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2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires: a. "Academic Council", means the Academic Council of the University constituted under section 22; b. "Affiliated College" means an institution affiliated to the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act and Statutes of the University; c. "Autonomous College" means an affiliated or recognized college declared as such in accordance with the provisions of section 40; d. "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University; e. dbqrsConstituent College" means an institution maintained by the University and named as such by the Statutes; f. "Director" in relation to an Institute, means the head of such Institute; g. "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University constituted under section 19; h. "Existing University" means Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University; i. "Faculty" means a faculty of the University; j. "Foundation course" means a course of greater awareness of oneself and of the social cultural and natural environment; k. "Hall" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognized by the University in which provision is made for imparting tutorial and other supplementary instructions; I. "Hostel" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognized by the University, other than a hall, and "hostel of an affiliated or recognized college" means a unit of residence for students of that college; m. "Institute" means an Institute established by the University under section 41; n. "Management" in relation to an affiliated or recognized college means the Managing Committee or other body charged with managing the affairs of that college and recognized as such by the University; o. "Other Backward Classes of citizens" shall have the same meaning as in the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994; p. "Prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes; q. "Principal" in relation to an affiliated, recognized or a constituent college means the head of such college and includes, the person for the time being duly appointed to Act as Principal, and in the absence of the Principal or Acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such; r. "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University appointed under section 14; s. "Recognized College" means any institution recognized by the University and authorized under the provisions of this Act and the Statutes of the University to provide for the teaching necessary for admission to a degree of the University; t. "Secretary" means the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, of the concerned Department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh; u. "Self finance course" means a course with respect to which all financial liabilities shall be borne by the Management of an recognized or affiliated college or by the University; v. "Senior officers of the State" means officers of the Provincial Service of Uttar Pradesh posted in the University by the State Government; w. "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" means respectively the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University; x. "Teacher" means Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor imparting instructions or guiding research in the University or a Constituent College or Affiliated College or a Recognized College or Institute of the University or such other persons as may be declared to be the teacher by the Statutes; y. "University" means the Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya established under section 3; z. "Vice Chancellor" and "Pro-Vice Chancellor" means the Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University appointed under sections 11 and 13 respectively.