State Act

Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Open University Act, 1982.

2. In this Act, and in all statutes and regulations unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) “academic year” means a period of twelve months commencing on the first day of July of the year or such other period of twelve months beginning on such date as the *[Executive Council] may specify in respect of all the study centres under the control of the University or any particular centre thereof; 3[(a-1) “approved institution” means an institution not being an institution maintained by the University for imparting instruction in relation to any learning process; (a-2) “authority” means an authority of the University specified in section 14; (a-3) “committee of courses” means the committee of courses in a faculty;] (b) “Co-ordinator” means the head of a study centre; (c) “Correspondence-cum-Contact Programme Student” means student enrolled in any one of the study centres of the University recognised as such by the statutes; 4[(d) “department” means a department and includes a centre maintained by the University; (d-1) “Director” means a Director appointed under section 11;] (e) “Director of Higher Education” includes a Joint Director incharge of Higher Education; (f) “employee” means any person appointed by the University, and includes teachers and other staff of the University; (g) “Government” means the State Government of 5Telangana; 6[(h) “Head of Department” means a teacher so appointed being responsible for the co-ordination of instruction, training and research in any department; (h-1) “institution” means an institution maintained by the University;] (i) “prescribed” means prescribed by the statutes or regulations; (j) “Secretary to Government” includes a Joint Secretary to Government and a Deputy Secretary to Government; (k) “student” means a person who is enrolled for studies in one of the study centres and pursues studies attending the prescribed contact and correspondence programme; (l) “study centre” means study centre within the University area where the students enroll to carry on their contact programme; 7[(m) “teacher” includes professor, associate professor, assistant professor or any other person engaged in imparting instruction in relation to any learning process and designated as a teacher by the regulations; (n) “teacher of the University” means a person so appointed by the University for imparting instruction in relation to any learning process;] (o) “University” means 8[Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Open University] as constituted under this Act; (p) “University area” means the area to which this Act extends; (q) “University headquarters” means the place where the administrative officers are situated.