In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,–
(a)"Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University;
(b) "Board" means the Board of Studies or the Planning Board, or any other Board of the University;
(c) "Chancellor", "Pro-Chancellor", "Vice-Chancellor" and "Pro-Vice-Chancellor" means respectively the Chancellor, the "Pro-Chancellor" the Vice-Chancellor the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University;
(d) "Court" means the Court of the University;
(e) "Director/Principal" means the Head of an Institution, a College, a Centre and a School, or the person appointed for the purpose to act as such in his absence;
(f) "Department" means a Department of Studies and includes a Centre of Studies and Research;
(g) "Employee" means any person appointed by the University, and includes a teacher or any other member of the staff of the University;
(h) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University;
(i) "Existing College" means a College or an Institution which imparts professional education and is proposed to be merged, run and maintained by the University;
(j) "Faculty" means a Faculty of the University;
(k) “Hostel' means Scholar/Students Hostel of the University;
(l) "Institution/ColIege" means a college including existing College or an Institution established or maintained by or associated or constituent to the University in accordance with this Act and the Statutes;
(m) “Prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes;
(n) "Records and Publication" means the Records and Publication of the University;
(o) “Society" means Axis Educational Society, 117/N/88, Kakadeo, Kanpur, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 23-10-2008 with Sub-Registrar office of Kanpur;
(p) "Statutes" and "Ordinances" means respectively, the Statutes and the Ordinance of the University for the time being in force;
(q) “Student" means a student enrolled in the register of the University;
(r) “Teacher of the University" means Professors, Associate Professors, Readers, Assistant Professor, Lecturers and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting education/instructions of conducting research in the University and are designated as Teachers by the Ordinances;
(s) "Treasurer", "Registrar", "Deputy Registrar", "Finance Officer", "Controller of Examinations", "Librarian" or "Proctor" means respectively the Treasurer, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, the Finance Officer, the Controller of Examination, the Librarian or the Proctor of the University;
(t) “University" means the Axis University, Uttar Pradesh established under section 3.