Definitions

In this Act, unless the context Otherwise requires.— (a) Academic Council meaning the Academic Council of the University; (b) Authorities means the authorities of the University; (c) Board Of Management or Board means the Board Of Management of the University; (d) Board of Recognition means the Board of Recognition of the University; (e) Chancellor means the Chancellor of the University; (f) Director means the Director of Schools of the University; (g) Distance Education Council means the Distance Education Council declared by the statute as an authority of the IGNOU established under section 16 of the IGNOU Act; (h) education system means the system of imparting education through any means of communication, such as broadcasting, telecasting, seminars, contact courses, programmes, internet and such other means of communication or the combination of any two or more of such means; (i) Employee means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers, Officers (Other than the Chancellor) and other staff of the University; (j) Finance Committee means the Finance Committee of the University; (k) Covernment means the Government of Odisha; (l) IGNOU means the Indira Gandhi National Open University established under section 3 of the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985; (m) Planning Board means the Planning Board of the University; (n) Prescribed means prescribed by the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or Rules made under this Act; (o) Recognised Institution means the institution established for research or Specialised studies and recognised as such by the University; (p) Regional Centre means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of co-ordinating and supervising the work of Study Centres and recognised and for performing such other functions as maybe conferred on such centre by the Board of Management; (q) Regulations means Regulations made by any authority of the university under this Act for the time being in force; (r) School means a School of Studies of the University; (s) Skill Development Education Council means the Skill Development Education Council of the University; (t) Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations means, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made under this Act and for the time being in force; (u) Student means a student of the University, and includes any person who has enrolled himself for pursuing any course of study of the University; (v) Study Centre means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students; (w) Teachers means Professors, Readers, Lecturers or any other person as may be designated as such by the ordinance for imparting instruction in the university or for giving guidance or rendering assistance to students for pursuing any course of study of the university or to conduct research or to render guidance in any other form to students for pursuing a course of study of the university or to conduct research or to render guidance in any other form to students for pursuing a course of study of the university and shall include part-time and wholetime teachers in Regional centres or study center; (x) university means the Odisha State Open University established under this Act; (y) University Grants Commission means the Commission established under the University Grants Act, 1956; and (z) Vice-Chancellor means Vice-Chancellor of the University.