Chapter I PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement.—

1. (1) This Act may be called the IIIT-Delhi Act, 2007.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.

Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the Institute;
2. (b) "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Institute;
3. (c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board;
4. (d) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the Institute;
5. (e) "Director" means the Director of the Institute;
6. (f) "employee" means any person appointed by the Institute and includes teachers and other staff of the Institute;
7. (g) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the Institute;
8. (h) "Government" means the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi;
   • (i) "Institute" means the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi established under section 3 of this Act;
9. (j) "notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette;
10. (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes or Ordinances or Regulations made under this Act;
11. (l) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Institute;
12. (m) "Senate" means the Senate of the Institute;
13. (n) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean respectively the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the Institute made under this Act;
14. (o) "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 Institute or in any College or Institution maintained by the Institute and designated as a teacher by the Ordinances.