Friday, February 15, 2019

New VC for MSU 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, February 15, 2019 00:00 IST


Senior chemical scientist and administrator K. Pitchumani has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, by Governor-Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit. He will have a tenure of three years. Mr. Pitchumani has teaching experience for 37 years and is at present the CSIR Emeritus Scientist at the School of Chemistry in Madurai Kamaraj University.

He has also worked as visiting professor in the Academy of Sinica, Taipei, and Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

A release from the Raj Bhavan said Mr. Pitchumani “is experienced in university administration having functioned as Registrar in-charge and Chancellor nominee in syndicate and senate of Madurai Kamaraj University. He has authored three books and has over 190 research papers to his credit. In the year 2016, he was awarded UGC Emeritus Professorship in chemistry and given the status of CSIR Emeritus Scientist in chemistry.

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