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 under this Act; (c) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University; (d) "Department" means a department of studies of the university; (e) "employee" means any person appointed by the University, and includes a teacher or any other full-time member of the staff of the university; (f) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University; (g) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the university; (h) "non-teaching employee" means a non-teaching employee other than an officer or holding any teaching post (including any teaching post) appointed or recognized as such by the University; (i) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (j) "officer" means an officer of the University; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Regulations made under this Act; (l) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the university; (m) "Regulations and Ordinances" means the Regulations and Ordinances of the University made under this Act; (n) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act; (o) "School of Studies" means a School of Studies of the University; (p) "State Government" means the Government of Sikkim, in the Education Department; (q) "student" means a student of the University includes any person enrolled by the University for pursuing any course of study of the University; (r) "teacher" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Lecturer or such other person, holding a teaching post or a part-time teaching post appointed or recognized by the university or appointed by any affiliated institution; (s) "University" means the Sikkim University constituted under this Act; (t) "University Court" means the Court of the University; (u) "University Grants Commission" means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (v) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University. In the Sikkim University Act, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), throughout the principal Act, for the words "The Sikkim University Act", wherever they occur, the words "Sikkim University Act" shall be substituted.