2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University ;
(b) "constituent college" means a college or institution maintained by the University ;
(c) "Council for Technical Education" means the All India Council for Technical Education established under section 3 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 ;
(d) "distance education system" means the system of imparting education through any means of communication such as broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence course, seminar, contact programme or a combination of any two or more such means ;
(e) "employee" means an employee appointed by the University, and includes teachers and other staff of the University or a constituent college ;
(f) "faculty" means a faculty of the University ;
(g) "hall" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognized by the University or a constituent college ;
(h) "Maharishi Institute" means the Maharishi Institute of Creative Intelligence, A-14, Mohan Estate, Mathura Road, New Delhi, a society registered with a Registrar of Societies, Delhi Administration, Delhi under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 ;
(i) "other backward classes of citizens" means the backward classes of citizens specified in Schedule 1 of Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes) Act, 1994 ;
(j) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes ;
(k) "principal", in relation to a constituent college, means the head of the constituent college and includes, where there is no principal, the vice-principal or any other person for the time being appointed to act as principal ;
(l) "Statutes" and "Ordinances" means respectively, the Statutes and Ordinances of the University ;
(m) "teacher" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or such other person as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University or in a constituent college and includes the principal of a constituent college ;
(n) "University" means the Maharishi University of Information Technology established under this Act.
(2) The words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Information Technology Act, 2000, shall have the respective meaning assigned to them in that Act.