In force · As amended up to 2026-08
4. Incorporation.— (1) The first Chairman, the first Director and the first members of the Board who shall be the persons appointed in this behalf by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, and all persons, who may hereafter become or be appointed as officers or members of the Board, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
(2) The Institute shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
Source: India Code