Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “appointed date” means such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint under sub-section (2) of section 1; (b) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation; (c) “Committees” means the Committees of the Executive Council referred to in section 12; (d) “Executive Council” means the Council constituted under sub-section (1) of section 7; (e) “Foundation” means the Anusandhan National Research Foundation established under section 3; (f) “Funds” means the Funds referred to in sub-section (2) of section 13; (g) “Governing Board” means the Governing Board of the Foundation constituted under section 5; (h) “Member” means a Member of the Governing Board or the Executive Council and includes the President, Vice-President and Chairperson, as the case may be; (i) “notification” means the notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression “notified” shall be construed accordingly; (j) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and (k) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Executive Council under this Act.