Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur Act, 2010
No: 10 Dated: Apr, 28 2010
THE PACIFIC ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH UNIVERSITY, UDAIPUR BILL, 2010
(To be Introduced in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly)
A Bill to provide for establishment and incorporation of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Whereas, with a view to keep pace with the rapid development in all spheres of knowledge in the world and the country, it is essential to create world level modern research and study facilities in the State to provide state of the art educational facilities to the youth at their door steps so that they can make out of them human resources compatible to liberalized economic and social order of the world;
And whereas, rapid advancement in knowledge and changing requirements of human resources makes it essential that a resourceful and quick and responsive system of educational research and development be created which can work with entrepreneurial zeal under an essential regulatory set up and such a system can be created by allowing the private institutions engaged in higher education having sufficient resources and experience to establish universities and by incorporating such universities with such regulatory provisions as ensure efficient working of such institutions;
And whereas, the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research Society, Udaipur originally registered as Pacific Education Society, Udaipur under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958 (Act No. 28 of 1958) at Registration No. 45/Udaipur/95-96 dated 17.10.1995 and its name was changed on 12.3.2007 as Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research Society, Udaipur is engaged in the field of education for the last several years and is running many educational institutions;
And whereas, the said Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research Society, Udaipur has set up educational infrastructures, both physical and academic, as specified in Schedule I, at Village Debari, Tehsil Girwa, District Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan and has agreed to invest the said infrastructure in a University for research and studies in the disciplines specified in Schedule II and has also deposited an amount of rupees two crores to be utilized in establishment of an endowment fund in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
And whereas, the sufficiency of the above infrastructure has been got enquired into by a committee, appointed in this behalf by the State Government consisting of the Vice-chancellor, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Head, Department of Pharmacy, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Dean, Faculty of Education, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Principal, Engineering College, Ajmer, Director, R.A. Poddar Institute of Management, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and Principal, Government Dental College, Jaipur;
And whereas, if the aforesaid infrastructure is utilized in incorporation as a University and the said Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research Society, Udaipur is allowed to run the University, it would contribute in the academic development of the people of the State;
Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement.–(1) This Act may be called the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur Act, 2010.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.–In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "AICTE" means All India Council of Technical Education established under All India Council of Technical Education Act, 1987 (Central Act No. 52 of 1987);
(b) "CSIR" means the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi- a funding agency of the Central Government;
(c) "DEC" means the Distance Education Council established under section 28 of Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (Central Act No. 50 of 1985);
(d) "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;
(e) "DST" means the Department of Science and Technology of the Central Government;
(f) "employee" means a person appointed by the University to work in the University and includes teachers, officers and other employees of the University;
(g) "fee" means collection made by the University from the students by whatever name it may be called, which is not refundable;
(h) "Government" means the State Government of Rajasthan;