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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “All India 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 (Central Act 52 of 1987.); (b) “college” means a college or institution established or maintained or approved by, or affiliated to, the technical University or approved by Directorate of Technical Education and providing any course of study or training in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology, for admission to the examination for degrees, diplomas or other academic distinctions, as the case may be; (c) “Council” means the Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education established under section 3; (d) “degree” means any course of study in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology to which a degree is awarded by a technical University; (e) “diploma” means any course of study in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology after the Secondary School Leaving Certificate to which a diploma is awarded, but does not include a certificate; (f) “Government” means the State Government; (g) “member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman, the Vice- Chairman, the Member-Secretary and the co-opted member; (h) “private college” means a college established and administered or maintained by any person or body of persons, whether incorporated or not, but does not include a college established and administered or maintained by the Central Government or the Government or by any technical University established by law; (i) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Council under this Act; (j) “technical education” means any course of study or training in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology; (k) “technical University” means the Anna University, Chennai, the Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, the Anna University, Coimbatore and the Anna University, Tirunelveli or such other University that may be established in the State under any law made by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu to conduct examinations to award degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology; (l) “University Grants Commission” means the University Grants Commission established under section 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 3 of 1956).