Mylswamy Annadurai in race for Madurai Kamaraj varsity V-C post
CHENNAI, DECEMBER 17, 2018 00:00 IST
196 candidates include eminent scientists
Mylswamy Annadurai, former director of Indian Space Research Organisation, is one of the 196 candidates who have applied for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.
The list, which The Hindu has accessed, includes eminent scientists, whose applications were overlooked despite their credentials for the post for other State universities.
Scholars and eminent professors from other parts of the country and abroad have applied. A professor of Indian origin employed in Malaysia features on the list. Professors from Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh have applied.
The university has been without a Vice-Chancellor after P.P. Chellathurai was removed from the post following a court ruling in June. He was appointed by Governor-Chancellor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao in May 2017 despite protests from the teachers’ associations. Prior to his appointment, the university was without a V-C for over two years.
Mired in controversy
Even the constitution of the V-C search panel, both before his appointment and following his removal from office, had been mired in controversy and legal wrangles.
The last date for applying was Friday.
The search panel released the list on Saturday.
The search panel includes Anna University former Vice-Chancellor M. Anandakrishnan and former IGNOU V-C Nageshwar Rao and D.K. Oza, former Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural Institute.
The panel was reconstituted on November 30 and it has three months’ time to submit its panel of names to the Governor-Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit.
CHENNAI, DECEMBER 17, 2018 00:00 IST
196 candidates include eminent scientists
Mylswamy Annadurai, former director of Indian Space Research Organisation, is one of the 196 candidates who have applied for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.
The list, which The Hindu has accessed, includes eminent scientists, whose applications were overlooked despite their credentials for the post for other State universities.
Scholars and eminent professors from other parts of the country and abroad have applied. A professor of Indian origin employed in Malaysia features on the list. Professors from Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh have applied.
The university has been without a Vice-Chancellor after P.P. Chellathurai was removed from the post following a court ruling in June. He was appointed by Governor-Chancellor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao in May 2017 despite protests from the teachers’ associations. Prior to his appointment, the university was without a V-C for over two years.
Mired in controversy
Even the constitution of the V-C search panel, both before his appointment and following his removal from office, had been mired in controversy and legal wrangles.
The last date for applying was Friday.
The search panel released the list on Saturday.
The search panel includes Anna University former Vice-Chancellor M. Anandakrishnan and former IGNOU V-C Nageshwar Rao and D.K. Oza, former Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural Institute.
The panel was reconstituted on November 30 and it has three months’ time to submit its panel of names to the Governor-Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit.
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