law: Central Universities Act, 2009
  2.
  
  Definitions. -
  
  In
  
  this Act, and in all Statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise
  
  requires,-
  a.  
  
    "Academic
  
  Council" means the Academic Council of the University;
  b.  
  
    "academic
  
  staff" means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff
  
  by the Ordinances;
  c.  
  
    "Board
  
  of Studies" means the Board of Studies of a Department of the University;
  d.  
  
    "College"
  
  means a college maintained by the University;
  e.  
  
    "Chancellor",
  
  "Vice-Chancellor" and "Pro-Vice-Chancellor" mean,
  
  respectively, the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the
  
  University;
  f.  
  
    "Court"
  
  means the Court of the University;
  g.  
  
    "Department"
  
  means a Department of Studies and includes a Centre of Studies;
  h.  
  
    "distance
  
  education system" means the system of imparting education through any
  
  means of communication, such as broadcasting, telecasting, internet,
  
  correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes or the combination of any
  
  two or more such means;
  i.  
  
    "employee"
  
  means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other
  
  staff of the University;
  j.  
  
    "Executive
  
  Council" means the Executive Council of the University;
  k.  
  
    "Hall"
  
  means a unit of residence or of corporate life for the students of the
  
  University, or of a College or an Institution, maintained by the University;
  l.  
  
    "Institution"
  
  means an academic institution, not being a College, maintained by the
  
  University;
  m.  
  
    "Principal"
  
  means the Head of a College or an Institution maintained by the University and
  
  includes, where there is no Principal, the person for the time being duly
  
  appointed to act as Principal, and in the absence of the Principal, or the
  
  acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such;
  n.  
  
    "Regulations"
  
  means the Regulations made by any authority of the University under this Act
  
  for the time being in force;
  o.  
  
    "School"
  
  means a School of Studies of the University;
  p.  
  
    "Statutes"
  
  and "Ordinances" mean, respectively, the Statutes and the Ordinances
  
  of the University for the time being in force;
  q.  
  
    "teachers
  
  of the University" means Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant
  
  Professors and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instruction
  
  or conducting research in the University or in any College or Institution
  
  maintained by the University and are designated as teachers by the Ordinances;
  
  and
  r.  
  
    "University"
  
  means a University established and incorporated as a University under this Act.