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The Sikkim Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2025

Chapter I PRELIMINARY

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement

Statutory text
  1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2025.
  2. (2) It shall extend to the whole of Sikkim.
  3. (3) It shall come into force on such date, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Chapter I PRELIMINARY

2. Definitions

Statutory text
  1. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, —
    • (a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University;
    • (b) “Adjunct Professor”, “Adjunct Associate Professor” or “Adjunct Assistant Professor” means a person from industry, trade, agriculture, commerce, social, cultural, academic or any other allied fields who is so designated during the period of collaboration or association with the University;
    • (c) “Affiliation” together with its grammatical variations, means and includes in relation to an institution of skills education or training establishments, recognition of such institution and training established by the University and association of such institute and training established with the University;
    • (d) “AIU” means the Association of Indian Universities;
    • (e) “Annual Report” means the Annual report of the University as referred to in section 53 of the Act;
    • (f) “Authorities” means the authorities of the University as specified by or under this Act;
    • (g) “Board of Management” means the Board of Management constituted under section 32 of this Act;
    • (h) “Campus” means the area of University within which it is established;
      • (i) “Center of Excellence” means the state-of-the-art training or research center established in collaboration with industry or for the benefit of the industry and society, to provide all types of relevant skills to students, in-service employees, working professionals and to undertake joint projects;
    • (j) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University appointed under section 22 of the Act;
    • (k) “Credit Framework” means the framework, developed by the University, built on measure unit of education, skills and learning creditsfor a student to achieve the competency for performing a job role successfully or efficiently;
    • (l) “Dean” means the head of a Faculty of the University;
    • (m) “Development Fund” means the development fund of the University;
    • (n) “Distance and Online Education” means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communication viz. broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes or any other such methodology;
    • (o) “Employee” means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers, officers and other staff of the University;
    • (p) “Endowment Fund” means the endowment fund of the University established under section 55 of the Act;
    • (q) “Examination Centre” means an examination centre of the University for the purpose of conducting examination of full-time, part-time, online education and external students registered with the University;
    • (r) “Existing University” means the University specified in Part-I of the Schedule; “Expert Committee” means a committee of eminent persons notified by the Government to promote, facilitate and assist in the establishment of new private universities in the Sikkim constituted under this Act;
    • (t) “Faculty” means the Faculty of the University;
    • (u) “Fee” means monetary collection made by the University from the students for the purpose of any course of study in the University;
      • (v) “Finance Committee” means the Finance Committee of the University;
    • (w) “General Fund” means the General fund of the University established under section 56 of the Act;
      • (x) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body of the University constituted under section 31 of the Act;
    • (y) “Higher Education” means the pursuit of knowledge beyond learning at the stage of higher secondary school education;
    • (z) “Hostel” means a place of residence for the students of the University;
    • (za) “National Assessment and Accreditation Council” means National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bengaluru, an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission;
    • (zb) “National Skill Qualification Framework” means the qualification assurance framework for skills as notified by the Central Government;
    • (zc) “Notification” means the notification published in the Official Gazette of Sikkim;
    • (zd) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules, statutes, ordinances or regulations, as the case may be, made by or under this Act;
    • (ze) “Regulatory Body” means a body established by the Government of India for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of higher education, such as University Grants Commission, All India Council of Technical Education, National Council of Teacher Education, National Medical Commission, Pharmacy Council of India, National Council of Assessment and Accreditation, Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Distance Education Council, Council of Scientific and Indian Research, etc., and includes the Government or any such body constituted by the Government of India or the State Government;
    • (zf) “Regulatory Commission” means the commission constituted under section 7 of the Act;
    • (zg) “Rules” means the rules prescribed by the State Government;
    • (zh) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act;
    • (zi) “Section” means a section of this Act;
    • (zj) “Sponsoring Body” in relation to a University established under this Act means, —
      • (i) a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; or
      • (ii) a public trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882; or
      • (iii) any Educational Institution established under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 or a company registered under section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013;
    • (zj) “State” means the State of Sikkim;
    • (zk) “State Government” means the State Government of Sikkim;
    • (zl) “Statutes”, “Ordinances” or “Regulations” means respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations of the University made under this Act;
    • (zm) “Student” means a person enrolled in a University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinctions instituted by the University, including a research degree;
    • (zn) “Study Center” means the center established maintained by the University for the purpose of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of distance education;
    • (zo) “Teacher” means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Adjunct Professor or any other person required to impart education or to guide research or to render guidance in any form to the students for pursuing a course of study of the University;
    • (zp) “University” means the self-financed private university mentioned in the Schedule.
    • (zq) “University Grants Commission” means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;
    • (zr) “Visitor” means the Visitor of the University referred to in section 21 of the Act;

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