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Short Title and Commenccment : (1) ThisAct may be called theApex Professional UniversityAct, 2012. (2) lt shall come into force on such date; as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 316 2, Definitions : (1) ln this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Academic Senate" means the Academic Senate of the University; (b) 'Acf means the Apex Professional UniversityAct.2012, (c) "Agenda Matte/' means all the matters and business to be designated in the stiatutes each of which can be either included . in theAgenda or be taken up for discussion and decision at a meeting ofthe Board of Govemors orthe Board of Management or any Authorjty, as the case may be, only subject to the prior written approval of the Chancellor, consenting to the passing of the such matters and business at such a meeting ; (d)'Board of GovernoG" means Board of Governors of the Univer- s ity; (e) "Board of Management' means Board of Management of the Universty, (D "qhancello." means Chancellor of the University; (g) "Community College" means Communlty College established, maintained or recognized bythe University and it;s an alternatrve System of higher education, which aims to em power individuals through appropriate skills leading to gainful employment and self-employability: (h) "Constituent College" means a college or institution maintained by the Universityi (i) "Examination Centre" means an Examination Centre established or recognized by the University foi the purposes of conducting examination of fulltime, parttime, online education and external students registered with the University; 0) "External Student' means a student who is registered at Univer- sityforan award but study andependently outside the University, (k) 'Government' means the Government ofArunachal Pradesh, (l) "Official Gazette' means Gazette ofArunachal Pradesh; 317 (m) "Prescribed" means prescribed 'n this Act and by the statutes and regulations made under this Act; (n) "Regional Centre" means Centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of coordinating and supervising the work of the students for rendering any other assistance required by the students in any region and for performing such other functions as may be confirmed on such center by the Board of Management, (o) "Registraf' mafns Registrar of the University; (p) "Regulatory Bodies" means a bodies established by the Central Governmentfor laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of higher education, such as University Grants Commission (UGC), AII lndia Council of Technical Education (AICTE), DentalCouncilof lndia (DCl), NationalCouncil of Teacher Education (NCTE), Medical Council of lndia (MCl), Pharmacy Council of lndia (PCl), lndian Nursing Council (lNC), Bar Council of lndia (BCl), National Council ofAssessment & Accreditation (NAAC) and National Board ofAccreditation (NBA) and includes the State Government: (q) "Skill Knowledge Provide/' means industry organization or any other institution giving practical training to students; (r) "Sponsoring Body or Sponsor" in relation to this Act means the APEX FOUNDATION, Bangalore (lndia); (s) 'State" means State ofArunachal Pradesh, (t) "Statutes and Regulations' means, respectively, the Statutes and Regulations of the University made by the respective authorities of the University; (u) "e-Learning Ceotre" means Centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purposes of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance including training, virtual classes and administeriag examination required in the context of online educatjon: (v) "University Grants Commission (UGC)" means the commission established under sectlon 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, '1956 (CentralAct 3 of 1956); 318 (w) "University" means theApex Professional University established and incorporated under this Act; .,. . (x) "Vice-Chancelbf' means Vice-Chancellor of the University. (y) 'APEX FOUNDATION'means the Non-Govern men ta I Organization (NGO) registered at Bangalore and recognized by Department of lncome Tax (Govemment of lnclia) as a charitable organization: CHAPTER -II THE UNIVERSTTYAND THE SPCJNSOR'NG BODY