In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board of Management” means the Board of Management constituted under section 19;
(b) “campus” means the area of University within which it is established;
(c) “distance education” means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes and any other such methodology;
(d) “employee” means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University;
(e) “fee” means monetary collection made by the University or its colleges, institutions or study centers, as the case may be, from the students by whatever name it may be called, which is not refundable;
(f) “Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh;
(g) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body constituted under section 18;
1. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh VidhanSabha . For Statement of Objects and Reasons see R.H.P. dated 9.4.2012, 385 & 388.
2. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see R.H.P. dated 29.8.2012, P. 3138 & 3140.
3. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see R.H.P. dated 6.4.2013, P. 159 & 161.
4. Act come into force w.e.f. 16th October, 2009 vide Not. No. EDN-A-Gha(8)- 10/2006, dated 15.10.2009, published in R.H.P. dated 16.10.2009, p. 4618.
(h) “higher education” means study of a curriculum or course for the pursuit of knowledge beyond 10+2 level;
(i) “hostel” means a place of residence for the students of the University, or its colleges, institutions and study centres, established or recognized to be as such by the University;
(j) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(k) “off campus centre” means a centre of the University established by it outside the main campus operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the University’s complement of facilities, faculty and staff;
(l) “Official Gazette” means the Rajpatra of Himachal Pradesh;
(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(n) “regulating body” means a body established by the Central Government for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of higher education, such as University Grants Commission, All India Council of Technical Education, National Council of Teacher Education, Medical Council of India, Pharmaceutical Council of India, National Council of Assessment and Accreditation, Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Distance Education Council, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 1[,the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission] etc. and includes the Government;
(o) “section” means a section of this Act;
(p) “sponsoring body” means Foundation for Life Sciences and Business Management, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860);
(q) “State” means State of Himachal Pradesh;
(r) “statutes”, “ordinances” and “regulations” mean respectively, the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the University made under this Act;
(s) “student” means a person enrolled in the University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinction instituted by the University, including a research degree;
(t) “study centre” means a centre established and maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counseling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of distance education;
1 Ins. vide Act No. 18 of 2012.
(u) “teacher” means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person required to impart education or to guide research or to render guidance in any form to the students for pursuing a course of study of the University;
(v) “University” means Shoolini University of Biotechnology and management Sciences, Solan, Himachal Pradesh; and [(w) “Regulatory Commission” means the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission, established under section 3 of the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions (Regulatory Commission) Act, 2010 (Act No. 15 of 2011)]1.