Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University established under section 27; (b) "animal or livestock", means all domesticated mammals, birds, fishes, wildlife, captive and zoo animals, reptiles and amphibians and all other animal forms; (c) "Board" means the Board of Management of the University as constituted under section 24; (d) "college" means any college or institution established or maintained by or affiliated to the University for providing courses of study or training or providing for pursuance of research or providing extension education in veterinary, animals, fisheries and allied sciences; (e) "constituent college" means a College, specified in Schedule I and is under the direct management of the University; (f) "Dean" means the Dean of each Faculty; (g) "extension education" means the educational activities concerned with training of farmers and home makers, and other groups serving veterinary, animal, fishery and dairy sciences including dissemination of application of results of research and various phases of scientific technology related to animal, fishery and dairy production and marketing. (h) "Faculty" means Faculty of the University; (i) "Government" means the Government of the State of Assam; (j) "hostel" means a unit of residence for students of the University maintained or recognized by the University either as a part or separate from a college or institution; (k) "Officer" means an officer of the University as specified in section 8 of this Act or other persons in the employment of the University designated as officers by the Statutes; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes and Regulations and Rules made under this Act; (m) "Regulations" and "Statutes" "Rules" means the regulations and statutes respectively made under this Act; (n) "Schedule" means Schedule appended to this Act; (o) "student of the university" means a person enrolled in the University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction duly instituted; (p) "teacher" means Professors, Associate Professors or Assistant Professors and such other person appointed or recognized by the University for the purpose of imparting instructions and/or conducting and guiding research and/or extension programmes and may include any other person who may be declared by the statute to be a teacher; (q) "University" means the Assam Veterinary and Fishery University; (r) "Veterinary and Fisheries Sciences" means, (i) the science and technology of diagnosis, treatment and control of diseases of animals and fishes and other aquatic animals and includes basic veterinary and fishery sciences, (ii) Animal husbandry, meat, dairying and fisheries management technology including biotechnology, advanced sciences and practices relating thereto, (iii) Allied Sciences that are relevant to and supportive to veterinary, animal husbandry, dairy and fishery sectors.