Right to Information Act Implementation of ‘The Right to Information Act, 2005’ in the Universities / Colleges The Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) has been enacted by the Parliament and has come into force from 15 June 2005. This Act provides for a right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. All Universities and Colleges established by law made by Parliament or by State Legislature or by notification by the appropriate Government or owned, controlled or substantially financed directly or indirectly by funds provided by the Government shall come within the meaning of a Public Authority under this Act. Whereas some provisions of this act have come into effect immediately on its enactment (that is on 15 June 2005), other provisions shall come into effect on 100 / 120 days of its enactment. All universities and colleges are therefore advised to carefully go through this Act and take necessary steps for implementation of various provisions including proactive disclosure of certain kind of information. Such information shall be made available to the public at large through the website by the concerned university/college. The college complies to the Act enacted by the Parliament. RTI Act 2005 Link: http://righttoinformation.gov.in/rti-act.pdf The details of the PIO (Public Information Officer) is Name of PIO :- Dr. Shashi Kant Prasad Email Id :- Mobile No :- 7764863611 Address : Jagat Narain Lal College, Khagaul Patna - 801105 First Appellate Authority :- Patliputra University Old Bypass Road Kankarbagh Patna 20 Bihar India