MIT Art, Design and Technology University Act, 2015
No: 39 Dated: Aug, 24 2015
MIT Art, Design and Technology University Act, 2015
ACT No. XXXIX OF 2015
An Act to provide for establishment, incorporation and regulation of MIT Art, Design and Technology University, Pune, for the development and advancement of higher education in the State and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for establishment, incorporation and regulation of the MIT Art, Design and Technology University, Pune for the development and advancement of higher education in the State and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :––
1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the MIT Art, Design and Technology University Act, 2015.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board of Management” means the Board of Management constituted under section 22 ;
(b) “campus” means the area of the University within which it is established ;
(c) “distance education” means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communications, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes and any other such methodology ;
(d) “employee” means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers, officers and other staff of the University ;
(e) “fee” means monetary collection made by the University or its colleges, institutions or study centers, as the case may be, from the students by whatever name it may be called, which is not refundable ;
(f) “Government” or “State Government” means the Government of Maharashtra ;
(g) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body constituted under section 21 ;
(h) “higher education” means pursuit of knowledge beyond learning at the stage of school education ;
(i) “hostel” means a place of residence for the students of the University or its institutions and study centers, established or recognized to be as such by the University ;
(j) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette ;
(k) “Official Gazette” means the Maharashtra Government Gazette ;
(l) “prescribed” means prescribed by the statutes or ordinances or regulations, as the case may be, made by or under this Act ;
(m) “regulating body” means a body established by the Central Government for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of higher education, such as University Grants Commission, All India Council of Technical Education, National Council of Teacher Education, Medical Council of India, Pharmacy Council of India, National Council of Assessment and Accreditation, Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Distance Education Council, Council of Scientific and Indian Research, etc. and includes the Government ;
(n) “rules” means the rules made by the State Government ;
(o) “section” means a section of this Act ;
(p) “sponsoring body” means the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research, Pune registered as a trust under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act ;
(q) “State” means the State of Maharashtra ;
(r) “statutes”, “ordinances” and “regulations” means respectively, the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the University made under this Act ;
(s) “student” means a person enrolled in the University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinctions instituted by the University, including a research degree ;
(t) “study center” means a center established and maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of distance education ;
(u) “teacher” means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or any other person required to impart education or to guide research or to render guidance in any form to the students for pursuing a course of study of the University ;
(v) “University” means the MIT Art, Design and Technology University, Pune established under this Act.