r In this ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires.—
(a) ' 'Advisor'' means a faculty member ofthe Institute appointed to lookafter the student research work;
(b) "Advisory Committee" means the Departmental Academic Advisory Committee;
(c) "Board of Studies and Research (BSR)" means the Board of Studies and Research of die Institute;
(d) "B.E orB^%ch."means degree in Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology respectively;
(e) "B. Pharm," means degree in Bachelor of Pharmacy;
(f) "B.V.Sc,"meansdegreeinBachelorofVeterinarySciences;
(g) "candidate" means an individual applying for admission to any ofthe academic programmes of die Institute;
(h) "course work" means course of study designed and offered by the Department concerned to be undertaken by a student; ,
(i) "degree*' means the Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm), Master of Technology in Pharmacy [M.Tech.
(Pharm.)], Master of Science (Pharmacy), [M.S.(Pharm.)] Master of Business Administration (Pharm).
and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph,D.), whichever is applicable;
(j) "GATE" means me Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering conducted by Indian Institutes of Technology;
(k) "Institute" means the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research at Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab;
(1) "Institute student" means a student enjoying Institute Fellowship;
(m) "Joint Advisor" means an additional advisor approved by die Board of Studies and Research (BSR) on recommendation of the Advisor through the Departmental Research Committee (DRC) to help the Advisor in the accomplishment of the research work of the student;
(n) "Minimum registration period" means the minimum period for which a student must be registered priorto submission of the thesis.
(o) "M.Se." means Master of Science;
(p) "M.Tech." means Master of Technology;
(q) "NET" means the National Eligibility Test conducted by University Grants Commission or Council of Scientific and Industrial Research;
(r) "OfaFcommittee" means the Oral Defence Committee;
(s) "OtfieriliBttoit*!' means those colleges or universities which offer Bachelors' degree or higher;
(t) "Research-Committee" means die Student's Research Committee;
(u) "sponsored student'' means a student receiving fellowship from an outside organization;
(v) "student" means a person admitted or registered for a particular academic programme;
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