In this Act and in all Statutes made thereunder, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,––
(a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University ;
(b) “affiliated college’’ means an institution imparting instruction upto the Bachelor’s degree excluding integrated Honours, Postgraduate and professional degree courses recognised by the University concerned in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Statutes ;
(c) “college” means an institution maintained or admitted to its privileges by the University concerned and includes a constituent college ;
(d) “constituent college” means an institution recognised as such by the Syndicate of the University concerned in accordance with the provisions of this Act and Statutes ;
(e) “Faculties”, “Board of Studies”, “Board of Inspection”, and “Board of Research Studies”, means the Faculties, Board of Studies, Board of Inspections and Board of Research Studies of a University ;
(f) “Head of the Department” means the head of a University teaching Department who has the status of a Professor or a Reader in the University and where any University has no teaching department in a subject, the senior most Professor in that subject in an affiliated or a constituent college ;
(g) “Principal” means the head of the college ;
(h) “Statutes” and ‘‘Regulations’’ means respectively the Statutes and Regulations of a University made or continued under this Act ;
(i) “Syndicate” means the Syndicate of a University ;
(j) “Teacher” means a person giving instructions on behalf of a University, in the teaching department of a University, constituent or affiliated college, and includes a Principal, Professor, Reader, Lecturer, Demonstrator, Director or Physical Education, Director of the Bureau of Educational and Vocational Guidance and a teacher of Teacher’s Training College, and such member of staff of a University Library as the Syndicate of a University may declare to be a teacher ;
(k) “University” means the University of Kashmir or the University of Jammu, as the case may be ;
(l) “University Council” means the University Council of a University.