Chapter I Chapter I

Preliminary

1. (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Jobner) Jaipur Act, 2023.
2. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University;
2. (b) “affiliated college, institution or unit” means a college or an institution or a unit, whether private or public, by whatever name called, affiliated with the University with respect to specific academic programmes;
3. (c) “animal” means all domesticated animals and includes birds, fish, wild animals, reptiles and bees;
4. (d) “animal technology” means technologies or biotechnologies in respect of veterinary medicine, animal breeding, livestock production and management, nutrition of animals, livestock products, feeds and food;
5. (e) “authority” means any authority of the University as specified in this Act;
6. (f) “Board” means Board of Management of the University;
7. (g) “Board of Studies” means academic affairs committee at faculty level;
8. (h) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University;
   • (i) “college”, “institution” or “unit” means any college or institution or unit established or maintained by, or affiliated to, the University providing courses of study or training or providing for prosecution of research or providing extension education in veterinary, dairy, food and animal sciences, for admission to the examinations for degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions of the University;
9. (j) “Comptroller” means Comptroller of the University responsible for finance management of the University;
10. (k) “constituent college, institution or unit” means a college, institution or unit established, managed or maintained by the University and includes the college, institution or unit specified by or under this Act to be the constituent college, institution or unit, as the case may be, of the University;
11. (l) “Dean of Faculty” means Chairperson of the Faculty;
12. (m) “Dean of Post-graduate Studies” means the Dean appointed to look after the Postgraduate affairs of all faculties of the University;
13. (n) “Dean of the College” means head of the constituent college and, unless otherwise specified head of an affiliated college or institution or unit;
14. (o) “Dean of Student Welfare” means Dean of Student Welfare, Counseling and Student Placement;
15. (p) “Director” means Director of Education, Director of Research, Director of Extension Education, Director of Clinics and other Directors of specific areas, which the University may create from time to time;
16. (q) “Extension education” means the educational activities concerned with the training of veterinarians, dairy and food technology, scientists, Para-veterinary staff, livestock, poultry and fish farmers and breeders, animal owners and other groups concerned with animal health or welfare or improved animal husbandry practices and various phases of scientific technology related to animal production and marketing and includes demonstration to carry the new technology and innovation to livestock farms and farm homes;
17. (r) “Extension Education Council” means Extension Education Council of the University;
18. (s) “Faculty” means Faculty of the University;
19. (t) “fishery” means the art and science of understanding the biology, commercial exploitation and conservation of aquatic life as well as its Surroundings including the constituents of the surroundings;
20. (u) “food technology” means technologies and biotechnologies in respect of animal products and by-products intended for food such as milk, meat, egg, fish, honey and other emerging products and their by-products intended as food by the society;
    • (v) “Government” means the State Government of Rajasthan;
21. (w) “Governor” means the Governor of Rajasthan;
    • (x) “hostel” means a place of residence for students of the University maintained or recognized by the University;
22. (y) “officer of the University” means the officer of the University as specified section 23 or declared as such in the Statutes;
23. (z) “Ordinances” means the Ordinances made under this Act;
24. (za) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations made under this Act;
25. (zb) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the University;
26. (zc) “Regulations” means Regulations made under this Act;
27. (zd) “Research Council” means the Research Council of the University;
28. (ze) “Schedule” means the Schedule of this Act;
29. (zf) “Statutes” means the Statutes made under this Act;
30. (zg) “Student” means the person admitted and enrolled in a constituent or affiliated college or institution or unit of the University for taking a course of study for a degree or other academic programme duly instituted;
31. (zh) “teacher” means a person, known by any rank, appointed or recognized by the University or affiliated college or institution or unit for the purpose of imparting instruction or conducting and guiding research or extension education programmes and includes any other person declared by the Statutes to be a teacher;
32. (zi) “University” means “The Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Jobner) Jaipur” established under this Act;
33. (zj) “University teacher” means a person not below the rank of Assistant Professor appointed or recognized by the University for the purpose of imparting instruction or conducting or guiding research or extension education programmes, and includes any other person declared by the Statutes to be a University teacher;
34. (zk) “Veterinary and animal sciences” includes all the disciplines of veterinary, dairy and food technologies, animal sciences and animal husbandry including poultry and its allied sciences, e.g., fisheries sciences, sciences of animal kingdom, faunal, wild animals, silk worm, bees etc., including their Natural Resource Management, Production and Protection, Dairy Science and Livestock Food Technology, Agriculture Engineering and Technology pertaining to animal component, Animal Business Management, Basic Sciences and Humanities in relation to veterinary and animal sciences, and any other subject deemed to be related to veterinary and animal sciences;
35. (zl) “Veterinary Council of India” means the Veterinary Council of India constituted under the Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984 (Central Act No. 52 of 1984); and
36. (zm) “Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.