(1) This Act may be called the 1[National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research] Act, 2007.

(2) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.1. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "National Institutes of Technology " (w.e.f. 7-6-2012). 2. 15th August, 2007, vide notification No. S.O. 1384(E), dated 9th August, 2007, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).