In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University constituted under section 26 ;
(b) "academic staff" means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff by Ordinances;
(c) "academic quality" means the quality of skill education, teaching and learning and includes physical infrastructure, human resources (including faculty and trainers), administration, curricula, skill training, admission, assessment and evaluation procedures, governance structures, and students job placements;
(d) "accreditation", with its grammatical variations means the process of quality control and quality enhancement in skill education, whereby, as a result of evaluation or assessment or by any other scientific method, an institution of skill education or training establishment is recognized by it as conforming to specific parameters of academic quality and benchmarking of such academic quality determined by the University;
(e) "affiliation", with its grammatical variations, includes, in relation to an institution of skill education or training establishments either Government, Semi-Government or industry owned, recognition of such institution and training establishment by, association of such institution and training establishment with, and admission of such institution and training establishments to the privileges of the University;
(f) "affiliated college" means a college, which is under the management of any authority other than a University and is affiliated to the University;
(g) "apprenticeship" means a course of training in any industry or establishment undergone in pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship and under prescribed terms and conditions which may be different for different categories of apprentices;
(h) "authorities" means the authorities of the University as specified by or under this Act ;
(i) "Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies of a Skill Department of the University constituted under section 29 ;
(j) "campus" means the campus of the University including work based facilities and hub and spoke centres as maybe established by it at any place within State ;
(k) "centre" means a skill centre which provides skill development and vocational education programs to students, youth and other stakeholders ;
(l) "centre of excellence" means the state-of the art training or research centre established in collaboration with industry association or for the benefit of the industry and society, to provide all types of upskilling to students, in-service employees, working professionals and to undertake joint projects ;
(m) "certificate" means such award granted by the University certifying that the recipient has successfully completed a course of study of appropriate duration as prescribed by Statutes ;
(n) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University ;
(o) "choice" based credit system" means the curricular system that offers multiple interdisciplinary choices for students to select from the courses (core, elective or minor or skill-enhancement courses) to accumulate credits as prescribed in Statutes ;
(p) "college" means a college or other academic institution established or maintained by, or admitted to the privileges of the University ;
(q) "competency" means the ability to use acquired knowledge and learning and development of character for performing a job role successfully or efficiently ;
(r) "credit framework" means the framework, developed by the University, built on measured units of education, skills and learning credits for a student to achieve the competency for performing a job role successfully or efficiently ;
(s) "curriculum package" means the competency based curriculum package consisting of syllabus, textbooks, students manual, trainers guide, training manual, assessment and evaluation guidelines and all such material, including electronic material, required to impart skill education, employment and entrepreneurship and teaching to prepare a student to acquire the performance outcomes, skill and competencies required of a person engaged or likely to be engaged, in a particular job role ;
(t) "Department" means Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Government of Maharashtra;
(u) "Director of Vocational Education and Training" means Director of Vocational Education and Training, Department of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship;
(v) "employee" means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers, officers, administrative and other staff of the University ;
(w) "fee" means tuition fees, other fees and charges including developmental charges collected by the University or its colleges, institutions, skill centres or study centres, as the case may be, from the students by whatsoever name it may be called ;
(x) "fund" means the University fund referred to in section 66 ;
(y) "Governing Council" means the Governing Council of the University constituted under section 24 ;
(z) "Government" or "State Government" means the Government of Maharashtra;
(za) "industry partner" means an individual, or a trust established under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882), or company established under the Companies Act, 2013(18 of 2013), or society formed and registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), or a combination of one or more of such industry partner, and providing, in partnership with the State Government, funds for capital investment for establishment of the University and for its maintenance ;
(zb) "institution" means an academic institution of higher learning, or research centre, or any organization imparting skill courses, not being a college, and not associated with any other university ;
(zc) "knowledge partner" means an institution or university specialized in or having experience and expertise in skill development or skill based education which has been recognized by the University for mentoring and supporting the University in conducting all its activities and academic programmes;
(zd) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette ;
(ze) "on-job training" a technique wherein students or employees are given direct instructions to perform their jobs on the actual work floor ;
(zf) "open education", online education" and "distance education" means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, Information Communication Technology, online, contact programmes and any other such blended methodology ;
(zg) "Official Gazette" means the Maharashtra Government Gazette;
(zh) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes or Ordinances or Regulations, as the case may be, made by or under this Act;
(zi) "recognized institution" means institution granted recognition by the University for the purpose of conducting various courses of the University ;
(zj) regional centre means a regional centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of conducting various courses of the University and co-ordinating and supervising the work of study centres in any region and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such centre by the Governing Council ;
(zk) "regulatory body" means a body established by the Central Government or State Government for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of skill education ;
(zl) "section" means a section of this Act ;
(zm) "Skill Department" means the Skill Department established by the University for teaching a particular subject or a group of subjects ;
(zn) "skill centre" means a training centre established by the University or extended to the University by industry corporates, industry associations, companies and practitioners to provide skill training for the benefit of the industry, students, local population and all stakeholders;
(zo) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations means", respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made under this Act ;
(zp) "student" means a person enrolled in the University for taking a program of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinction instituted by the University or affiliated, autonomous colleges or recognized institutions or centres of the University ;
(zq) "study centre" means a centre established and maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, career guidance and counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of all the courses including open, distance and online education offered by the University;
(zr) "teachers of the University" means Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Adjunct Professors, Industry Experts or Resource Persons and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting education, skills, practical training, guide research or render guidance in any form in the University or in any campus, college or institution or regional centres, skill centres and study centres, maintained by the University and are designated as teachers by Ordinances;
(zs) "University" means the Maharashtra State Skills University established and incorporated as a University under this Act;
(zt) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
(a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University constituted under section 26 ;
(b) "academic staff" means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff by Ordinances;
(c) "academic quality" means the quality of skill education, teaching and learning and includes physical infrastructure, human resources (including faculty and trainers), administration, curricula, skill training, admission, assessment and evaluation procedures, governance structures, and students job placements;
(d) "accreditation", with its grammatical variations means the process of quality control and quality enhancement in skill education, whereby, as a result of evaluation or assessment or by any other scientific method, an institution of skill education or training establishment is recognized by it as conforming to specific parameters of academic quality and benchmarking of such academic quality determined by the University;
(e) "affiliation", with its grammatical variations, includes, in relation to an institution of skill education or training establishments either Government, Semi-Government or industry owned, recognition of such institution and training establishment by, association of such institution and training establishment with, and admission of such institution and training establishments to the privileges of the University;
(f) "affiliated college" means a college, which is under the management of any authority other than a University and is affiliated to the University;
(g) "apprenticeship" means a course of training in any industry or establishment undergone in pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship and under prescribed terms and conditions which may be different for different categories of apprentices;
(h) "authorities" means the authorities of the University as specified by or under this Act ;
(i) "Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies of a Skill Department of the University constituted under section 29 ;
(j) "campus" means the campus of the University including work based facilities and hub and spoke centres as maybe established by it at any place within State ;
(k) "centre" means a skill centre which provides skill development and vocational education programs to students, youth and other stakeholders ;
(l) "centre of excellence" means the state-of the art training or research centre established in collaboration with industry association or for the benefit of the industry and society, to provide all types of upskilling to students, in-service employees, working professionals and to undertake joint projects ;
(m) "certificate" means such award granted by the University certifying that the recipient has successfully completed a course of study of appropriate duration as prescribed by Statutes ;
(n) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University ;
(o) "choice" based credit system" means the curricular system that offers multiple interdisciplinary choices for students to select from the courses (core, elective or minor or skill-enhancement courses) to accumulate credits as prescribed in Statutes ;
(p) "college" means a college or other academic institution established or maintained by, or admitted to the privileges of the University ;
(q) "competency" means the ability to use acquired knowledge and learning and development of character for performing a job role successfully or efficiently ;
(r) "credit framework" means the framework, developed by the University, built on measured units of education, skills and learning credits for a student to achieve the competency for performing a job role successfully or efficiently ;
(s) "curriculum package" means the competency based curriculum package consisting of syllabus, textbooks, students manual, trainers guide, training manual, assessment and evaluation guidelines and all such material, including electronic material, required to impart skill education, employment and entrepreneurship and teaching to prepare a student to acquire the performance outcomes, skill and competencies required of a person engaged or likely to be engaged, in a particular job role ;
(t) "Department" means Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Government of Maharashtra;
(u) "Director of Vocational Education and Training" means Director of Vocational Education and Training, Department of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship;
(v) "employee" means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers, officers, administrative and other staff of the University ;
(w) "fee" means tuition fees, other fees and charges including developmental charges collected by the University or its colleges, institutions, skill centres or study centres, as the case may be, from the students by whatsoever name it may be called ;
(x) "fund" means the University fund referred to in section 66 ;
(y) "Governing Council" means the Governing Council of the University constituted under section 24 ;
(z) "Government" or "State Government" means the Government of Maharashtra;
(za) "industry partner" means an individual, or a trust established under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882), or company established under the Companies Act, 2013(18 of 2013), or society formed and registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), or a combination of one or more of such industry partner, and providing, in partnership with the State Government, funds for capital investment for establishment of the University and for its maintenance ;
(zb) "institution" means an academic institution of higher learning, or research centre, or any organization imparting skill courses, not being a college, and not associated with any other university ;
(zc) "knowledge partner" means an institution or university specialized in or having experience and expertise in skill development or skill based education which has been recognized by the University for mentoring and supporting the University in conducting all its activities and academic programmes;
(zd) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette ;
(ze) "on-job training" a technique wherein students or employees are given direct instructions to perform their jobs on the actual work floor ;
(zf) "open education", online education" and "distance education" means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, Information Communication Technology, online, contact programmes and any other such blended methodology ;
(zg) "Official Gazette" means the Maharashtra Government Gazette;
(zh) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes or Ordinances or Regulations, as the case may be, made by or under this Act;
(zi) "recognized institution" means institution granted recognition by the University for the purpose of conducting various courses of the University ;
(zj) regional centre means a regional centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of conducting various courses of the University and co-ordinating and supervising the work of study centres in any region and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such centre by the Governing Council ;
(zk) "regulatory body" means a body established by the Central Government or State Government for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of skill education ;
(zl) "section" means a section of this Act ;
(zm) "Skill Department" means the Skill Department established by the University for teaching a particular subject or a group of subjects ;
(zn) "skill centre" means a training centre established by the University or extended to the University by industry corporates, industry associations, companies and practitioners to provide skill training for the benefit of the industry, students, local population and all stakeholders;
(zo) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations means", respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made under this Act ;
(zp) "student" means a person enrolled in the University for taking a program of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinction instituted by the University or affiliated, autonomous colleges or recognized institutions or centres of the University ;
(zq) "study centre" means a centre established and maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, career guidance and counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of all the courses including open, distance and online education offered by the University;
(zr) "teachers of the University" means Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Adjunct Professors, Industry Experts or Resource Persons and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting education, skills, practical training, guide research or render guidance in any form in the University or in any campus, college or institution or regional centres, skill centres and study centres, maintained by the University and are designated as teachers by Ordinances;
(zs) "University" means the Maharashtra State Skills University established and incorporated as a University under this Act;
(zt) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.