Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context; (1) 'Council' means the 'Tripura State Higher Education Council' established under Section 3 of this Act; (2) 'Chairperson' means the Chairperson of the Tripura State Higher Education Council; (3) 'College' means a College affiliated to a University or controlled by a University and includes a Government College, University College, and an Institute offering Diploma courses and training programs and under the administrative control of Department of Higher Education of the State; (4) "Government" means the State Government of Tripura; (5) 'Government College' means a College maintained, managed and funded by the Government of Tripura under Higher Education Department of Tripura; (6) "Deemed University" means an institution for higher education, other than a University, declared by the Central Government as Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (7) 'Degree' means a degree awarded by a University in Tripura and includes a under graduate degree, post graduate degree and research degree; (8) 'Diploma' means a diploma awarded on completion of a course of study after Madhyamik, Higher Secondary (+2 stage), Graduation or Post graduation awarded by a higher educational institution in Tripura under the Higher Education Department but does not include a certificate course of less than 9 months; (9) "Higher Education" means education above the tenth class leading to a Diploma or education above the twelfth class leading to a Degree; (10) 'Notification' means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the word "notified" shall be construed accordingly; (11) 'Prescribed' means prescribed by Rules and Regulations made under this Act; (12) 'State' means the State of Tripura; (13) 'Teacher' means a lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor of a University, Institute or a College, and includes any other category of post or posts as defined by the all India bodies of higher education; (14) 'University' means a University established in Tripura under any State or Central Act and includes a Deemed and Private University in Tripura; (15) "Vice Chancellor" means the Vice Chancellor of a University; (16) 'Vice-Chairperson' means the Vice-Chairperson of the Tripura State Higher Education Council.