(i) 'Council' means the Jharkhand State Higher Education Council established by State Legislature.
(ii) 'Higher Education' means education, whether professional, technical, or otherwise leading to the obtaining of any degree or diploma from the University.
(iii) 'State Universities' means the Universities run, managed and controlled by the State Government.
(iv) 'Private Universities' means University in the state established according to the Model Guidelines for the establishment and incorporation of Private Universities in the State of Jharkhand.
(v) 'Technical University' means University established with the objectives for value creation and welfare in society through technical education and training, research, innovation, public and private sector consultancy, entrepreneurship, continuing education programmes,' autonomous Colleges/Institution and affiliating constituent and private Colleges/Institutions.
(vi) 'Affiliated Institutions' means the institutions which are run and controlled by their own Governing Bodies.
(vii) Institution' means an institution with offers various kinds of courses or training programme.
(viii) 'Member' means a member of the State Higher Education Council and includes the Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
(ix) Chairman' means the Chairman of the Council appointed as per State Higher Education Council Act.
(x) 'Vice-Chairman' means the Vice-Chairman of the Council appointed as per State Higher Education Council Act.
(xi) Executive Director' means Member Secretary of the Council appointed under the provisions laid down by State Higher Education Council Act.
(xii) 'Government' means the Government of Jharkhand.
(xiii) Apex Regulatory Institutions' means the regulatory Institutions created by the Act of Parliament for the governance of institutions of a particular nature.
(xiv) Statutes', Ordinances', Regulations' of a university means the Statutes, the Ordinances, and the Regulations issued under the respective Acts of a University.
(xv) 'Regulations' of the Council means the regulations made by the State Higher Education Council,
(xvi) 'Rules' means the rules made by the State Higher Education Council,(xvii) 'AISHE' means the All India Survey on Higher Education initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India,
(xviii) 'NAAC means the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, established for rating the quality status of a particular higher education institution.
(xix) 'MIS'(Management Information System) means management information systems to provide efficiency and effectiveness of strategic decision making.