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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a)“Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University constituted under section 24; (b)“AICTE” means the All India Council for Technical Education established under section 3 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987; (c)“Annual Report” means the Annual Report of the University referred to in section 48; (d) “Appointed Date” means the date appointed under sub- section (1) of section 3; (e)“Board of Governors”, “The Board” or “BOG” means the Board of Governors of the University constituted under section 22; (f)“BPUT” means the Biju Pattnaik University of Technology established under the Biju Pattanaik University of Technology Act, 2002; (g)“College” means C.V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar set up by Raman Education Society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860; (h)“Corpus Fund” means Corpus Fund of the University referred to in section 44; (i)“Dean” means Deans of Faculties referred to in section 17; (j)“Development Fund” means the Development Fund of the University referred to in section 46; (k)“Distance Education System” means the system of imparting education through any means of information technology and communication such as multimedia, broadcasting, telecasting, online over internet, other interactive methods, e-mail, internet, computer, interactive talk back, e-learning, correspondence course, seminar, contact program or a combination of any two or more of such means; (l)“Employee” means employee appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University; Definitions. 5 (m)“Faculty” means collective body an academic unit of the University consisting of one or more Departments of similar nature; (n)“Finance Officer” means Finance Officer of the University appointed under section 19; (o)“General Fund” means General Fund of the University referred to in section 45; (p)“Managing Committee” means the Managing Committee of the University constituted under section 23; (q)“Off-campus Centre” means a centre of the University, established by it outside the main campus, in India and abroad operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the University’s compliment of facilities, faculty and staff as per Regulation 2.2 of UGC (Establishment of and maintenance of standards in Private Universities) Regulation, 2003; (r)“Prescribed” means prescribed by the Statutes of the University; (s)“President” means the President of the University as explained in section 14; (t)“Registrar” means the Registrar of the University appointed under section 18; (u)“Regulatory Body” means a Body established by the Central Government for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring standard of higher education such as University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education and National Assessment and Accreditation Council, National Board of Accreditation, Distance Education Council and other Bodies established by the State Government for the purpose; (v)“Rules” mean the Rules of the University; 6 21 of 1860. (w)“Society” means the Raman Education Society, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; (x)“Sponsoring Body” means the Raman Education Society; (y)“State” means the State of Odisha; (z)“State Government” means the Government of Odisha; (za)“Statutes” means the Statutes of the University; (zb)“Teacher” means a person holding a designation of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Lecturer or such other designation as decided by the Board and appointed for imparting instruction or training or conducting research in the University; (zc) “UGC” means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (zd)“University” means the C.V. Raman Global University, Odisha, established and incorporated as a University under this Act; (ze)“Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University appointed under section 16; (zf)“Vice-President” means the Vice-President of the University as explained in section 15; and (zg)“Visitor” means the Visitor of the University as explained in section 12. CHAPTER – II THE UNIVERSITY