In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “agreement” means an agreement entered into with the educational agency to be appointed as teaching or non-teaching employee in a self financing college;
(b) “educational agency” means a person or a body which establishes, controls or runs a self financing college and approved by the University in which such self financing college is affiliated to;
(c) “Government” means the Government of Kerala;
(d) “non-teaching employee” means a person appointed in a self financing college under an agreement with the educational agency and registered as non-teaching employee in the affiliated University;
(e) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
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(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) “regulatory body” means the University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education, National Council for Teacher Education, Bar Council of India and Council of Architecture and it includes respective University also;
(h) “required post” means the teaching and non-teaching post determined by the regulatory body for various courses affiliated to the University in a self financing college;
(i) “self financing college” means an educational institution established, controlled or run by an educational agency and conducting courses affiliated to the University and approved by the University but it does not include the Government College and private college entered into direct payment agreement with the Government;
(j) “State” means the State of Kerala;
(k) “student” means a person admitted to a course of study conducted by a self financing college and duly registered in the affiliated University;
(l) “teacher” means a person appointed in self financing college under an agreement with the educational agency and registered as teacher in the affiliated University;
(m) “University” means the Kerala University, the Calicut University, the Mahatma Gandhi University, the Cochin University of Science and Technology, the Kannur University and the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University established under the provisions of the Kerala University Act, 1974 (17 of 1974), the Calicut University Act, 1975 (5 of 1975), the Mahatma Gandhi University Act, 1985 (12 of 1985), the Cochin University of Science and Technology Act, 1986 (31 of 1986), the Kannur University Act, 1996 (22 of 1996) and the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University Act, 2015 (17 of 2015) respectively.