Section 2 in The Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya (University in the Sky) Act, 2003
2. Definitions.
- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-(a)"Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University;(b)"Constituent College" means a college or institution maintained by the University;(c)"Council for Technical Education" means the All India Council for Technical Education established under Section 3 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987;(d)"Distance Education System" means the system of imparting education through any means of information technology and communication such as multimedia, broadcasting, telecasting, online over internet, other interactive methods, e-mail, internet, computer, interactive talk back, e-learning, correspondence course, seminar, contact programme or a combination of any two or more of such means;(e)"Employee" means employee appointed by the University; and includes teachers and other staff of the University or of a constituent college;(f)"Faculty" means faculty of the University;(g)"Prescribed" means prescribed by the statutes;(h)"Principal" in relation to a constituent college, means the Head of the constituent college and includes, where there is no Principal, the Vice-Principal or any other person for the time being appointed to act as Principal';(i)"Regional Centre" means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of co-ordinating and supervising the work of Study Centres in any region and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such centre by the Board of Management;(j)"State" means State of Uttaranchal;(k)"Statutes" and "Rules" means, respectively, the Statutes and rules of the University;(l)"Study Centre" means a centre established, maintained or recognised by the University for the purpose of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students;(m)"TALEEM Research Foundation" means the sponsoring body of the University which is a registered Charitable Trust and Literary Society at Ahmedabad, Gujarat;(n)"Teacher" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor/Lecturer or such other person as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University or in a constituent college and institution and includes the Principal of a constituent college, in conformity with the norms prescribed by the UGC;(o)"UGC" means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;(p)"University" means the Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya (University in the Sky) established under this Act;(q)"Zed Career Academy Centre" means a centre established, maintained or recognised by the University for the purpose of receiving telecast, e-mail, internet, interactive talk back, conducting training, organize lectures, seminars and workshops, advising, counselling or rendering any other assistance required by the students.
