law: The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 
  2. Definitions.-
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,-
  a.     
  
    "academic
  
  session" means the period in a calendar year, or a part thereof, during
  
  which a Central Educational Institution is open for teaching or instruction in
  
  any branch of study or faculty;
  b.    
  
    "annual
  
  permitted strength" means the number of seats, in a course or programme
  
  for teaching or instruction in each branch of study or faculty authorised by an
  
  appropriate authority for admission of students to a Central Educational
  
  Institution;
  c.     
  
    "appropriate
  
  authority" means the University Grants Commission, the Bar Council of
  
  India, the Medical Council of India, the All India Council for Technical
  
  Education or any other authority or body established by or under a Central Act
  
  for the determination, coordination or maintenance of the standards of higher
  
  education in any Central Educational Institution;
  d.    
  
    "Central
  
  Educational Institution" means-
               
  
   i.        
  
  
  
    a
  
  university established or incorporated by or under a Central Act;
  an
  
  institution of national importance set up by an Act of Parliament;
             
  
   iii.        
  
    an
  
  institution, declared as a deemed University under section 3 of the University
  
  Grants Commission Act, 1956, and maintained by or receiving aid from the
  
  Central Government;
             
  
   iv.        
  
  
  
    an
  
  institution maintained by or receiving aid from the Central Government, whether
  
  directly or indirectly, and affiliated to an institution referred to in clause
  
  (i) or clause (ii), or a constituent unit of an institution referred to in
  
  clause (iii);
              
  
   v.        
  
    an
  
  educational institution set up by the Central Government under the Societies
  
  Registration Act, 1860;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
  
  d.     
  
  
  e.     
  
    "faculty"
  
  means the faculty of a Central Educational Institution;
  f.     
  
  
  
    "Minority
  
  Educational Institution" means an institution established and administered
  
  by the minorities under clause (1) of article 30 of the Constitution and so
  
  declared by an Act of Parliament or by the Central Government or declared as a
  
  Minority Educational Institution under the National Commission for Minority
  
  Educational Institutions Act, 2004;
  g.    
  
    "Other
  
  Backward Classes" means the class or classes of citizens who are socially
  
  and educationally backward, and are so determined by the Central Government
  h.     
  
    "Scheduled
  
  Castes" means the Scheduled Castes notified under article 341 of the
  
  Constitution;
  i.      
  
    "Scheduled
  
  Tribes" means the Scheduled Tribes notified under article 342 of the
  
  Constitution;
  j.      
  
    "teaching
  
  or instruction in any branch of study" means teaching or instruction in a
  
  branch of study leading to three principal levels of qualifications at bachelor
  
  (undergraduate) masters (postgraduate) and doctoral levels .