6 varsities run without full-time registrars
V-Cs Okay With In-Charge Registrars, Say Professors
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:6.5.2019
At a time when the Tamil Nadu government has appointed vice-chancellors for almost all state-run universities, six of them still don’t have a full-time registrar. Instead, a person , often a senior professor who also has to take care of academic activities, is put in charge of the registrar’s duties.
The six institutions are Anna University, Asia’s largest technical university, Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Open University in Chennai, Periyar University in Salem, Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore, and Annamalai University in Chidambaram.
In the case of Anna University, the vice-chancellor has been in office for more than a year and yet there is no a full-time registrar.
Along with the vice-chancellor and controller of examinations (CoE), the registrar is one of the three pillars of administration of any university. While the VC heads all the functions and the CoE is in-charge of conduct of exams, the registrar is the head of non-academic staff and also takes care of the finances of the university.
The registrar is supposed to prepare and present the budget details before the syndicate and senate. Full-time registrars are supposed to get a fixed three-year tenure and have to be recruited from among applicants who respond to advertisements by the government.
Professors say vice-chancellors are comfortable with having in-charge registrars as they are pliable. “In-charge registrars don’t have a fixed tenure, but they have all the powers in day-to-day activities of registrars. The vicechancellor can use the officer as per his whims and fancies. If he does not act as per instructions, he can be fired. This arrangement is suitable for many VCs,” said a professor, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Though universities are autonomous bodies, government officials and ministers try to push their candidates in the selection process. To avoid this, vice-chancellors feel that having an in-charge registrar of their choice is easier for them.
Mangat Ram Sharma, principal secretary in the higher education department, told TOI that it would take at least six months before the registrars to Annamalai and Thiruvalluvar universities are appointed. “The revised statute which also has the appointment rules for registrars will be approved by the government only after 2-3 months. After that Governor has to give his assent, which will take more time,” he said.
The decision regarding appointing a full-time registrar at Anna university would be taken at the syndicate meeting this week, he said.
The six institutions are Anna University (in photo),Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Open University in Chennai, Periyar University in Salem, Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore, and Annamalai University in Chidambaram
V-Cs Okay With In-Charge Registrars, Say Professors
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:6.5.2019
At a time when the Tamil Nadu government has appointed vice-chancellors for almost all state-run universities, six of them still don’t have a full-time registrar. Instead, a person , often a senior professor who also has to take care of academic activities, is put in charge of the registrar’s duties.
The six institutions are Anna University, Asia’s largest technical university, Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Open University in Chennai, Periyar University in Salem, Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore, and Annamalai University in Chidambaram.
In the case of Anna University, the vice-chancellor has been in office for more than a year and yet there is no a full-time registrar.
Along with the vice-chancellor and controller of examinations (CoE), the registrar is one of the three pillars of administration of any university. While the VC heads all the functions and the CoE is in-charge of conduct of exams, the registrar is the head of non-academic staff and also takes care of the finances of the university.
The registrar is supposed to prepare and present the budget details before the syndicate and senate. Full-time registrars are supposed to get a fixed three-year tenure and have to be recruited from among applicants who respond to advertisements by the government.
Professors say vice-chancellors are comfortable with having in-charge registrars as they are pliable. “In-charge registrars don’t have a fixed tenure, but they have all the powers in day-to-day activities of registrars. The vicechancellor can use the officer as per his whims and fancies. If he does not act as per instructions, he can be fired. This arrangement is suitable for many VCs,” said a professor, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Though universities are autonomous bodies, government officials and ministers try to push their candidates in the selection process. To avoid this, vice-chancellors feel that having an in-charge registrar of their choice is easier for them.
Mangat Ram Sharma, principal secretary in the higher education department, told TOI that it would take at least six months before the registrars to Annamalai and Thiruvalluvar universities are appointed. “The revised statute which also has the appointment rules for registrars will be approved by the government only after 2-3 months. After that Governor has to give his assent, which will take more time,” he said.
The decision regarding appointing a full-time registrar at Anna university would be taken at the syndicate meeting this week, he said.
The six institutions are Anna University (in photo),Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Open University in Chennai, Periyar University in Salem, Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore, and Annamalai University in Chidambaram
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