Section 2. Definitions.- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) “College” means any College or any institution maintained or
approved by or affiliated to, any University and providing courses of study
for admission to the examination of the University and includes
autonomous college;
(b) “Council” means the Bihar State Higher Educati on Council
established under section 3;
(c) “degree” means a degree in Arts, Science, Comm erce, Finearts,
Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Management, Law or in any other
subject recognized by any University and includes a post graduate degree;
(d) “Diploma” means a diploma awarded on completio n of a
course of study after graduation, but does not include a certificate;
(e) “Government” means the State Government;
(f) “Higher Education” means education, whether pr ofessional,
technical or otherwise, leading to the obtaining of any degree or diploma
from any University;
(g) “Institution of higher Education” means an institution
conducting any course of study in higher Education, which is approved as
such by the Government;
(h) “member” means a member of the Council and inc ludes the
Chairman, the Vice-Chairman, Member Secretary-cum-S tate Project
Director;
(i) “Regulations” means the regulations made by th e Council under
this Act;
(j) ”University” means the Patna University, Patna , the Magadh
University, Bodh Gaya, the Veer Kunwar Singh Univer sity, Ara, the Baba
Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Muzaffarpur, th e Jai Prakash
University, Chapra, the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur Univ ersity, Bhagalpur,
the Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, th e Bhupendra Narayan
Mandal University, Madhepura, the Kameshwar Singh D arbhanga
Sanskrit University, Darbhanga, the Maulana Mazharu l Haque Arabic &

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Persian University, Patna, the Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna,
universities established under Bihar State Private University Act, 2013 or
such other University that may be established in th e State of Bihar under
any Law made by the Legislature of the State of Bih ar to which the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 applies;
(k) “University Grants Commission” means the Unive rsity Grants
Commission established under section 4 of the Unive rsity Grants
Commission Act, 1956;
(l) “Rashtriya Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan” means Ras htriya
Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan Scheme Sponsered and run b y Government
of India.
(m) " State" means the state of Bihar.