Definition

In this Act, and in all statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,- (i) "Academic council" means the academic council of the University; (ii) "Academic year" means the Academic year which the Board of Management may determine; (iii) "Annual Report" means the annual report of the University referred to in section 45 of the Act; (iv) "Board of Governors" means the board of Governors of the University constituted under section 21 of the Act; (v) "Board of Management" means the board of management of the University constituted under section 22 of the Act; (vi) "Chancellor", "Vice-Chancellor" mean the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the University; (vii) "Constituent College" means a college or an institution maintained by the University; (viii) "Development fund" means the development fund of the University established under section 43 of the Act; (ix) "Education and Training Institution, Registered Training Organization" means an organization recognized by the University. (x) "Employee" means an employee appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University or of a constituent college; (xi) "Endowment fund" means the endowment fund of the University established under section 41 of the Act; (xii) "Faculty" means teaching faculty of the University; (xiii) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the University; (xiv) "Government" means the State Government of Sikkim; (xv) "General fund" means the general fund of the University established under section 42 of the Act; (xvi) "Learning Centres" means centres established or maintained or recognized by the University. (xvii) "Open, Flexible and Distance Learning System" means the system of imparting education and. training through any means of mentoring, learning engagement, communication. (xviii) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes or rules made under this Act; (xix) "Regional centre" means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of coordinating and supervising the work of study centres and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such centre by the board of management; (xx) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University appointed under section 17 of the Act; (xxi) "rules" means the rules of the university made under this Act; (xxii) "School" means a School of Studies of the University; (xxiii) "Sponsor" means the SRM Trust represented by Chairman/President; (xxiv) "State" means the State of Sikkim; (xxv) "Statutes" and "rules" mean, respectively, the Statutes and Rules of the University; (xxvi) "Student" means a student of the University, and includes any person who has enrolled himself for pursuing any course of study of the University; (xxvii) "Study centre" means a centre established, maintained or recognized by tile University for the purpose of advising, counseling or for rendering any other assistance including training, conducting contact classes and administering examinations required by the students; (xxviii) "UGC" means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (xxix) "University" means the "SRM University, Sikkim"