2Definitions.

In this Act, and in all Statutes made hereunder, unless the contest otherwise requires,--
(a) "academic staff" means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff by the Ordinances;
(b) "Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor)" and "Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor)" mean, respectively, the Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) and Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) of the University;
(c) "Anjuman (Court)" means the Anjuman (Court) of the University;
(d) "Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies of the University;
(e) "Department" means a Department of Studies, and includes a Centre of Studies and Research;
(f) "employee" means any person appointed by the University, and includes teachers and other staff of the University;
(g) "Faculty" means a Faculty of the University;
(h) "Hall" means a unit of residence or of corporate life for the students of the University;
(i) "Institution" means an Academic Institution, established or maintained by the University;
(j) "Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council)" means the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) of the University;
(k) "Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council)" means the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) of the University;
(l) "Principal" means the head of an Institution, School or Polytechnic and includes where there is on Principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal, and, in the absence of the Principal or acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such;
(m) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University for the time being in force;
(n) "teachers of the University" means Professors, Readers, Lecturers and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University and are designated as teachers by the Ordinances;
(o) "University" means the educational institution known as "Jamia Millia Islamia" founded in 1920 during the Khilafat and Non-Co-operation Movements in response to Gandhiji's call for a boyctt of all Government-sponsored educational institutions which was subsequently registered in 1939 as Jamia Millia Islamia Society, and declared in 1962 as an institution deemed to be a University under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), and which is incorporated as a University under this Act.