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(l) lnthis Act, unlesslhe context otheNise requires:. (D 'Academic Council'means the Acadomic Councilofthe University; (ii) "AICTE'means the All lndia Councilfor Technical Educaiion i established undorsection 3 ollho All lndia Councilfor Technical Education Act' 1987; ' (iii ) 'Afflliated College' means a colloge or an institution which is affiliated to the University ; (iv)'Annual Reporf moansthe Annual report olth€ Universityas .eferred to in section 45 of this Act : (v) 'Board o' Governors'means lh6 Board of Governors of the University constltuted under section 21 ot this Act; (vi) 'Board of Management" meansth€ Bo3Id of Management ofthe University as constituled under section 22 of this Act ; (vii) 'Chancellol. means the Chancellor of the University appointgd undEr section 13 ol this Act ; (viii) "Constitueni College" msans a collego or an institution maintalned by lhe University : (ix)'developmontfund" meansthe developmentiund of the Univorsity ostablished under section 43 of thls Act ; (x) "Distance Education System" means the syslem of imparting education through any means of information technology and communication such as multimedia, broadcasting, telecasting, onlineover intemgt, other inloractive methods, e_mail' internet, computer, interactive talk back, g'teaming, correspondence course, seminar, contact program or a combination of anytwo or mor6 ol such means; (xi) "endowmentfund" m€ans the endowment fund ot the Universlty esrablished under section 41 of thls Act; (xli) "employeo" means employee appolnted by tho University; and includes teachgrs and other statf of the Unlversity or o, a constituent college; (xiii) faculql meang the facutty ol the University; (xiv) ' Finance Ofiice/ m€ans the Finance Otfice' of the Unlversity appointod under section 18 of this Act; (xv) 'generallund' means generalfund of the Univorslty established under soction 42 of thls Act ; (xvi) "Plescljb€d" means Prescribed by the statutos and the rules made undor lhis Act ; (xvii) "Principal' in relation to a constituent college, means the Head ol the constituent college and includes, where there is no Principal' th6 Vico-Principal or any other person for the time being appointed to act as Prlncipal; (xviii) 'Pro-Chancollo|. means the Pro-Chancellor of the Univer6ity appointed undor section 14 ot this Act : (xix) 'Regional Cento/ means a center established or maintained by ihe University for the purpose of co_ordinating and supervising the work ol Study Centres in any region and for performing such other functions as may bo conferrod on such conter bythe Board of I\ranagement; (xx) "Registrad means the Registrar of the University appointed under section 17 0f lhis Act ; (xxi) 'rules' means the rutes ol the University made under this Aot ; (xxii) lsponsof means lhe Thirumuruga Klrupananda VariyarThavathiru Sundara Swamigal Medical Educational and Charitable Trust' Satem, Tamilnadu which is registerod as aTrust in TamilNadu vide Registration No.493 o11981 ol Book4volume 130 pages 55 to 62 dated 14h D€cember 1981 ; (xxiii) "State'moans the State of Sikkim; (xxiv)'State Governmenf means the State Government otSlkkim (xxv) "statutes" moans tho Statutes ol the University; (xxvi) leache/ means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistanl Professor/Lecturer or such otherpercon as may be appoinledtor imparting instruction or conducling aesearch In the Univorsity or in a constituent colloge or institution and includes the Principalof a constituont college or institution, in conformity with the norms prqsc.ibed bythe universityGranis Commission ; (xxvii)'UGC" meansthe UniversityGrants Commission established undor th6 University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (xxviii)"University" means the Vinayaka ['lissions Sikkim University established under this Act ; (xxix) 'Vice - Chancelloa means the Vice-Chancellor of tho University appointed under section 1 5 of the Act; (DoO "visitof means the Visitor ol the univorsity reterred to in section 12 0f the Act. Proposalfortho establishmont ofthe University. Establishmentof UniverBity.