Ind. Code § 4-15-14-6

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a bureau, a commission, a committee, a council, a department, a division, an office, an officer, a service, or an instrumentality of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government. The term does not include state supported colleges or universities or the agencies of any municipality or political subdivision of the state.