2. In this Act-
(a) "college" means any institution maintained or recognized by the University to provide for the teaching necessary for admission to a degree of the University and includes an affiliated college, an associate college, and autonomous college and a constituent college;
(b) "Council" means the Uttar Pradesh State Council of Higher Education established under section 3;
(c) "Fund" means the fund of the Council are referred to in section 15;
(d) "higher education" means education, whether professional, technical or otherwise, leading to the obtaining of any degree or diploma from any University;
(e) "institution of higher education" means an institution conducting any course of study in higher education, which is approved as such by the State Government;
(f) "member" means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and the Member-Secretary;
(g) "regulations" means the regulation made by the Council under this Act;
(h) "University Grants Commission" means the University grants Commission established under section 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;
(i) a word or expression defined in the Uttar Pradesh State Universities Act, 1973 used, but not defined herein, shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in that Act.