Impasse over Gandhigram UNIV VC continues

September 17, 2013 01:09 pm | Updated June 02, 2016 01:04 pm IST - DINDIGUL:

Police personnel deployed at the Gandhigram Rural University at Gandhigram near Dindigul on Monday. Photo: G. Karthikeyan

Police personnel deployed at the Gandhigram Rural University at Gandhigram near Dindigul on Monday. Photo: G. Karthikeyan

Chaos and confusion have been haunting the Gandhigram Rural Institute over the functioning of office of the Vice-Chancellor as the Vice-Chancellor in-charge, who assumed office on Friday, and the Registrar stuck to their stands.

While the registrar has been waiting for orders from the Ministry for Human Resources Development to react, the Vice-Chancellor in-charge, T. Senthivel, has been finding ways to win the cooperation of staff and faculty to function as in-charge till the appointment of the new Vice-Chancellor.

He had circulated a second letter to all the departments and to the registrar about his assuming office as VC-in-charge.

Mr. Senthivel said that this confused state could have been avoided easily, if the GRI had convened a Board of Management meeting and settled the issue amicably. “I did not get proper reply from the administration for the reasons behind the proposal recommending a junior faculty for the post of V-C in-charge. Without any recommendation from the GRI, the MHRD will not approve his name for this post,” he said.

Administrative sources said that convening BoM meeting was not an easy task.

Four members were outsiders and 80 per cent of the total 12 members should attend the meeting for any decision to be taken, sources added.

Registrar N. Narayanaswamy said that English Department Dean A. Joseph Dorairaj did not join as in-charge owing to the interim stay.

“We had briefed the MHRD about the situation and are awaiting its order,” he pointed out.

To avoid any untoward situation, office of the Vice-Chancellor was opened by the administration officials on Monday morning as usual and all V-C office staff were present.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.