Definitions: In this Act and in all Schedule of Statutes and Regulations made the

2. Definitions: In this Act and in all Schedule of Statutes and Regulations made thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) “Associate college/institution” includes a college or an institution established and maintained by government or semi/quasi-government/SPV agencies of the State other than the Skill University, and admitted to the privileges of the Skill University under this Act; (b) “Authorities” means the authorities of the Skill University as specified by or under this Act; (c) “Centre of excellence” means the state-of the art training or research centre established in collaboration with industry or for the benefit of the industry and society, to provide all types of relevant skills to students, in-service employee, working professionals and to undertake joint projects; (d) “Community college” means an institution providing skill based academic programs including as maybe prescribed by the Regulations; (e) “Contribution”, by whatever name it may be called including fees, means monetary collection made by the Skill University or its colleges, institutions, skill centres or study centres, as the case may be including tuition expenses towards training, learning and Information Technology (IT), living infrastructure, utilities set-up, maintenance and any other incidental expenses from the students/sponsors by whatever name it may be called; (f) “Constituent college/institution” means a college or institution established or maintained by the Skill University; (g) “Digital learning” means end-to-end completely online learning, synchronous or asynchronous, with no requirement of physical laboratory or in-person teaching in a physical location. Further it is the mode of providing flexible learning opportunities by overcoming separation of teacher and learner using internet, e- learning materials and full-fledged programme delivery through the internet using technology assisted mechanism and resources; (h) “Government” or “State Government” means the Government of Jharkhand; (i) “Notification” means a notification published in the Gazette; (j) “Open and distance education” means education imparted by a combination of more than one means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, Information Communication Technology (ICT), correspondence courses, online, digital, blended modes, contact programmes and any other such methodology. Further it includes providing flexible learning opportunities by overcoming separation of teacher and learner using a variety of media, including print, electronic, online and occasional interactive face-to-face meetings with the learners to deliver teaching-learning experiences, including practical or work experiences; (k) “Regulations” means the Regulations of the Skill University made under this Act; (l) “Schedule” means the Schedule of the Skill University made under this Act; (m) “Section” means a section of this Act; (n) “State” means State of Jharkhand; (o) “Student” means a person enrolled in the Skill University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma or any other academic distinction offered by the Skill University; (p) “Study centre” means a centre established or maintained by the Skill University for the purpose of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of open and distance education; (q) “Skill centre or satellite centre or school” means a training centre established by the Skill University to provide vocational and skill training for the benefit of the industry, students and local population; (r) “Skill University” means the Kaushal Vidya Entrepreneurship, Digital and Skill University, Jharkhand; (s) “Teachers” means Practitioners-as-faculty, Professor of practice, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and such other persons with appropriate titles as may be appointed for imparting instructions, training or conducting research in the Skill University or in any college or institution; (t) “Vocational education” includes competency-building-modules, vocational courses, credits-based-continuum for continuing education or on-the-go learning that is focused on skill-based employability as compared to once-in-a-lifetime degree-based pedagogy for academic qualifications.