Friday, August 2, 2019

Sheela Priya to head Bharathiar University VC search panel

02/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER,COIMBATORE

The State government has replaced the convener of the three-member search committee to recommend names for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University following the resignation of K. Ganesan, former Higher Education Secretary, as the government nominee.

According to a Government Order issued on Wednesday, M. Sheela Priya, retired Additional Chief Secretary and former State Chief Information Commissioner, will be the new government nominee.

She has been also appointed as the convener of the search committee replacing Mr .Ganesan, who had resigned within days of his nomination.

Panel members

In the panel, C. Subramaniam, former Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University in Thanjavur, continued as the senate nominee and S.P. Thyagarajan, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Madras, continued as the syndicate nominee.

The varsity remains without a Vice-Chancellor for more than one-and-a-half years.

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