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The NITs are governned by the NITs council with the President of India as it’s ex officio visitor.

The council cosists of the following:-

• Union Minister for Human Resources Developmen - Chairman
• Education Secretary, Ministry of HRD, GOI
• Principal Adviser (Education),Planning Commission
• Secretary, Deptt. Of Science & Technology,GOI
• Director General of CSIR Labs
• Secretary, Dept. Of Biotechnology, GOI
• Secretary, Atomic Energy, GOI
• Secretary, Dept. Of Information Technology,GOI
• Secretary, Dept. Of Space, GOI
• Spl. Secretary,/Addl. Secretary/Educational Adviser(T), M/o HRD
• Chairman, UGC
• Chairman, AICTE
• Two Chairmen, Board of Governors of NITs (by rotation)
• Four Directors of NITs (by rotation)
• One Director of IIT (by rotation)
• One Director of IIM (by rotation)
• Two Secretaries of Higher/Technical Education from States where NITs are located(by rotation)
• Two persons from Industry nominated by the Central Government
• Finance Adviser, M/o HRD
• Joint Secretary (Technical Education)/Joint Education Adviser(Technical Education), M/o HRD - Member Secretary

The remaining being Members either by selection or rotation
The indiviual NITs are under the control of their respective Board of Governors . The academic policies of individual NITs are decided by its Senate. It comprises of all professors of the NIT and a few representatives. . The Director of a NIT will be the ex-officio Chairman of the Senate. Under the Director in the organisational structure will be the Deputy Director. The Director and the Deputy Director together will manage the Deans, Heads of Departments, Registrar, President of the Students' Council, and Chairman of the Hall Management Committee.

The senate controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations and results. It also appoints committees to look into specific academic matters. The teaching, training and research activities of various departments of the Institute are periodically reviewed to maintain educational standards. Faculty members are posted as Deans and Heads of Departments for a limited period (typically 2–3 years) before returning to regular faculty academic duties. The Registrar is the chief administrative officer of the NIT and overviews the day-to-day operations. Below the Head of Department (HOD) are the various faculty members (Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers). The Warden comes under the Chairman of the Hall Management Committee.