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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the university; (b) “adjunct professor”, “adjunct associate professor”, “adjunct assistant professor” or “professor of practice’’ means a person from industry, manufacturing and service sector, industrial associations, trade, agriculture, commerce, social, cultural, academic or any other allied field who is so designated during the period of collaboration or association with the university; (c) “apprenticeship training” means a course of training in any industry or establishment undergone in pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship and under prescribed terms and conditions which may be different for different categories of apprentices; (d) “authorities” means the authorities of the university as specified by or under this Act; (e) “Board of Management” means the Board of Management constituted under section 28 of this Act; (f) “campus” means the area of university within which it is established; (g) “center of excellence” means the state-of-the-art training or research center established in collaboration with industry association or for the benefit of the industry and society, to provide all types of skills to students, in-service employees, working professionals and to undertake joint projects; (h) “constituent institute” means a college or department or school or center or institute established by the sponsoring body which comes under the ambit of the university; (i) “employee” means any person appointed by the university and includes teachers, officers and other staff of the university; (j) “existing university” means the university specified in Part-I of the Schedule; (k) “Faculty” means the Faculty of the university; (l) “fee” means and includes tuition fees, other fees and charges including developmental charges collected by the university or its colleges, institutions, skill centers or study centers, as the case may be, from the students by whatever name it may be called which is non- refundable ; (m) “Government” or “State Government” means the Government of Maharashtra; Short title and commencement. Definitions. ¨É½þÉ®úɹ]Åõ ¶ÉɺÉxÉ ®úÉVÉ{ÉjÉ +ºÉÉvÉÉ®úhÉ ¦ÉÉMÉ +É`ö, +ÉìMɺ]õ 7, 2024/¸ÉÉ´ÉhÉ 16, ¶ÉEäò 1946 3 (n) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body constituted under section 27 of this Act; (o) “hostel” means a place of residence for the students of the university or its colleges, institutions, skill centers or study centers established or recognized to be as such by the university; (p) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (q) “Official Gazette” means the Maharashtra Government Gazette; (r) “on-job training” means a technique wherein students or employees are given direct instructions to perform their jobs on the actual work floor; (s) “online and distance education” means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, information communication technology, online contact programmes and any other such blended methodology; (t) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations or Statutes or Ordinances, as the case may be, made by or under this Act; (u) “President” means the President of the university who shall also be the Chancellor of the university; (v) “regulatory body” means a body established by the Central Government or State Government for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of education; (w) “rules” means the rules made by the Government; (x) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act; (y) “section” means a section of this Act; (z) “skill center” means a training center established by the university or extended to the university by industry, industry associations, corporates, companies and practitioners to provide skill training for the benefit of the industry, students, local population and all stakeholders; (za) “Skill Department” means Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department, Government of Maharashtra; (zb) “sponsoring body” in relation to a university established under this Act means,— (i) a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; or (ii) public trust registered under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act; or (iii) any educational institution established under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 or a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013; (zc) “State” means the State of Maharashtra; (zd) “Statutes”, “Ordinances” and “regulations” mean respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and regulations of the university made by or under this Act; 21 of