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PRS or any persons connected with it shall not be in any way responsible for any loss, damage, or distress to any person on account of any action taken or not taken on the basis of this document. Registered No. WB/SC-247 No. WB(Part-III)/2018/SAR-2 I ikrIkea Gaptte Extraordinary Published by Authority PAUSA 19] TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018 [SAKA 1939 PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. 23-L.-9th January, 2018.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information:— West Bengal Act XLVII of 2017 THE BISWA BANGLA BISWABIDYALAY ACT, 2017. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 9th January, 2018.] An Act to provide for constitution and incorporation of the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay in the State of West Bengal and for certain matters incidental there to and connected therewith. WHEREAS it is expedient to establish and incorporate a State-aided University by the name of the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay in memory of Rabindra Nath Tagore with the view to establish a Center of Excellence devoted to the teaching, learning and research in various branches of study attached to the enormous literature works of Rabindra Nath Tagore including general courses of study in Indology, Indian Philosophy, Indian Languages, Indian Literature, Comparative Literature, Rabindra 2 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 9, 2018 [PART III The Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay Act, 2017. (Chapter 1.—Preliminary.—Sections 1, 2.) Literature, Humanities, Science and Cognitive Science, and for promoting the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning in those fields. It is hereby_enacted in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:— CHAPTER I Preliminary Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay Act, 2017. commencement. (2) This section and section 62, 63 and 64 shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date or dates as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 62; (2) "college" means the constituent or affiliated college of the University; (3) "convocation" means a meeting of the Governing Board for the purpose of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions; (4) "distance education" means instruction imparted through correspondence or distance mode as recognized by the appropriate authority; (5) "employee" in relation to the University means a person employed in the University; (6) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March; (7) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal; (8) "Librarian" means a Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called appointed or recognized as such by the University; (9) "Minister" means the Minister-in-Charge of the Higher Education, Science and Technology and Biotechnology Department, Government of West Bengal, appointed as such by the Governor; (10) "non-teaching staff' means the non-teaching staff appointed or recognized as such by the University and not holding any teaching, officer of the post of Librarian, by whatever name called; (11) "officer" means an officer of the University; (12) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (13) "registered graduate" means a graduate registered under this Act on making an application in the prescribed form and on payment of such fees as may be deteimined by the University from time to time; ?ART MI THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 9, 2018 3 The Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay Act, 2017. (Chapter 11.—The University and its Officers.—Section 3.) (14) "State Government" means Government of West Bengal in the Higher Education, Science and Technology and Biotechnology Department; (15) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances , Regulations of the 'University made under this Act; (16) "student" means a student of the University and includes any person enrolled by the University for pursuing any Undergraduate or Post-graduate course of study or in research works of the University; (17) "Students' Council" means the Students' Council of the University constituted in the manner prescribed; (18) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or any other person, holding a whole-time permanent, substantive teaching post, appointed or recognized as such by the University for the purpose of imparting instruction and conduction of research in the University; (19) "University" means the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay constituted under this Act; (20) "University Laboratory", "University Library", "University Museum", or "University Institution" means a laboratory, a library, a museum or an institution, as the case may be, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not; (21) "University Professor", "University Associate Professor" or "University Assistant Professor" means a Professor including Distinguished Professor, Chair Professor, Adjunct Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor respectively, appointed or recognized as such by the University; (22) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University. CHAPTER II The University and its Officers The University. 3. (1) There shall be constituted and incorporated a State-aided Unitary University by the name of the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay in the District of Birbhum, under Bolpur sub-division. (2) The Vice-Chancellor and the members of the Governing Board, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, shall constitute a body corporate by the name of The Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay. (3) The University shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and common seal and shall have power to sue and be sued by the name of the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay. (4) The Headquarter of the University shall be located at Bolpur, Birbhum. 1 (5) The territorial jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the whole of the State of West Bengal. (6) The University will be a non-affiliating unitary University. 4 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 9, 2018 [PART III , The Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay Act, 2017. (Chapter 11.—The University and its Officers.—Section 4.) Objects of the University. 4. The following shall be the objects of the University, namely, to:— (1) promote, propagate and cause further development of literature works of the great Rabindra Nath Tagore, along with development of Indological studies and comparative literature; (2) act as an optimum blend of the traditional system of learning and modern research methodology from occidental point of view; (3) impart higher education in various branches of learning as well as in Indology, Indian Philosophy and Indian Languages and literature along with other courses of study in the field of humanities, science and cognitive science; (4) provide facilities for the advanced studies in various Indian literature laying emphasis on their longstanding association and relationship with Rabindra Nath Tagore's literature and their inter-relationship with each other; (5) explore the ideas of the great Rabindra Nath Tagore on freedom fighting movement of India and Bengal and to renaissance his literature to the overarching cultural democratic movement of the country; (6) promote research in Indology, Indian Philosophy and Indian languages and literature and in such other branches of study; (7) take measures for preservation of India's cultural heritage as enshrined in Rabindra Nath Tagore's literature and in our ancient art and culture; (8) publish books on the works of Rabindra Nath Tagore, as well as books written by other laureates in other languages linked to literature classics and literature in general; (9) take measures to collect, preserve and publish ancient manuscripts; (10) provide facilities for the study and research in the cultural diversities of India and Bengal; (11) enlighten the esthetic taste of Rabindra Nath Tagore's literature throughout the World at large; (12) establish for the use