Definitions- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-

2. Definitions- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- (i) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University; (ii) “Academic session” means duration of twelve months beginning either in January or in the month of July of every year; (iii) "Assistant Professor" means a teacher of the University possessing such qualifications as prescribed by the Statutes and appointed as such in the manner as prescribed. (iv) "Associate Professor" means a teacher of the University possessing such qualifications as prescribed by the Statutes and appointed/promoted as such in the manner as prescribed. (v) “Authorities” means the Authorities of the University; झारखडगजट(असाधारण) मंगलवार, 23 नव.बर, 2021 (vi) “Centre for Internal Quality Assurance” (CIQA) means a Centre for Internal Quality Assurance of the University. (vii) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University; (viii) “Coordinator” means the Coordinator of the Study Centre appointed by the University; (ix) “Counsellor” means a teacher and includes Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and such other persons imparting instructions in any school or in any study centre maintained and managed or recognized by the University; (x) “Director” means the Director of the Schools set up by the University and includes Director of Centre for Internal Quality Assurance; (CIQA) (xi) “Distance Education Systems” means the system of imparting education through any means of communication, such as, broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence course, seminars, contact programmes or the combination of any two or more of such means; (xii) “Employee” means any person appointed and paid by the University and includes teachers and other academic staff of the University; (xiii) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University; (xiv) “Finance Committee” means the Finance Committee of the University; (xv) “Government” means the State Government of Jharkhand; (xvi) “Learner Support Services” means and includes such services as are provided by the University in order to facilitate the acquisition of teaching-learning experiences by the learner to the level prescribed by or on behalf of this Act in respect of a programme of study; (xvii) “Open and Distance Learning (ODL)” means a mode of delivering education and instructions to learners who are not physically present in a traditional setting of a classroom. Transaction of the curriculum is effected by means of specially prepared materials (self-study learning materials) which are delivered to the learners at their doorstep through various media, such as, print, television, radio, satellite, audio/video tapes, CD-ROMs, Internet and World Wide Web etc.; (xviii) “Planning Board” means the Planning Board of the University (xix) "Prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or by the Statutes, Ordinance, Regulations or the Rules framed thereunder; (xx) "Professor" means a teacher of the University possessing such qualifications as are prescribed by the Statutes and appointed/promoted as such in the manner as prescribed. (xxi) “Programme” means a course or programme of study leading to the award of a Degree at graduate and postgraduate levels in the University including Certificate or Diploma or Post Graduate Diploma; (xxii) “Programme Coordinator” means a teacher of the University responsible for the coordination of instructions, training and research in a programme/course run by the University. झारखडगजट(असाधारण) मंगलवार, 23 नव.बर, 2021 (xxiii) "Pro-Vice-Chancellor" means the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University; (xxiv) “Recognised Institution” means the institution established for research or specialised studies and recognised as such by the University. (xxv) “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 University; (xxvi) “Regulations” means the Regulations made by any authority of the University under this Act for the time being in force; (xxvii) “School” means a School of Studies of the University; (xxviii) “Self-Learning Material” means and includes contents in the form of course material, whether print or non-print, which is inter-alia self-explanatory, self-contained, self- directed at the learner, and amenable to self-evaluation, and enables the learner to acquire the prescribed level of learning of a course of study, but does not include textbooks or guidebooks; (xxix) “Statutes” and” Ordinances” mean, respectively, the Statutes and Ordinances of the University for the time being in force; (xxx) “Student” means a student of the University, and includes any person who has enrolled himself for pursuing any course of study of the University; (xxxi) “Study Centre” means a centre established, maintained or recognised by the University for the purpose of advising, counselling or imparting education or for rendering any other assistance required by the students; (xxxii) "Teacher" includes Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and such other persons imparting instructions in any school or in any study centre maintained and managed or recognized by the University; (xxxiii) “University” means the Jharkhand State Open University established under this Act; (xxxiv) "University area" means the area to which this Act extends; (xxxv) "University headquarters" means the place where the administrative offices of the University are situated; (xxxvi) "University funds" means the fund of the University established under this Act and Statutes; (xxxvii) “Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University. झारखडगजट(असाधारण) मंगलवार, 23 नव.बर, 2021 CHAPTER-2 The University: objects, powers and functions