Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal Act, 2015
No: 33 Dated: Jan, 19 2016
THE SANSKRIT COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY, WEST BENGAL ACT, 2015
West Bengal Act XXXIII of 2015
An Act to provide for constitution and incorporation of the Sanskrit College and University in the State of West Bengal and for certain matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
Whereas it is expedient to confer on the Sanskrit College, a Government College with rich heritage, the status of a University and to constitute and incorporate the said University on the land and properties of the Sanskrit College, with a view to establishing a University devoted to the teaching, training and research in various branches of learning and courses of study of Sanskrit, Indology, Indian Philosophy, Indian Languages and Literature, Humanities and Cognitive Science, and for promoting advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning in these fields.
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-sixth 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 Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal Act, 2015.
(2) This Section and Section 57 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 the context otherwise requires,-
(1) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 57;
(2) "Bangiya Sanskrit Siksha Parishad" means the Bangiya Sanskrit Siksha Parishad constituted and established by the State Government vide Resolution No. 1962-Edn dated 04.05.1949;
(3) "college" means the Sanskrit College, Kolkata;
(4) "convocation" means a meeting of the Governing Board for the purpose of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions;
(5) "distance Education" means instruction imparted through correspondence or distance mode as recognized by the appropriate authority;
(6) "employee" in relation to the University means a person employed in the University;
(7) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March;
(8) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal;
(9) "Librarian" means a Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called appointed or recognized as such by the University;
(10) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of the Higher Education Department appointed as such by the Governor;
(11) "non-teaching staff" means the non-teaching staff appointed or recognized as such by the University not holding any teaching post or a person not holding the post of an officer or a person not holding the post of Librarian, by whatever name called;
(12) "officer" means an officer of the University;
(13) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(14) "registered graduate" means a graduate registered under this Act on making an application in the prescribed form and on payment of such fees as may be determined by the University from time to time;
(15) "State Government" means Government of West Bengal in the Higher Education Department;
(16) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances , Regulations of the University made under this Act;
(17) "Student" means a student of the University and includes any person enrolled by the University for pursuing any Undergraduate or Post-graduate course of study or in research works of the University;
(18) "Students' Council" means the Students' Council of the University constituted in the manner provided by the Regulations;
(19) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or any other person, holding a whole-time permanent, substantive teaching post, appointed or recognized as such by the University for the purpose of imparting instruction and conduction of research in the University;
(20) "University" means the Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal 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" mean 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 Associate Professor" or "University Assistant Professor" mean a Professor including Distinguished Professor, Chair Professor, Adjunct Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor respectively, appointed or recognized as such by the University.
CHAPTER II
The University and its Officers
3. The University:- (1) The first Chancellor and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University and the first members of the Governing Board, and all persons who may hereafter become the Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor of the University or the members of the Governing Board, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, shall constitute a body corporate by the name of the Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal.
(2) The University shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and common seal and shall have power to sue and be sued by the name of the Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal.
(3) The head quarter of the University shall be located at Kolkata.
(4) The territorial jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the whole of the state of West Bengal.
(5) The Bangiya Sanskrit Siksha Parishad shall be included with the University along with all its privileges and liabilities.
(6) The University will be a non-affiliating unitary University.