Section 2 in The Nalanda Open University Act, 1995
2. Definitions.
- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-(i)"academic year" means a period of twelve months commencing on the first day of June of a year and ending on the 31st day of May of the following year;(ii)"Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the Nalanda Open University;(iii)"Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University;(iv)"Coordinator/Director" means the head of a study centre;(v)"Department" means a department of studies of the University recognized as such by the Statutes.(vi)"Employee" means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers, officers and other staff of the University;(vii)"Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University;(viii)"Government" means the State Government of Bihar.(ix)"Head of Department" means a teacher of the University responsible for the co-ordination of instruction, training and research in a department;(x)"Prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or by the Statutes, Ordinance, Regulations or the Rules framed thereunder;(xi)"Professor" means a teacher of the University possessing such qualifications as prescribed by the Statutes and appointed as such in the manner prescribed.(xii)"Pro-Vice-Chancellor" means the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University;(xiii)"Reader" means a teacher of the University possessing such qualifications as prescribed by the Statutes and appointed as such in the manner prescribed;(xiv)"Lecturer" means a teacher of the University possessing such qualifications as prescribed by the Statutes and appointed as such in the manner prescribed:(xv)"Student" means a person who is enrolled for study in one of the study centres and pursues studies by attending the prescribed correspondence and contract programme;(xvi)"study centre" means a study centre within the University area where the students enrolled carry on their contract programme;(xvii)"teacher" includes Professor, Reader, Lecturer and such other persons imparting instructions in any department or in any study centre maintained and managed or recognized by the University;(xviii)"Teachers of the University" means teachers appointed by the University to give instructions or guide research in the University;(xix)"University" means the Nalanda Open University as constituted under this Act;(xx)"University area" means the area to which this Act extends;(xxi)"University headquarters" means the place where the administrative offices of the University are situated;(xxii)"University funds" means the funds of the University established under this Act;(xxiii)"Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
