Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University; (b) "affiliated institution" means a College or an institution affiliated to the University and includes a College or an institution deemed to be an affiliated College or institution under this Act; (c) "Board" means the Board of Management of the University; (d) "Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies of the University; (e) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University; (f) "College" means an institution admitted to the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, and includes a College managed by the University; (g) "Constituent College" means a College established, managed, maintained and controlled by the University, and includes a College or a Department transferred from any other University to the management, maintenance and control of the University; (h) "Council" means the All India Council for Technical Education established under the provisions of the All-India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987; (i) "employee" means every person in the whole time employment of the University; (j) "Faculty" means a Faculty of the University; (k) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the University referred to in section 23; (l) "Fund" means the fund of the University established under section 25; (m) "Government" means the Government of Orissa; (n) "other Universities" means the Universities established or deemed to have been established under the Orissa Universities Act, 1989 or the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology Act, 1965; (o) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes, Regulations or Rules; (p) "State" means the State of Orissa; (q) "Statutes", "Regulations" and "Rules" means respectively the "Statutes", "Regulations" and "Rules" of the University made under this Act; (r) "Teacher" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or such other person imparting instruction or conducting or supervising research either in a Constituent College or in any of the Departments of the University, or in an affiliated College, as the context may imply; (s) "University" means the Biju Patnaik University of Technology established under this Act ; and (t) "University Grants Commission" means the University Grants Commission constituted under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.