Sunday, December 30, 2018

Dr Sudha Seshayyan new VC of MGR varsity

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:30.12.2018

Dr Sudha Seshayyan has been appointed vicechancellor of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University by Governor Banwarilal Purohit who is chancellor of the university. She is expected to join duty on Monday and will serve for three years.

Dr Seshayyan, who is now director of the institute of anatomy and vice-principal of Madras Medical College, will succeed Dr S Geethalakshmi as the tenth VC and the third woman holding the post since its inception. “I am honoured to have been selected. It is a huge responsibility and I will work hard to ensure that I help the university grow from strength to strength,” she said.

A topper in her post-graduate medical education, Dr Seshayyan was among 41 senior aspirants. She was short listed by the search committee as one among the three candidates recommended for the post. On Saturday, a day after a 30-minute interview by Purohit, Dr Seshayyan was appointed . She has served the university as its registrar, has rich administrative experience and an outstanding background, according to a release from the Raj Bhavan.

She has served on the editorial review board of Gray’s Anatomy – considered the bible for anatomy in medical schools – and continues to serve the international advisory board for reviewing the publication.In December 2016, she was called by the government to embalm former chief minister J Jayalalaithaa’s body.

Dr Seshayyan will be the third woman to hold the position; She has served the university as its registrar, has rich administrative experience and an outstanding background

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