Parliament Panel invites suggestions on National Institute of Design Bill

(UNI) The Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has invited suggestions from stakeholders on the National Institute of Design Bill, 2013. The Committee has decided to invite memoranda, containing views suggestions, comments from individuals, experts and stakeholders, interested in the subject matter of the Bill, and also to hear oral evidence on the subject, an official release said. The release said those desirous of submitting memoranda to the Committee may send their written memoranda in English to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat within the next 15 days. Besides, it said, those who are willing to appear before the Committee for oral evidence besides submitting the memoranda may indicate so. However, the Committee`s decision in this regard will be final, the release said. It said the memoranda submitted to the Committee would form part of the records of the Committee and will be treated as confidential. These are not to be disclosed to anyone, till the report of the Committee is presented to Parliament, violation of which would constitute a breach of privilege of the Committee, the release said. The Bill has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, dated March 11, 2013. The National Institute of Design Bill, 2013, introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the March 11, 2013, has been referred to the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, headed by Mr Shanta Kumar, MP, Rajya Sabha, for examination and report. The National Institute of Design Bill, 2013, seeks to provide for declaration of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, as an institution of national importance and make it a body corporate to nurture and promote quality and excellence in design education, to conduct research and training in all disciplines related to design; to confer honorary degrees, diplomas, certificates, awards and other academic distinctions or titles in disciplines relating to design. The bill also seeks to act as nucleus for interaction between academia and industry by encouraging exchange of designers and other technical staff between the Institute and the industry and undertaking sponsored and funded research as well as consultancy projects. UNI