Section Text
2021.
(l) "Distance Education System" means the system of imparting education within the State through any means of information technology and communication such as multimedia, broadcasting, telecasting, online over internet, other interactive methods, e-mails, internet, computer, interactive talk, e-learning, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes or a combination of any two or more of such means;
(m) “Deposits” means collection made by the University from the students under the name Deposits, which is refundable;
(n) “Dean of Faculty” means the Dean of Faculty of the University;
(o) “Department” means a department (Academic Unit) of a college, teaching and undertaking research in a subject or a group of subjects;
(p) “Employee” means employee appointed by the University; and includes teachers and other staff of the University or of Constituent College;
(q) “Finance Committee” means Finance Committee of the University;
(r) “Faculty” means faculty of the University;
(s) “Fee” means collection made by the University from the students under the name Fee, which is not refundable;
(t) “Government” means the State Government of Uttarakhand;
(u) “Hall” or “Hostel” means a unit for residence for students maintained or recognized by the University or Constituent College;
(v) “1[Unison Education Foundation]” means a society registered under The Society Registration Act,1860, having registered office at 2[Third Floor, Administrative Block, IMS Unison University, Village Makkawala, Uttarakhand- 248009] 248001;
(w) “Promoting Society” means 1[Unison Education Foundation] (Society), registered under The Society Registration Act, 1860;
(x) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the Statutes;
(y) “Permanent Resident” means any resident of the state who has the valid domicile/ permanent resident certificate issued by the prescribed authority as per the rules framed by the State Government from time to time;
(aa) "Regional Centre" means a centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of co-ordinating and supervising the work of Study Centres in any region and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such centre by the Board of Management;
(bb) "State" means State of Uttarakhand;
(cc) "Statutes", “Rules” and “Ordinance” means, respectively, the “Statutes”, “Rules” and “Ordinance” of the University made under this Act;
(dd) "Study Centre" means a centre established, maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counseling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students; -------------------------------------------- 1- Subs. by section 2 (i) of UK Act no 20 of 2021. 2- Subs. by section 2(ii) of UK Act no 20 of 2021.
(ee) "Teacher" means a Professor/Dean, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor/Lecturer or such other person as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University or in Constituent Colleges and institution and includes the Principal/Dean of the Constituent College;
(ff) "UGC" means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;
(gg) "University" means the “DIT UNIVERSITY” under this Act;
(hh) “Bodies” means the bodies of the University constituted by the relevant authorities;
(ii) “Visitor" means the Visitor of the University. CHAPTER - II The University and its Objects Proposal for Society), the Dehradun, shall have the right to establish the DIT UNIVERSITY in Establishment accordance with the provisions of this Act. of University (2) An application containing the proposal to establish a University has been made to the State Government by Promoting Society. The proposal contained the following particulars, namely:-
(a) the objects of the University alongwith the details of Promoting Society;
(b) the extent and status of the University and the availability of land;
(c) the nature and type of programs of study and research to be undertaken in the University during a period of the next five years;
(d) the nature of faculties, courses of study and research proposed to be started;
(e) the campus development such as buildings, equipment and structural amenities;
(f) the phased outlays of capital expenditure for a period of the next five years;
(g) the item-wise recurring expenditure, sources of finance and estimated expenditure for each student;
(h) the scheme for mobilizing resources and the cost of capital thereto and the manner of repayments to each source;
(i) the scheme of generation of funds internally through the recovery of fee from students, revenues anticipated from consultancy and other activities relating to the objects of the University and other anticipated incomes;
(j) the details of expenditure on unit cost, the extent of concessions or rebate in fee, free ship and scholarship for students who are permanent resident of the State and the fee structure indicating varying rate of fee, if any, that would be levied on non resident Indians and students of other nationalities; --------------------------------------------------------------- 1- Subs. by section 2(i) of UK Act no 20 of