Chapter I Chapter I

(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan ILD Skills University, Jaipur Act, 2017. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan. (3) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University; (b) “affiliated college” means a college or institute admitted to the privileges of the University; (c) “authority” means any authority of the University as specified in this Act; (d) “Board” means the Board of Management of the University; (e) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University; (f) “college” means a constituent college or an affiliated college; (g) “competency” means the ability to use acquired knowledge and learning and development of character for performing a job role successfully or efficiently; (h) “Comptroller” means Comptroller of the University; (i) “constituent college” means a college maintained by the University; (j) “credit framework” means the framework, developed by the university, built on measure units of education, skills, and learning credits for a student to achieve the competency for performing a job role successfully or efficiently; (k) “Dean” means the Dean of the Faculty or the Dean of the constituent college; (l) “Director” means Director of Skill Education, Director of Human Resources Development, Director of Students’ Welfare and other Directors of specified areas, which the University may create from time to time; (m) “Faculty” means Faculty in the University as specified in this Act and the Statutes; (n) “Governor” means the Governor of the State of Rajasthan; (o) “Head” means Head of a department or division of the discipline; (p) “hostel” means a place of residence for students of the University maintained or recognized by the University either as part of, or separate from, the University; (q) “IFCI Ltd.” means the Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd., a Government company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act No.1 of 1956); (r) “ILD” means the Institute of Leadership Development, Jaipur, a society registered under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958 (Act No.28 of 1958); (s) “National Occupational Standards” means National Occupational Standards formulated by the Sector Skill Councils or, as the case may be, by the National Skills Qualification Committee; (t) “National Skill Development Agency” means the National Skill Development Agency, an autonomous body, registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act No. 21 of 1860); (u) “National Skill Development Corporation” means the National Skill Development Corporation, a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 1 of 1956) ; (v) “National Skills Qualification Framework” means the National Skills Qualification Framework notified by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) Government of India vide Notification No. 8/6/2013-Invt. dated 27th December, 2013; (w) “National Skills Qualification Committee” means the Committee set up in accordance with para 14(i) of the Notification No. 8/6/2013-Invt. dated 27th December, 2013 issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) Government of India; (x) “officer” means an officer of the University as specified in this Act or any other person in the employment of the University who is declared as officer by the Statutes; (y) “prescribed” means as prescribed by the Statutes of the University; (z) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the University; (za) “Regulations” means the Regulations made under section 36; (zb) “Sector Skill Council” means the Sector Skill Council specified in Notification No. 8/6/2013-Invt. dated 27th December, 2013 issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) Government of India; (zc) “skills” means the qualification and competency achieved through education, training and learning for performing a job role successfully and efficiently; (zd) “Statutes” means the Statutes of the University made under section 34; (ze) “student” means the person enrolled in the University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction; (zf) “teacher” means a person not below the rank of Assistant Professor appointed or recognized by the University for the purpose of imparting instructions and/or conducting and guiding research and includes any other person who may be declared by the Statutes to be a teacher; (zg) “University” means the Rajasthan ILD Skills University, Jaipur as established and constituted under this Act; and (zh) “Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.