Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Act, 2004
No: 13 Dated: Sep, 02 2004
THE BENGAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, SHIBPUR ACT, 2004
West Bengal Act XIII of 2004
An Act to provide for the reconstitution of the Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, Howrah (a Deemed University) as the Bengal Egineering and Science University, Shibpur, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS the Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, Howrah has been declared by the Central Government as a Deemed University under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to confer on the said Institution the status of a University to enable it to function more efficiently as a teaching, training and research Centre in various branches of learning and courses of study promoting advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning, and to meet the requirement of higher education and research in the field of Engineering and Technology, Basic and Applied Sciences, Social and Management Sciences and to avail better scopes and opportunities to serve the society and the nation;
It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Act, 2004.
(2) This section and section 53 shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date or dates as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(1) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 53;
(2) "College" means a College established or maintained by, or affiliated to, the University;
(3) "convocation" means a meeting of the Court for the purposes of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions;
(4) "employee", in relation to the University, means a person other than a Teacher or an officer employed by the University;
(5) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March;
(6) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal;
(7) "hall" means a unit of residence of students maintained by the University;
(8) "hostel" means a unit of residence for students, not maintained by the University but recognised under this Act as a hostel;
(9) "Institution" means a College, Research Organisation or any other place, by whatever name called, for training, instruction, research or study;
(10) "Librarian", in relation to the University, means a Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called, appointed or recognised as such by the University;
(11) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of Higher Education appointed as such by the Governor;
(12) "non-teaching staff" means,—
(a) in relation to the University, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognised as such by the University, and
(b) in relation to an affiliated College, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognised by the University or appointed by such College, but does not include a Librarian;
(13) "officer" means an officer of the University;
(14) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes or Ordinances or Regulations;
(15) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under this Act;
(16) "State Government" means the Government of West Bengal in the Higher Education Department;
(17) "Student" means a student of the University, and includes any person enrolled by the University for pursuing any course of study of the University;
(18) "Teacher" means a Principal, Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person holding a teaching post either whole-time or part-time basis and appointed or recognised as such by the University for the purposes of imparting instruction and conducting research in the University;
(19) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Reader, Assistant Professor, Lecturer or any other person, holding a teaching post including a part-time teaching post, appointed or recognised as such by the University;
(20) "the University" means the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, as constituted under this Act;
(21) "University College" means a college, or an institute, or a college combined with an institute, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not;
(22) "University Laboratory", "University Library", "University Museum" or "University Institution" means a laboratory, a library, a museum or an institution, as the case may be, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not;
(23) "University Professor", "University Assistant Professor", "University Reader", or "University Lecturer" means a Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader or Lecturer appointed or recognised as such by the University
CHAPTER II
The University and its officers
3. The University:- (1) The first Chancellor, the first Vice-Chancellor and the first members of the Court and the Executive Council, and all persons who may hereafter become the Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor of the University or the members of the Court or the Executive Council, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, shall constitute a body corporate by the name of the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur.
(2) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the name of the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur.