Abhilashi University (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2014
No: 8 Dated: Jan, 24 2015
THE ABHILASHI UNIVERSITY (ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 2014
(Act No. 8 of 2015)
An Act to provide for establishment, incorporation and regulation of the Abhilashi University, Chail Chowk, Tehsil Chachiot, District Mandi, 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- fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Abhilashi University (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2014.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on 14 th day of August, 2014.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board of Management” means the Board of Management constituted under section 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 or more means of communication, 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 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 Himachal Pradesh;
(g) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body constituted under section 18 of this Act;
(h) “higher education” means study of a curriculum or course for the pursuit of knowledge beyond 10+2 level;
(i) “hostel” means a place of residence for the students of the University, or its colleges, 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) “off-campus” means a centre of the University established by it outside the main campus operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the University’s complement of facilities, faculty and staff;
(l) “Official Gazette” means the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh;
(m) “prescribed”means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(n) “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, Pharmaceutical Council of India, National Council of Assessment and Accreditation, Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Distance Education Council, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutional Regulatory Commission etc. and includes the Government;
(o) “section” means a section of this Act;
(p) “sponsoring body” means the Abhilashi Educational Society, NerChowk, Tehsil Sadar, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860);
(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 study for 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 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, Reader, Lecturer 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 Abhilashi University at Chailchowk, Tehsil Chachiot, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh; and
(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.