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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Director" means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 12; (b) "Fund" means the Fund of the Institute referred to in section 24; (c) "Governing Body" means the Governing Body of the Institute constituted under section 18; 1 [ (c-1) "Head of the Department" means the administrative Head of a Department who shall be the senior most Professor of that Department: Provided that if there is no Professor in a Department then the senior most faculty member not below the rank of Associate Professor shall be the Head of the Department in that Department: Provided further that where in a Department the senior most person voluntarily withdraws and there is no Associate Professor or any person above the rank thereof a faculty member designated by the Governing Body shall be the Head of the Department in that Department.] [Provided also that any Professor, Associate Professor or any faculty member working in the department and designated by the Governing Body as Head of the Department, shall possess academic qualifications prescribed by the Medical Council of India in respect of a Professor, Associate Professor or any faculty member. A Professor, Associate Professor or any faculty member, who does not possess qualifications prescribed by the Medical Council of India, shall not be eligible to hold the post of a Head of the Department.] (d) "Institute" means the Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences established under section 3; (e) "Member" means a member of the Institute; (f) "President" means the President of the Institute referred to in section 11; (g) "regulation" means a regulation made by the Institute under this Act; (h) "rule" means a rule made by the State Government under this Act; [(i) "Teacher" includes a Professor, Additional Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or any person appointed under this Act for the conduct of teaching or research work or imparting medical education in the institute.]