Governor P. Sathasivam has said that the government has no role in the appointment of Vice Chancellors as per the relevant Acts and Statutes.
The Governor, who is also the Chancellor of universities, said that he would consider only merit and not political nomination as the criterion for the appointment of Vice Chancellors.
“I go by merit only. The duty of the Chancellor is to find out the merit, ability and experience [of the person selected] in the subject concerned,” he said in an exclusive interview to The Hindu at the Raj Bhavan here on Friday.
Explaining that various things were looked into before appointing a Vice Chancellor, Mr. Sathasivam said the Chancellor could call for report from the Intelligence and so many other agencies if there was a doubt regarding the [VC] candidates shortlisted by the search committee.
“As Chancellor, I get reports on whether any FIRs are pending, any criminal proceedings are pending, whether the person concerned has any other contact apart from educational activities, etc,” he said.
To a question on the criticism by the Congress and the Left that he is interfering in the democratic functioning of State universities, the Chancellor said he was well aware of the powers and functions of the Governor as enshrined in the Constitution.
“You take it from me. Whenever the Chancellor interacts with Vice Chancellors, I will do it only in the presence of the Education Minister and the Secretary, Higher Education. They should not have a feeling that the Governor is taking a leading role,” he said.
Urging the government to be more careful while constituting Syndicates in universities, the Chancellor said both the government and the Chancellor had to take into consideration his [person nominated to the Syndicate] ability, involvement in the subject and institution instead of just giving a representation to a political party or community.
Says political nomination is not the criterion for appointment of
Vice Chancellors.
The Governor, who is also the Chancellor of universities, said that he would consider only merit and not political nomination as the criterion for the appointment of Vice Chancellors.
“I go by merit only. The duty of the Chancellor is to find out the merit, ability and experience [of the person selected] in the subject concerned,” he said in an exclusive interview to The Hindu at the Raj Bhavan here on Friday.
Explaining that various things were looked into before appointing a Vice Chancellor, Mr. Sathasivam said the Chancellor could call for report from the Intelligence and so many other agencies if there was a doubt regarding the [VC] candidates shortlisted by the search committee.
“As Chancellor, I get reports on whether any FIRs are pending, any criminal proceedings are pending, whether the person concerned has any other contact apart from educational activities, etc,” he said.
To a question on the criticism by the Congress and the Left that he is interfering in the democratic functioning of State universities, the Chancellor said he was well aware of the powers and functions of the Governor as enshrined in the Constitution.
“You take it from me. Whenever the Chancellor interacts with Vice Chancellors, I will do it only in the presence of the Education Minister and the Secretary, Higher Education. They should not have a feeling that the Governor is taking a leading role,” he said.
Urging the government to be more careful while constituting Syndicates in universities, the Chancellor said both the government and the Chancellor had to take into consideration his [person nominated to the Syndicate] ability, involvement in the subject and institution instead of just giving a representation to a political party or community.
Says political nomination is not the criterion for appointment of
Vice Chancellors.
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