Treat us with dignity, say AU faculty to probe panel

Treat us with dignity, say AU faculty to probe panel

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: 10.01.2021

Anna University Teachers’ Association on Friday wrote to the inquiry committee headed by Justice P Kalaiyarasan, which is inquiring into allegations of financial irregularities against vice-chancellor M K Surappa, asking the committee to treat university officials appearing before it with dignity.

“We have come to understand that officials of Anna University who appear beforethe authority have been harassed with humiliating questions. Some of the issues posed to them involve the quasi autonomous status of Anna University, wherein the university has the right to evolve and progress in a flexible educational environment,” the letter said. “Ours being a premier government university, it is the duty of the government and inquiry authority to treat the Anna University officials with dignity and to safeguard the reputation of the university,” the letter further said.

“It has been reported in the media that the inquiry authority has allegedthatAnna University is not cooperating in submitting records. Earlier, the authority had published advertisements inviting complaints against the vice-chancellor - not content with the complaints based on which it has been set up. Anna University’s reputation has been denigrated,” it said.