Hindi University, West Bengal Act, 2019
No: 21 Dated: Jan, 10 2020
THE HINDI UNIVERSITY, WEST BENGAL ACT, 2019
West Bengal Act XXI of 2019
An Act to provide for constitution and incorporation of the Hindi University in the State of West Bengal and for certain matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish and incorporate a State-aided University by the name of the Hindi University, West Bengal with the view to provide higher education and to establish a Centre of Excellence devoted to the teaching, learning and research in various branches of studies including Hindi language and literature, Humanities, Social and Basic Sciences, Management studies and promoting advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning, and extending higher education, to meet the requirements of higher education and research in the subjects and to serve the society and the nation;
It is hereby enacted in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Hindi University, West Bengal Act, 2019.
(2) This section and sections 60, 61 and 62 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 60;
(2) "college" means the constituent or affiliated college of the University;
(3) "convocation" means a meeting of the Governing Board for the purposes of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions;
(4) "distance education" means instruction imparted through correspondence or distance mode as recognized by the appropriate authority;
(5) "employee" in relation to the University means a person employed in the University;
(6) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March;
(7) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal;
(8) "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;
(9) "Minister" means the Minister-in-Charge of the Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal;
(10) "non-teaching staff'" means the non-teaching staff appointed or recognized as such by the University and not holding any teaching, officer or the post of Librarian, by whatever name called;
(11) "officer" means an officer of the University;
(12) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(13) "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 detennined by the University from time to time;
(14) "State Government" means Government of West Bengal in the Higher Education Department;
(15) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances , Regulations of the University made under this Act;
(16) "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;
(17) "Students' Council" means the Students' Council of the University constituted in the manner prescribed;
(18) "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 purposes of imparting instruction and conduction of research in the University;
(19) "University" means the Hindi University, West Bengal constituted under this Act;
(20) "University Laboratory", "University Library", "University Museum", or "University Institution" means 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;
(21) "University Professor", "University Associate Professor" or "University Assistant Professor" means a Professor including Distinguished Professor, Chair Professor, Adjunct Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor respectively, appointed or recognized as such by the University;
(22) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
CHAPTER II
The University and its Officers
3. The University:- (1) There shall be constituted and incorporated a State-aided University by the name of the Hindi University, West Bengal in the district of Howrah.
(2) The Vice-Chancellor and 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 Hindi University, West Bengal.
(3) 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 Hindi University, West Bengal.
(4) The Headquarter of the University shall be located at Howrah.
(5) The territorial jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the whole of the State of West Bengal.