Section 2(1) in First Statutes of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
(1)In these First Statutes, unless the context otherwise requires,-(a)"Act" means the National Institute of Design Act, 2014 (18 of 2014);(b)"activity," in relation to the Institute, includes academic and allied unit of the institute overviewing the multidisciplinary functions in respect of education, research and publication, outreach programmes, industry programmes, Information Technology services, Knowledge Management Centre, Resource Centre and such other functions as may be in existence before the commencement of the Act or as may be decided by the Director;(c)"Activity Chairperson" means a Principal Designer or Senior Designer nominated by the Director in accordance with Statute 23;(d)"Activity Chairperson (Education)" means the faculty member of the Institute nominated by the Director under statute 22;(e)"Authorities" mean the authorities of the institute as specified in Statute 3;(f)"Department" means an umbrella of a group of administrative activities, with or without sections/cells/units, supporting the day to day functions of the Institute including general administration, academic administration, accounts and finance, and such other functions as may be in existence before the commencement of the Act or as may be decided by the Governing Council;(g)"Discipline Lead" means a faculty nominated by the Director on a tenure and rotation basis to coordinate various academic and administrative activities of any discipline or programme;(h)"disciplines or programmes" , mean a branch of educational programmes or courses related to studies and research offered by the Institute under a particular faculty stream;(i)"Faculty" means an employee appointed for the position of teaching, research or developmental activities of the Institute;(j)"faculty forum" means an advisory body as specified in statute 20;(k)"Faculty Stream" means an academic unit of the Institute engaged in such academic activities as design education, research and development and consultancy having multiple design disciplines;(l)"Head of Department" means the administrative Head of a Department as may be nominated by the Director;(m)"Officers" and "Faculty Members", in relation to the Institute, respectively means the, officers and faculty members of the Institute;(n)"Standing Committee" means the Standing Committee of the Governing Council constituted under Statute 10;(o)"Workshops or Labs or Studios or Cells" , in relation to the Institute, means auxiliary units of the Institute engaged in technical, technological, design management, intellectual property rights and other support services provided to the Faculty Streams, Design Disciplines, Research and various Developmental activities and other related functions of the Institute.
