Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University Act, 2025.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that 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.

Whereas the objects of the "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University are such as to make it an institution of national importance, it is hereby declared that the "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University is an institution of national *importance.

1. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,---
   • (a) "Academic and Research Council" means the Academic and Research Council of the University;
   • (b) "academic staff" means such categories of staff designated as academic staff by the Ordinances;
   • (c) "appointed day" means the date of establishment of the University under sub section (1) of section 4; (d)"Assessment and Improvement Council" means the Assessment and Improvement Council of the University;
   • (e) "Board for Affiliation and Recognition" means the Board for Affiliation and Recognition of the University;
   • (f) "Board of Co-operative Studies" means the Board of Co-operative Studies of a School of the University;
   • (g) "Capacity Building Council" means the Capacity Building Council of the University;
   • (h) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University;
     • (i) "co-operative principles" means the co-operative principles provided in the First Schedule of the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002);
   • (j) "co-operative societies" means all co-operative societies registered under Co-operative Societies Acts of the respective States, Union territories with Legislature and without Legislature and the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002);
   • (k) "Dean" means the Head of a School or Head of an administrative Department of the University;
   • (l) "Director" means the Director of the Institute of Rural Management Anand School;
   • (m) "employee" means any person appointed by the University and includes the teachers and other staff of the University;
   • (n) "Executive Board" means the Executive Board of the Institute of Rural Management Anand School;
   • (o) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University;
   • (p) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the University;
   • (q) "Fund" means the University Fund referred to in section 40;
   • (r) "Governing Board" means the Governing Board of the University;
   • (s) "hostel" means a unit of residence for the students of the University or School, as the case may be;
   • (t) "Institute" means an academic institution including a college admitted to or affiliated to the privileges of the University and the expression "Institution" shall be construed accordingly;
   • (u) "Institute of Rural Management Anand" means the Institute of Rural Management Anand established and incorporated under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and located in Anand, Gujarat;
     • (v) "Institute of Rural Management Anand School" means one of the Schools of the University;
   • (w) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression "notified" with its cognate meanings and grammatical variations shall be construed accordingly;
     • (x) "outlying campus" means the campus of the University as may be established by it at any place in or outside India;
   • (y) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University;
   • (z) "Research and Development Council" means the Research and Development Council of the University;
   • (za) "Schedule" means the Schedules appended to this Act;
   • (zb) "School" means a School established by the University in each sector where degree, diploma and certificate are awarded by the University;
   • (zc) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean respectively, the Statutes, the Ordinances and the Regulations of the University made under this Act;
   • (zd) "Teachers of the University" means the Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instructions, training or conducting research in the University or in any outlying campus maintained by the University;
   • (ze) "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University' means the "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University established and incorporated as a University under this Act;
   • (zf) "University" means the "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University established and incorporated as a University under this Act;
   • (zg) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
2. (2) The words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002) shall have the respectively meanings assigned to them in that Act.