# IIT Council

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The **Council of Indian Institutes of Technology**, or **IIT Council,** is the governing body responsible for all of the [Indian Institutes of Technology](/source/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology).[1]

## Composition and Structure

The IIT Council comprises the minister-in-charge of technical education in the Union Government (as Chairman), three Members of Parliament, the Chairmen of all IITs, the Directors of all IITs, the Chairman of the [University Grants Commission](/source/University_Grants_Commission_(India)), the Director General of [CSIR](/source/CSIR_India), the Chairman of [IISc](/source/IISc), the Director of [IISc](/source/IISc), the Joint Council Secretary of Ministry of Education, and three appointees each of the Union Government, [AICTE](/source/All_India_Council_for_Technical_Education) and the Visitor. Under the IIT council are the Boards of Governors of each IITs.

## References

1. ["About IITs"](https://www.iitsystem.ac.in/about). *Council of Indian Institutes of Technology*. Retrieved 2023-08-07.

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