Chapter 1 PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Act, 2008, . (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the date on which, the Notification is issued by the State Government.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates: (i) Academic Council means the Academic Council of the University; (ii) Act means University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Act, 2008. (iii) Adjunct Campuses means campus or campuses which are attached to the University in addition to the main campus; (iv) AICTE means the All India Council for Technical Education established under section 3 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987; · (v) Affiliated College means a College or an Institution which is affiliated to the,University; (vi) Centres means a School/Centre maintained by the university and sponsored by the Sponsor. (vii) Annual Report means the Annual report of the University as explained in section 45 of the Act; (viii) Board of Governors means the Board of Governors of the University as explained in section 21 of the Act; (ix) Board of Management means the Board of Management of the University as explained in Section 22 of the Act; (x) Chancellor means Chancellor of the University as explained in section 13 of the Act; (xi)Constituent College means a college or an institution maintained by the University; (xii) Development Fund means the Development Fund of the University as explained in section 43 of the Act; (xiii)Distance Education System means the system of imparting education through any means of information technology and communication such as multimedia, broadcasting, telecasting, online over internet, other interactive methods, email, internet, computer, interactive talk-back, e-Iearning, correspondence course, seminar, contact programme or a combination of any two or more of such means; (xiv)Endowment Fund means Endowment Fund of the University as explained in section 41 of the Act; (xv)Employee means employee appointed by the University; and includes teachers and other staff of the University or of a constituent college; (xvi)Faculty means faculty of the University; (xvii)Finance Officer means Finance Officer of the University as explained in section 1 7 of the Act; (xviii)General Fund means General Fund of the University as explained in section 42 of the Act; (xix)Prescribed means prescqbed by the Statutes; (xx)Director in relation to a constituent college, means the Head of the constituent college and includes, where there is no Director, the Deputy Director or any other person for the time being appointed to act as Director; (xxi)Regional Centre means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of co-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 Board of Management; (xxii)Registrar means Registrar of the University as explained in section 16 of the Act; (xxiii)Rules means the Rules of the University; (xxiv)Sponsor means the ERD Foundation registered under the Assam Society Registration Act; Assam vide Registration No.KAMl240/a-2/272 of 2006. (xxv) State means the State of Meghalaya; (xxvi) State Government means the State Government of Meghalaya; (xxvii) Statutes means the Statutes of the University; (xxviii)Study Centre means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance including training, conducting contact classes and administering examinations required by the students; (xxix) 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 University or in a constituent college or institution and includes the Director of a constituent college or institution in conformity with the norms prescribed by the UGC and other competent authority; (xxx) ERD means Education, Research and Development (xxxi) The ERD Foundation means the Society which is registered under the Assam Societies Registration Act, (Act XXI of 1860) at Guwahati, Assam vide Registration No. KAM/240/a-2/272 of 2006. (xxxii) UGC means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (xxxiii)University means the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya established under this Act; (xxxiv) Vice - Chancellor means Vice- Chancellor of the University as explained in section 14 of the Act; (xxxv) Visitor means the Visitor of the University as explained in section 12 of the Act; (xxxvi)DCI means the Dental Council of India; (xxxvii) DEC means the Distance Education Council; (xxxviii) INC means the Indian Nursing Council; (xxxix) MCI means the Medical Council of India; (xl) NCTE means the National Council for Teacher Education;