In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, i. “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University;
ii. “Board” means the Board of Studies and the Planning Board, or any other Board of the University;
iii. “Director” means Director of Higher Education;
iv. “Executive Council” means the Executive Council of the University;
v. “employee” means any person appointed by the University, and includes a teacher or any other member of the staff of the University;
vi. “Faculty” means a Faculty of the University;
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viii. “Governing Body” means a committee constituted by the sponsoring body;
ix. “Hostel” means Scholar/Students Hostel of the University;
x. “Institution/College” means a college including existing college or an Institution established or maintained by or associated to or constituent of the University in accordance with this Act and the- Statutes;
xi. “Prescribed” means prescribed under Statutes, Ordinances or Rules made under this Act;
xii. “President”, “Vice-Chancellor” and “Pro-Vice-Chancellor” means respectively the “President”, the “Vice-Chancellor” the “Pro-Vice-Chancellor” of the University;
xiii. “Registrar”, “Deputy Registrar”, “Finance Officer”, Controller of Examinations”, “Librarian” means, respectively, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, the Finance Officer, the Controller of Examinations, the Librarian of the University;
xiv. “Regulatory Body” means the statutory bodies established by the Central Government from time to time such as University Grants Commission and includes the All India Council for Technical Education, the Bar Council of India, the Distance Education Council, the Dental Council of India, the Indian Nursing Council, the Medical Council of India, the National Council for Teacher Education, Central Council for Indian Medicine and the Pharmacy Council of India;
xv. “Regulatory Authority” means the “Regulatory Authority” constituted under this Act.
xvi. “sponsoring body”, in relation to a University to be established under this Act, means:
(i) a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act No. 21 of 1860);
or
(ii) a public trust registered under the [Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (Central Act No. 2 of 1882)] 1[the Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920 (Central Act No. 14 of 1920) or the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act No. 16 of 1908) or under an Act passed by the legislature of any other state for registration of public trust;”]; or
(iii) a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 1 of 1956) or the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013); 2[(iii) a company registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act No.1 of 1956) or under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013)] xvii. “State” means State of Goa;
xviii. “Statutes” and “Ordinances” means, respectively, the Statutes and the Ordinances of the University, for the time being in force;
xix. “Student” means a student enrolled in the register of the University;
xx. “Teacher of the University” means Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting education, instructions, or conducting research in the University and designated as such by the Ordinances;
xxi. “University” means a University established and incorporated under section 8 of this Act;
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