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Act came into force from 14th May, 2012 vide Notification No. EDN-A-Ka(1)- 14/2009, dated 11th May, 2012, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 14th May, 2012, pp.1115-1116. 4 THE IEC (INDIA EDUCATION CENTRE) UNIVERSITY (ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 2012 (n) “regulating body” means a body established by the Central Government for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of higher education, such as University Grants Commission, All India Council of Technical Education, National Council of Teacher Education, Medical Council of India, Pharmaceutical Council of India, National Council of Assessment and Accreditation, Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Distance Education Council, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission etc. and includes the Government; (o) “section” means a section of this Act; (p) “sponsoring body” means Vocational Education Foundation, R-12, Sector-12, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and its Subsidiary branch of Society “Vocational Education Foundation, Plot No. 7 and 10, Education Hub, Village KaluJhanda, P.O. Mandhala, Baddi, Solan” registered in Himachal Pradesh vide Regn. No. 8/2012 dated 5th March, 2012; (q) “State” means State of Himachal Pradesh; (r) “statutes”, “ordinances” and “regulations” mean respectively, the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the University made under this Act; (s) “student” means a person enrolled in the University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinction instituted by the University, including a research degree; (t) “study centre” means a centre established and maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counseling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of distance education; (u) “teacher” means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person required to impart education or to guide research or to render guidance in any form to the students for pursuing a course of study of the University; (v) “University” means the IEC (India Education Centre) University, Baddi, Solan, Himachal Pradesh; and (w) “Regulatory Commission” means the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission established under section 3 of the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions (Regulatory Commission) Act, 2010.