(1)"MCI" means Medical Council of India, constituted under section 3 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 102 of 1956);(m)"NAAC" means the National Council of Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore, an autonomous institution of the UGC;(n)"NCTE" means the National Council of Teacher Education constituted under section 3 of the National Council of Teacher Education Act, 1993 (Central Act No. 73 of 1993);(o)"off campus Centre" means a centre of the University established by it outside the main campus operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the University's complement of facilities, faculty and staff;(p)"PCI" means Pharmaceutical Council of India constituted under section 3 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 8 of 1948);(q)"prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes made under this Act;(r)"regulating body" means a body established or constituted by or under any law for the time being in force laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of higher education, such as UGO, AICTE,. NOTE, MCI, PCI, NAAC, ICAR, DEC, CSIR etc. and includes the State Government;(s)"rules" means the Rules made under this Act;(t)"Schedule" means the schedule to this Act;(u)"Sponsoring Body" means the Shyam Lai Panwar Anandi Devi Memorial Charitable Trust, Jaipur, a Charitable Trust registered under Rajasthan Public Trusts Act, 1959 (Act No. 42 of 1959) having Registration No. 47, Jaipur 2003 dated 24.11.2003;(v)"Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made under this Act;(w)"Student of the University" means a person enrolled in the University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinction duly instituted by the University, including a research degree;(x)"study centre" means a centre established and maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counseling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of distance education;(y)"teacher" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person required to impart education or to guide research or to render guidance in any other form to the students for pursuing a course of study of the University;(z)"UGC" means the University Grants Commission, established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act No.3 of 1956); and(za)"University" means the Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University, Raipur.
