Lovely Professional University Act, 2005

No: 25 Dated: Dec, 26 2005

The Lovely Professional University Act, 2005

Punjab Act No. 25 of 2005

    An Act to establish and incorporate a University in the State of Punjab to be known as the Lovely Professional University, for the purposes of making provisions for instruction, teaching, education, research, training and related activities at all levels in all disciplines of education including professional, medical, technical, higher, general education and to provide for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    Whereas the Lovely International Trust had made a proposal to the State Government for setting up a self-financing Professional University in the State of Punjab and the State Government has accepted the proposal and has entered into an Agreement with the Lovely International Trust on the 25th day of July, 2005, for the establishment of a University to make provisions for all the streams of education at all levels through all modes of education in co-operation with the industry, other institutions and the international organizations in and outside the State of Punjab;

    Whereas the State Government, after due consideration has come to the conclusion that the Lovely International Trust is capable of meeting its obligations under the aforesaid Agreement for establishing and running the said University;

    Whereas the State Government has agreed to establish a University in the State of Punjab to make provisions for instruction, teaching, education, research, training and related activities at all levels in all disciplines of education including professional, medical, technical, higher and general education;

    And whereas in these circumstances, it is deemed expedient to establish the Lovely Professional University for the aforesaid purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Lovely Professional University Act, 2005.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions. - In this Act in all the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University;

(b) "Academia-Industry Interface Council" means the Academia- Industry Interface Council of the University;

(c) "Agreement" means an agreement executed between the Government of the State of Punjab and the Lovely International Trust on the 25th day of July, 2005;

(d) "authorities" means the authorities of the University;

(e) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University;

(f) "Deans" means the Deans of the University;

(g) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University;

(h) "Faculty" means the faculty of the University;

(i) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the University;

(j) "Finance Officer" means the Finance Officer of the University;

(k) "Fund" means the Fund of the University;

(l) "Governing Council" means the Governing Council of the University;

(m) "Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab;

(n) "Institution" means any institution or institute or college or school or centre (by whatever name it may be called), run or recognised by or affiliated to the University, in and outside the State;

(o) "Member" means a member of the authorities;

(p) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(q) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations;

(r) "President" means the President of the Lovely International Trust;

(s) "Principal" means a Head of the institution and includes any other person officiating as such;

(t) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University;

(u) "State" means the State of Punjab;

(v) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" means respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made by it under this Act;

(w) "Teacher" includes Professor, Reader, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Lecturer and any such other person imparting instructions on full time or part time basis in the University or institution;

(x) "Trust" means the Lovely International Trust;

(y) "University" means the Lovely Professional University as incorporated under this Act;

(z) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University; and

(za) "Visitor" means the Visitor of the University.