Aryabhatta Knowledge University Act, 2008
No: 24 Dated: Aug, 11 2008
[Bihar Act 24, 2008]
The Aryabhatta Knowledge University Act, 2008
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ACT
To establish and incorporate a University to conduct and facilitate affiliation of institutions set up by the Government and/or the Trust or Society in the conventional as well as new frontiers of professional education, for example, Engineering & Technology including Information Technology, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology, Management, Medicine, Health, Technology, Public Health, Pharmacy, Optometry, Nursing, Education, Law, etc., and also to achieve excellence in teaching, research and extension work in these areas and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Bihar in the FiftyNinth year of the Republic of India as follows-
1. Short title, Extent and commencement-
- This Act may be called the "Aryabhatta Knowledge University Act, 2008."
- It shall extend to whole of the 'State of Bihar'.
- It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
- ‘Academic Council' means the Academic Council of the University;
- ‘Academic Staff’ means such categories of staff as are designated by the Statutes to be the academic staff of the University;
- 'Affiliation' means affiliation granted by the University in accordance with the Statutes and Regulations made for the purpose;
- 'All India Council for Technical Education' means Council constituted under All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (Central Act 52 of 1987);
- 'Affiliated Institution' means an institution of higher learning affiliated by the University;
- 'Autonomous College or Institutes’ means such college or institute which has been declared autonomous by the University under the provisions prescribed in the relevant statutes;
- ‘Chancellor' and 'Vice-Chancellor' means, respectively, the Chancellor and the ViceChancellor of the University;
- ‘College’ means an institution maintained or controlled by the University or maintained by the State Government;
- ‘Council of Architecture' means the Council constituted under section 3 of the Architects Act, 1972 (Act 20 of 1972);
- ‘Court' means the Court of the University;
- ‘CSIR’ means Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, an agency of the Central Government;
- ‘Dental' Council of India' means Dental Council constituted under section- 3 of the Dentist Act – 1948 (Act 16 of 1948) and its amendment Act 1993;
- ‘Department’ means a department of Teaching, Learning and Research of the University;
- ‘Director’ means the Head of an institution;
- ‘Employee’ means any person appointed by the University, College or Institution as the case may be;
- 'Engineering & Technology' means courses approved by All India Council for Technical Education;
- ‘Executive Council’ means the Executive Council of the University;
- ‘Governing Body', in relation to a college or an institution, means the governing body or any other body, by whatever name called, charged with the management of the affairs of such college or institution, as the case may be, and recognized as such by the University;
- ‘Government' means the Government of Bihar;