Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University; (b) "Act" means the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 2011; (c) "Authority" means any authority of the University as specified in this Act; (d) "Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies of the University; (e) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University; (f) "College" means a college or institution maintained by or admitted to the privileges of the University; (g) "Department" means a department of studies and includes a centre of advanced study or research; (h) "Employee" means any person appointed by the University and includes a teacher or other member of the staff of the University; (i) "Faculty" means a faculty of the University; (j) "Institution" means an academic institution, not being a college, maintained or admitted to the privileges of the University; (k) "Office" means the office of the University; (l) "Officer" means an officer of the University as specified in this Act; (m) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations; (n) "Principal" means the head of a college or an institution and includes, where there is no principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as principal, and in the absence of the acting principal, a person duly entrusted with the management of the college or institution; (o) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" means respectively the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University for the time being in force; (p) "Teacher" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer and such other person as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University or in any college or institution maintained or admitted to the privileges of the University and designated as teacher by the Ordinances; (q) "University" means the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya established under this Act; (r) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.