Section 1. The Chancellor

1. The Chancellor.— (1) The Chancellor shall be appointed by the Visitor from a panel of not less than three persons recommended by the Executive Council from amongst persons of eminence in the academic or public life of the country: Provided that if the Visitor does not approve of any of the persons so recommended, he may call for fresh recommendations from the Executive Council. (2) The Chancellor shall hold office for a term of five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment: Provided that notwithstanding the expiry of his term of office, the Chancellor shall continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office. 1. 8th July 2008, vide notification No. S.O. 1630(E), dated 7th July, 2008, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). (r) "Hall" means a unit of residence or of corporate life for the students of the University, or of a College or of an Institution, maintained or recognised by the University; (s) "Institution" means an academic institution, not being a College, maintained by, or admitted to the privileges of, the University; (t) "Management Board" in relation to a regional centre or a recognised institution means the governing body charged with the management of the affairs of such centre or institution, as the case may be, and recognised as such by the University; (u) "Principal" means the Head of a College or an Institution maintained by the University and includes, where there is no Principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal, and in the absence of the Principal, or the acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such; (v) "recognised teachers" means such persons as may be recognised by the University for the purpose of imparting instructions in a College or an Institution admitted to the privileges of the University; (w) "Regional Centres" means off-campuses constituted by the University and functioning as part of the University, established in more tribal dominated areas, as prescribed in the Statutes; (x) "Regulations" means the Regulations made by any authority of the University under this Act for the time being in force; (y) "Scheduled Population" means and includes the Scheduled Tribes as well as Scheduled Castes, as defined in the Constitution of India; (z) "Statutes" and "Ordinances" mean, respectively, the Statutes and the Ordinances of the University, for the time being in force; (za) "teachers of the University" means Professors, Readers, Lecturers and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instructions or conducting research in the University or any College or Institution maintained by the University and are designated as teachers by the Ordinances; (zb) "University" means the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University as incorporated under this Act.