State Act

The Plaksha University, Punjab Act, 2021. (Punjab Act No. 21 of 2021)

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ‘Academic Council’ means the Academic Council of the University; (b) ‘authorities’ means the authorities of the University; (c) ‘Board of Management’ means the Board of Management of the University; (d) ‘Board of Studies’ means a body to be constituted by the Governing Body; (e) ‘campuses’ means a contiguous area within which the University is situated; (f) ‘Chairperson’ means the Chairperson of the Foundation; (g) ‘Chancellor’ means the Chancellor of the University; (h) ‘Chief Finance and Accounts Officer’ means the Chief Finance and Accounts Officer of the University; (i) 'Dean’ means the Dean of the University; (j) 'Finance Committee' means the Finance Committee of the University; (k) 'Foundation' means the Reimagining Higher Education Foundation registered under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act No. 18 of 2013); (l) ‘Governing Body’ means the Governing Body of the University; (m) ‘institution’ means any institution or college or academic centre (by whatever name it may be called) established, run, managed, recognized or constituted by the University, within the campus; (n) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by the statutes, ordinances and regulations; (o) ‘Registrar’ means the Registrar of the University; (p) ‘State Government’ means the Government of the State of Punjab; (q) ‘statutes’, ‘ordinances’ and ‘regulations’ means statutes, ordinances and regulations of the University made under this Act; (r) ‘teacher’ includes Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and any such other person, who imparts instruction in the University or in any of its institutions and centres; (s) ‘University’ means the Plaksha University, Punjab established under section 3 of this Act; (t) ‘Vice-Chancellor’ means the Vice-Chancellor of the University; and (u) ‘Visitor’ means the Visitor of the University.