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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 53; "College" means a College established or maintained by, or affiliated to, the University; "convocation" means a meeting of the Court for the purposes of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions; (4) "employee", in relation to the University, means a person other than a Teacher or an officer employed by the University; (5) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March; (6) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal; (7) "hall" means a unit of residence of students maintained by the University; (8) "hostel" means a unit of residence for students, not maintained by the University but recognised under this Act as a hostel; (9) "Institution" means a College, Research Organisation or any other place, by whatever name called, for training, instruction, research or study; (10) "Librarian", in relation to the University, means a Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called, appointed or recognised as such by the University; (11) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of Higher Education appointed as such by the Governor; (12) "non-teaching staff" means,— (a) in relation to the University, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognised as such by the University, and (b) in relation to an affiliated College, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognised by the University or appointed by such College, but does not include a Librarian; (13) "officer" means an officer of the University; (14) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes or Ordinances or Regulations; PART THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 3 The Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Act, 2004. (Chapter 11.—The University and its officers.—Sections 3, 4.) (15) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under this Act; (16) "State Government" means the Government of West Bengal in the Higher Education Department; (17) "Student" means a student of the University, and includes any person enrolled by the University for pursuing any course of study of the University; (18) "Teacher" means a Principal, Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person holding a teaching post either whole-time or part-time basis and appointed or recognised as such by the University for the purposes of imparting instruction and conducting research in the University; (19) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Reader, Assistant Professor, Lecturer or any other person, holding a teaching post including a part-time teaching post, appointed or recognised as such by the University; (20) "the University" means the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, as constituted under this Act; (21) "University College" means a college, or an institute, or a college combined with an institute, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not; (22) "University Laboratory", "University Library", "University Museum" or "University Institution" means a laboratory, a library, a museum or an institution, as the case may be, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not; (23) "University Professor", "University Assistant Professor", "University Reader", or "University Lecturer" means a Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader or Lecturer appointed or recognised as such by the University. CHAPTER II The University and its officers The University. Powers of the University.