in accordance with the relevant provisions in force immediately before such commencement.

Explanation.—Recruitment process for a post may be taken to have commenced from the date of publication of the advertisement inviting application for the post, and disciplinary proceedings against an employee of the Institute may be taken to have commenced on the date of issue of charge sheet for major penalty of show cause notice for minor penalty to such employee;

(d) all matters, which are meant to be provided through Statutes and Ordinances under sections 25 and 27, respectively, shall, till such Statutes and Ordinances are made, be governed, mutatis mutandis, by the corresponding provisions in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.]

²[(e) the court, the Academic Council and the Executive Council of the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur performing functions as such immediately before the commencement of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment Act, 2014 (9 of 2914), shall continue to function until a Board is constituted for the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur under this Act, but on and after the constitution of a Board under this Act, the members of the Court, the Academic Council and the Executive Council, shall cease to hold office;

(f) the authorities of the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, by whatever names so called, performing functions as such immediately before the commencement of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2014 (9 of 2014) shall continue to function until a new Authority is appointed or constituted for performing the same functions under the said Act, but on and after such appointment or constitution, the authorities performing the functions under the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Act, 2014 (13 of 2004) or any Statutes or Ordinances made thereunder shall cease to hold office;

(g) every Senate or any other authorities in the names so called constituted in relation to every Institute before the commencement of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2014 shall be deemed to be the Senate constituted under the said Act until a new Senate is constituted under this Act for that Institute, but on the constitution of a new Senate under this Act, the members of the Senate holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office;

(h) until the first Statutes and the Ordinances are made and brought in force under the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2014 (9 of 2014) the Statutes, Ordinances and rules made for the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur immediately before the commencement of the said Act shall continue to apply to the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the said Act.]

1. Ins. by Act 28 of 2012, s.16 (w.e.f. 7-6-2012).
2. Ins. by Act 9 of 2014, s.10 (w.e.f. 4-3-2014).