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In this Act, unless the context otherwise required:- (a) Academic Council mean s the Academic Council of the University; (b) Act means the University of Technology and Management Act, 2010; (c) BCI means the Bar Council of India; (d) Board of Governors means the Board of Governors of the University; (e) Career Academy Centre means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of receiving telecast, e-mail, internet, interactive talk back, conducting training, organize lectures, seminars and workshops, advising, counseling or rendering any other assistance required by the students; (f) Chancellor means Chancellor of the University; (g) Constituent Institute means a School or an institute, regional center, study center, off-campus center, career academy center established by the University; (h) Council for Technical Education means the All India Council for Technical Education established under section (3) of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987; (i) Dean means the Dean of a Faculty of the University; (j) Director in relation to a constituent school/department, means the head of the constituent school/department, and includes, where there is no Dean, the senior most professor or any other person for the time being appointed to act as Dean; (k) Distance Education System means the system of imparting education through any means of information technology and communication such as broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence course, seminar, contact program or a combination of any two or more such means; (l) Employee means employee appointed by the University and includes teachers, administrative and other support staff of the University or a constituent school/department/institute maintained by the University; (m) Faculty means faculty of the University; (n) Finance Committee means the Finance Committee of the University; (o) Government means the Government of Meghalaya; (p) Hall means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognized by the University or a constituent school/department; (q) MCI means the Medical Council of India; (r) Off-Campus Centre means a centre of the University established by it outside the territory of its main campus but within the State of Meghalaya operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the Universitys complement of facilities and staff; (s) prescribed means prescribed by the Statutes; (t) Registrar means the Registrar of the University; (u) Regional Centre means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of coordination and supervising the work of Study Centres within the State and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such centre by the Board of Management; (v) Sponsor means [ 1 (*) Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research (MAEER), Pune, Registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act 1950 and Societies Registration Act, 1860, having its registered Office at Sl.No.124, Kothrud, Pune 411038.[ (w) State means the State of Meghalaya; (x) Statutes and Rules mean, respectively, the Statutes and Rules of the University; (y) Study Centre means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising counseling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students; (z) Teacher means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor / Lecturer or such other person as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University or in a Constituent and includes the Principal of Constituent School; (aa) UGC means University Grants Commission established under University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (bb) University means [ 2 (*) Maharashtra Institute of Technology University, of Meghalaya established under this Act; and[ (cc) Visitor means the Visitor of the University.