The Tezpur University Act,1993
Section 2. Definitions
In this Act, and in all statutes made hereunder unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) “Academic council ” means the Academic Council of the University;
(b) “Academic staff” means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff by the ordinance;
(c) “Board of Management ” means the Board of Management of the University;
(d) “Board of studies ” means the Board of studies of the university;
(e) “Chancellor” , “vice-chancellor” and “Pro-vice-chancellor” mean respectively , the chancellor , vice-chancellor , pro-vice-chancellor of the university ;
(f) “College ” means a college maintained by the university ;
(g) “Department ” means a Department of studies , and includes a center of studies.
(h) “Distance education system ” means the system of imparting education through any means of communication , such as broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmers, or the combination of any two Ordinance more such means;
(i) “Employee ” means any person appointed by the university , and includes teachers and other staff of the university ;
(j) “finance committee” means the finance committee of the university ;
(k) “Hall “means 1981 unit of residence Ordinance of corporate life for the students of the university , Or of 1981 college Ordinance of an institution, mainted by the university ;
(l) “Institution ” means an academic institution , not being 1981 college ,maintained by the university ;
(m) “Planning and academic committee” means the planning and academic committee of the university ;
(n) “Planning Board ” means the planning Board of the university ;
(o) “Principal” means the head of the college Or an institution maintained by the university , and includes , where there is no principal , the person for the time being duly appointed to act as a principal , and , in the absence of the principal Or the acting principal , a vice principal duly appointed as such;
(p) “Recongnised institution ‘ means an institution of higher learning recognised by the university ;
(q) “Recgnised teachers” means such persons as may be Recognised by the university for the purpose of imparting instructions in a college or an institution maintained by the university ;
(r) “Regulations ” means the regulations made by any authoriy of the university under this Act for the time being in force;
(s) “School ” means a school of studies of the university ;
(t) “Status ” and ” ordinances ” means , respectively the statutes and ordinance of the university for the time being in force;
(u) Teachers of the university ” means professors , readers ,lectures and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the university or in any college or institution maintained by the university and are designed as teachers by the ordinances;
(v) “University ” means the Tezpur UNIVERSITY established under this Act.
