In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) ‘Director’ means the Director of the Institute appointed under section, 17;
(b) ‘Fund’ means the fund of the Institute referred to in section 26;
(c) ‘Governing Council’ means Governing Council of the Institute constituted under section 9;
(d) ‘government’ means the State Government of Telangana;
(e) ‘Institute’ means the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad established under section 3;
(f) ‘member’ means a member of the Institute;
(g) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Telangana Gazette;
(h) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act;
(i) ‘President’ means the President of the Institute referred to in section 7;
(j) ‘regulation’ means a regulation made by the Institute under this Act;
(k) ‘teacher’ includes a Professor, Additional Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Lecturer or any person appointed under this Act, for the conduct of training, research, or imparting medical or paramedical education in the Institute.