(1) This Act may be called the "The Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim AcL,2021".
(2) lt shall extend to the whole of Sikkim.
(3) lt shall come jnto force on such date as the State Government may, by n"otification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
"r Definition 2. ln this Act, and in all statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(i) "Academic council" means the Academic Council of the University;
(ii) "Academic year" means the Academic year which the Board of Management may determine;
(iii) "Accreditation" with the grammatical variations means the process of quality control in skills education, whereby, as a result of evaluation or assessment or by any other scientific method, an institution of skills education or training establishment is recognized by it as conforming to specific parameters of academic quality and benchmarking of such academic quality determined by the Universlty;
(iv) "Affiliation" together with its grammatical variations, includes, in relation to an institution of skills education or training establishments, recognition of such institution and training establishment by the University and association of such institution and training establishment with the University;
(v) "Annual Report" means the annual report of the University referred to in Section 45 of the Act;
(vi) "Board of Governors" means the Board of Governors of the University constituted under Section 21 of the Act;
(vii) "Board of Management" means the Board of management of the University constituted under Section 2 ol the Act;
(viii) "Chancellor", means the Chancellor of the University appointed under Section 12 of the Act;
(ix) "credit framework" means the framework, developed by the University, built on measured units of education, skills and learning credits for a student to achieve the competency for performing a job role successfully or efficiently;
(x) "Development Fund" means the Developrnent fund of the University established under Section 43 of the Act;
(xi) "Education and Training lnstitution, Registered Training Organization" means an organization recognized by the University.
(xii) "Employee" means an employee appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University or of a constituent college;
(xiii) "Endowment Fund" means the endowment fund of the University established under Section 41 oI the Act;
(xiv) "Faculty" means teaching faculty of the University;
(xv) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee constituted under Section 24 of the Act;
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(xvi) "Governmenf' means the State Government of Sikkim;
(xvii) "General Fund" means the General Fund of the University established under Section 42 of the Act;
(xviii) "Training Centres" means centres established or maintained or recognized by the University;
(xix) "National Council for Vocational Education and Training" means National Council for Vocational Education and Training established by the Central Government;
(xx) "National Occupational Standards" means the National Occupational Standards developed by the Sector Skill Councils concerned;
(xxi) "National Skill Development Agency" means the National Skill Development Agency as constituted by the Central Government,
(xxii) "National Skill Development Corporation" means the National Skill Devetopment Corporation as established by the Central Government;
(xxiii) "National Skill Qualification Framework" means the qualification assurance framework for skills as notified by the Central Government;
(xxiv) "National Apprentice Promotion Scheme" means National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme as launched by Central Government;
(xxv) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(xxvi) "Pro-Chancellor" means the Pro-Chancellor of the University appointed under Section 13 of the Act;
(xxvii) "Pro-Vice-Chancellor" means the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University appointed under Section 15 of the Act;
(xxviii) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University appointed under Section 17 of the Act;
(xxix) "rules" means the rules of the university made under this Act;
(xxx) "School" means a School of Studies of the University;
(xxxi) "sector Skill Council" means the Sector Skill Council recognized by the National Skill Development Corporation of Central Government;
(xxxii) "sponsoring Body" means the Medhavi Foundation, a non-profit organisation duly incorporated and registered under Section 25 of lndian Companies Act, 1956, bearing Corporate ldentity Number (ClN) as U80903DL2012NPL238611, represented by Chairman or President;
(xxxiii) "State" means the State of Sikkim;
(xxxiv) "Statutes" mean the Statutes of the University made under this Aet;
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(xli) "studenf' means a student of the University, and includes any person who has enrolled himself for pursuing any course of study of the UniversitY;
,,Training centre, Model skill centres, centre of Excellence" means any skilt and Education Training lnfrastructure recognised or maintained by the University;
*uGC'means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1955 (3 of 195'6);
,,university teachers' means Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Trainers and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instructions, trainings or conducting research in the University or in any college or institution and are designated as teachers by the Act;
"University" means the "Medhavi Skitls University, Sikkim;
,,Vice-chancellor/ means the Vice-chancellor of the University appointed under section 14 of the Act;
,,Vocational education" means such education that prepares a person to work as a technician in a trade, craft, or in support role in professions such as engineering, accountancy, nursing, rnedicine, architecture, law etc'
CHAPTER II THE UNIVERSITY There shall be a University by the name "MEDHAVI SKILLS UNIVERSITY, S]KKIM".
The University shall be a body corporate, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and to hold property, to contract and shall sue and be sued by the said narne.
(3) The Headquarters of the University shall be at Sikkim' The University may establish or maintain education and training institutions, skill training centres, centre of excellences either by itself or in collaboration with the industries or corporations or lndustry Associations in Sikkim and in other states of lndian l-lnion and outside the country as laid down in Sections 7 and 8 of the Act.
relevant prescribed authorities as mentioned in sub-section (4) of Section 3.
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