Definitions

In this Act and the Statutes made thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University; (b) "Commission" means the Madhya Pradesh Uchcha Shiksha Anudan Ayog constituted under section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Uchcha Shiksha Anudan Ayog Adhiniyam, 1973 (No. 21 of 1973); (c) "Management Board" means the Management Board of the University; (d) "Coordination Committee" means the Committee constituted under section 34 of the Madhya Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 1973 (No. 22 of 1973); (e) "Department" means a Department of the University of the subject concerned; (f) "Distance Education System" means the system of imparting education through broadcasting, telecasting, audio-visual methods, communication tools such as visual systems, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes or a combination of any two or more of such means; (g) "Employee" means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other academic staff of the University; (h) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the University; (i) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University; (j) "Planning Board" means the Planning Board of the University; (k) "Regional Centre" means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of coordinating 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 Management Board; (l) "Regulations" means the regulations made by any authority of the University under this Act for the time being in force; (m) "Statutes" and "Ordinances" means respectively the Statutes and Ordinances of the University for the time being in force; (n) "Student" means a student of the University and includes any person who has enrolled himself for pursuing any study programme of the University; (o) "Study Centre" means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of counseling, advising or for rendering such other assistance as may be required by the students; (p) "Teacher" means a Professor, Reader, Assistant Professor and such other person as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting or rendering guidance or assistance to students for pursuing any study programme of the University and designated as such by the Ordinances, and includes part-time and full-time teachers of Regional Centres or Study Centres; (q) "University" means the Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Mukta) Vishwavidyalaya established under this Act; (r) "Indira Gandhi National Open University" means the University established under section 3 of the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (No. 50 of 1985); (s) "University Grants Commission" means the Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (No. 3 of 1956); (t) Words and expressions defined in the Madhya Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 1973 (No. 22 of 1973) in Section 4 shall bear the same meaning as they have in that Act.