Three city universities likely to get their VCs by March
Balajee.Cr@timesgroup.com
Chennai: By March, three premier city-based universities, two of which have remained headless for more than a year, are likely to get new vice-chancellors.
After the term of M Rajaram as Anna University vicechancellor ended in May 2016, two search committees were formed to find his replacement before being disbanded. Now, the third committee — chaired by former Supreme Court judge V S Sirpurkar, along with former IAS officer N Sundaradevan as the government nominee, and IIT Madras professor R Gnanamoorthy as the university syndicate’s nominee — has called for applications. The last date for submitting applications is February 1.
Former Anna University vice-chancellor M Anandakrishnan said the situation of premier institutes remaining without a head for such a long time was “unfortunate”. “Institutions have never been without heads for this long. Fortunately, new rules are putting an end of corruption. The decision to increase the qualifications for VCis a good move,” he told TOI.
State higher education secretary Sunil Paliwal said as per the new guidelines, the recruitment process was tightened. “We got good VCs for Bharathidasan University and Periyar University in a short span of time. The new committeeisexpectedtofinalise names soon. By Marchend we should have a new VC for Anna University,” he said.
Simultaneously, search committees appointed for Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) and Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Tanuvas) will begin the recruitment process. While the post of vice-chancellor for Tanuvas fell vacant a month ago, thelaw university has been headless since December 2016. The search committees toboththeseuniversitieswill receive applications till February 12.
The TNDALU search committee includes Justice S Jagadeesan, former judge of the Madras high court as chairman and S Sivakumar, member, Law Commission of India, and T Audiseshan, former TNDALU VC. “Notifications for the applications have been issued. We can expect an outcome in a couple of months,” said a law university source.
By then, Tanuvas will also finalise names of three probable candidates. “After the application deadline, it may take up to two weeks to scrutinise the applications and a final list can be made by first week of March,” said VC incharge Dr T J Harikrishnan.
Balajee.Cr@timesgroup.com
Chennai: By March, three premier city-based universities, two of which have remained headless for more than a year, are likely to get new vice-chancellors.
After the term of M Rajaram as Anna University vicechancellor ended in May 2016, two search committees were formed to find his replacement before being disbanded. Now, the third committee — chaired by former Supreme Court judge V S Sirpurkar, along with former IAS officer N Sundaradevan as the government nominee, and IIT Madras professor R Gnanamoorthy as the university syndicate’s nominee — has called for applications. The last date for submitting applications is February 1.
Former Anna University vice-chancellor M Anandakrishnan said the situation of premier institutes remaining without a head for such a long time was “unfortunate”. “Institutions have never been without heads for this long. Fortunately, new rules are putting an end of corruption. The decision to increase the qualifications for VCis a good move,” he told TOI.
State higher education secretary Sunil Paliwal said as per the new guidelines, the recruitment process was tightened. “We got good VCs for Bharathidasan University and Periyar University in a short span of time. The new committeeisexpectedtofinalise names soon. By Marchend we should have a new VC for Anna University,” he said.
Simultaneously, search committees appointed for Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) and Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Tanuvas) will begin the recruitment process. While the post of vice-chancellor for Tanuvas fell vacant a month ago, thelaw university has been headless since December 2016. The search committees toboththeseuniversitieswill receive applications till February 12.
The TNDALU search committee includes Justice S Jagadeesan, former judge of the Madras high court as chairman and S Sivakumar, member, Law Commission of India, and T Audiseshan, former TNDALU VC. “Notifications for the applications have been issued. We can expect an outcome in a couple of months,” said a law university source.
By then, Tanuvas will also finalise names of three probable candidates. “After the application deadline, it may take up to two weeks to scrutinise the applications and a final list can be made by first week of March,” said VC incharge Dr T J Harikrishnan.
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