Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
ln this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University; (b) "Act" means The Sikkim Skill University Act, 2021 (c) "Affiliated College" means a college or an institution which is affiliated to the University; (d) "AlU" means Association of lndian Universities; (e) "Annual Report" means the Annual report of the university as referred to in Section 42 of the Act; (0 "Authority" means the authority of the University; (g) "Board of Management" means the Board of Management of the university as constituted under Section 21 of the Act; (h) "Campus" means the area of university within which it is established; (i) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University appointed under Section 12 of the Act; 0) "DC!" means Dental Council of lndia; (k) "Dean" means head of a Faculty of the University; (l) "DEC" means Distance Education Council; (m) "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 programmes or a combination of any two or more of such means; (n) "Employee" means an employee appointed by the University, and includes teachers and other staff of the University or of a constituent college; (o) "Endowment Fund" means the endowment fund of the University established under Section 47 o'fthe Act; (p) "Examination Centre" means an examination centre established or recognized by the University for the purposes of conducting examination of full time, part time, online education and external students registered with the University; (q) "Faculty" means a Faculty of the University; (r) "Fee" means collection of money made by the University from students for the purpose of any course of study and incidental thereto, in the University; (s) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the University; (D "General fund" means a general fund of the University established under Section 48 of the Act; (u) "Governing Body" means the Governing Body of the university constituted under Section 20 ol the Act; (v) "ICAR" means the lndian Council of Agricultural Research, a trust registered under the lndian Trusts Act, 1882; "lNC" means the lndian Nursing Council; "lnternship" means on-job training, apprenticeship, or a professional training of students with academic studies; "lnternship Campus" means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of lnternship and Training or for rendering any other assistance including conducting contact classes and administering examinations required by the students; (z) "NMC" means the National Medical Commission; (aa) "NCTE" meanS the National Council for Teacher Education; (bb) "Notification" means the notification published in the Official Gazette; (cc) "Off-Campus" means a Campus of a University established by it outside the main campus (within or outside the state) operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the University's complement of facilities, faculty and staff; (dd) "Official Gazette" means the Official Gazette of Sikkim; (ee) "Off-Shore Campus" means a Campus of a University established by it outside the country, operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the university's complement of facilities, faculty and staff; (w) (x) (v) (ff) "PCl" means Pharmacy Council of lndia; (gg) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or the rules made under this Act; (hh) "Principal" means the Head of the constituent college and includes, where there is no Principal, the Vice-Principal or any other person for the time being as appointed to act as Principal; (ii) "Regional Centre" means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of coordinating and supervising the work of Study Centres in any region and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such centre by the Board of Management; (jj) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University appointed under Section 12 of the Act; (kk) "Sponsoring Body" in relation to this Act means the KVN Skill Foundation, Delhi; (ll) "Skill Centre" means a skill centre which provides skill development and vocational education programs to students, youth and other stakeholders; (mm)"State" means the State of Sikkim; (nn) "State Government" means the State Government of Sikkim; (oo) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and the "Regulations" means respectively, the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the University made by it under this act: (pp) "Study Centre" means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counseling or for rendering any other assistance including training, conducting contact classes and administering examinations required by the students; (qq) "Teachers" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistance Professor/Lecturer or such other person as may be appointed for imparting instructions or conducting research in the University or in a constituent college or institution and includes the Principal of a constituent college or institution, in conformity with the norms prescribed by the University Grants Commission; (rr) "UGC" means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (ss) "University" means the Sikkim Skill University, established under this Act, within the meaning of University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (tt) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University appointed under Section 14 of the Act; Objects of the University (uu) "Vocational Education" means such education that prepares a person to work as a technician in a trade, craft, or in support role in professions such as engineering, accountancy, nursing, medicine, architecture, law, etc. CHAPTER - 2 THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS OBJECTIVES