SRI SAI University (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2010
No: 3 Dated: Jan, 29 2011
THE SRI SAI UNIVERSITY(ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION)ACT, 2010
(Act No. 3 of 2011)
An Act to provide for establishment, incorporation and regulation of the SRI SAI University,Palampur, Himachal Pradesh for higher education and to regulate its functioning and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Sixty-first Year ofthe Republic of India as follows :—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the SRI SAI University (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2010.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on 29th September, 2010.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board of Management” means the Board of Management constituted undersection 19 of this Act;
(b) “campus” means the area of University within which it is established;
(c) “distance education” means education imparted by combination of any two ormore means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, correspondencecourses, seminars, contact programmes and any other such methodology;
(d) “employee” means any person appointed by the University and includes teachersand 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 whatevername it may be called, which is not refundable;
(f) “Government” or “State Government” means the Government of HimachalPradesh;
(g) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body constituted under section 18 ofthis Act;
(h) “higher education” means study of a curriculum or course for the pursuit ofknowledge beyond 10+2 level;
(i) “hostel” means a place of residence for the students of the University, or itscolleges, institutions and study centers, established or recognized to be assuch by the University;
(j) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(k) “off campus/study centre” means a centre of the University established by itoutside the main campus operated and maintained as its constituent unit, havingthe University’s complement of facilities, faculty and staff;
(l) “Official Gazette” means the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh;
(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(n) “regulating body” means a body established by the Central Government forlaying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards ofhigher education, such as University Grants Commission, All IndiaCouncil of Technical Education, National Council of Teacher Education, MedicalCouncil of India, Pharmaceutical Council of India, National Council ofAssessment and Accreditation, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, DistanceEducation Council, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission] etc. and includesthe Government;
(o) “section” means a section of this Act ;
(p) “sponsoring body” means the Managing Committee SRI SAI College ofEngineering and Technology(Society), BadhaniPathankot registered under theSocieties Registration Act, 1860 and its subsidiary branch of society “SRI SAIEducational and Charitable Society, Sungal(Padhiarkhar)” Tehsil Palampur,District Kangra registered in Himachal Pradesh;
(q) “State” means State of Himachal Pradesh;
(r) “statutes”, “ordinances” and “regulations” mean 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 studyfor a degree, diploma or other academic distinction instituted by the University,including a research degree;
(t) “study centre” means a centre established and maintained or recognized by theUniversity for the purpose of advising, counseling or for rendering any otherassistance required by the students in the context of distance education;
(u) “teacher” means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person required toimpart education or to guide research or to render guidance in any form to thestudents for pursuing a course of study of the University; and
(v) “University” means SRI SAI University, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.
(w) “Regulatory Commission” means the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission, established under section 3 of the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions (Regulatory Commission) Act, 2010 (Act No. 15 of 2011).