Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -

1. (a) “College” means any College or Institution maintained or managed by the University in accordance with the provision of the Act and the Statutes
2. (b) “Council” means the University Council;
3. (c) “Court” means the University Court constituted under section 23 of the Act;
4. (d) “Doctors of University” means persons awarded with Doctorate Degree by the University;
5. (e) “Degree College” means the college affiliated to the University in which instruction is given to the students of the College upto a standard leading to the award of any Bachelor's degree of the University;
6. (f) “Faculty” means a Faculty of the University;
7. (g) “Government” means the Government of Assam; .
8. (h) “hall” means a unit of residence for the students of the University maintained or recognized by the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
   • (i) “Moderation Board” means a Board constituted in the manner as may be prescribed in the statues for the purpose of scrutinizing and moderating the question papers of various examinations held and conducted by the University from time to time;
9. (j) “Patron of the University” means a person who has made a donation of not less than Rs. 100,00,000 to the funds of the University and has been declared by the Chancellor to be a patron of the University;
10. (k) “Principal” mean the head of a College and its teaching staff, and includes, where there is no principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal, and in the absence of the Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such;
11. (l) “Professional College” means a college imparting instructions in the professional subjects, namely, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Technology, Agriculture, Veterinary, Post-Graduation teachers' training and such other subjects as may be prescribed from time to time to as professional subject under the University;
12. (m) “registered graduate” means a graduate registered under the provisions of this Act;
13. (n) “Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations” means respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made under this Act;
14. (o) “teacher” means a Professor, Reader or a Assistant Professor of the University or of a College whether constituted or affiliated by the University or any other person imparting instructions for conducting or supervising or guiding research either in a college or in a department from centre of study of the University and includes a person recognized as a teacher by the University;
15. (p) “University” means the SU-KA-PHA University;
16. (q) “University Professor” or “University Associate Professor” means a Professor or Associate Professor appointed or recognized as such by the University;
17. (r) “warden” means the head of a Hall.