(1) For the purposes of advancement, propagation and promotion of application of science and technology to the various problems faced by the society and to the developmental work, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Commission called "the Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission".

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(2) The Commission shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property movable, immovable and intellectual and to contract and may sue and be sued by the said name.