Preamble

THE IIHMR UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR ACT, 2014

(Act No. 3 of 2014)

[Received the assent of the Governor on the 25th day of February, 2014] An Act

to provide for establishment and incorporation of the IIHMR University, Jaipur, as a research university, in the State of Rajasthan and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

Whereas, with a view to keep pace with the rapid development in all spheres of knowledge in the world and the country, it is essential to create world level modern research and study facilities in the State to provide state of the art educational facilities to the youth at their door steps so that they can make out of them human resources compatible to liberalized economic and social order of the world;

And whereas, rapid advancement in knowledge and changing requirements of human resources make it essential that a resourceful and quick and responsive system of educational research and development be created which can work with entrepreneurial zeal under an essential regulatory set up and such a system can be created by allowing the private institutions engaged in higher education having sufficient resources and experience to establish universities and by incorporating such universities with such regulatory provisions as ensure efficient working of such institutions;

And whereas, the Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur originally registered as the Society for Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958 (Act No. 28 of 1958) at Registration No. 356/1984-85 dated 5.10.1984 in the office of Registrar, Societies, Jaipur and its name was changed vide Registration No. 342, dated 30.6.1993, in the office of Registrar, Societies, Jaipur as Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur is engaged in the field of education and research for the last several years;

And whereas, the said Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur has set up educational infrastructures, both physical and academic, as

specified in Schedule-I, at 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Near Sanganer Airport, Tehsil Sanganer, District Jaipur in the State of Rajasthan and has agreed to invest the said infrastructure in a University for research and studies in the disciplines

specified in Schedule-II and has also deposited an amount of rupees two crore to be utilized in establishment of an endowment fund in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

And whereas, the sufficiency of the above infrastructure has been got enquired into by a committee, appointed in this behalf by the State Government consisting of the Vice-chancellor, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Director, College Education Rajasthan, Jaipur, Dean, Faculty of Management, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Superintendent, Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur and Dean, Faculty of Commerce, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur;

And whereas, if the aforesaid infrastructure is utilized in incorporation as a University and the said Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur is allowed to run the University, it would contribute in the academic development of the people of the State;

Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-