The Special Syndicate meeting of Bharathidasan University on Thursday nominated Higher Education Secretary Sunil Paliwal and Director of Collegiate Education J. Manjula as Convenor Committee members of the university to discharge duties and responsibilities of the Vice Chancellor until the appointment of new Vice Chancellor.
Mr. Paliwal would be the Convenor of the Committee.
The outgoing Vice Chancellor V.M. Muthukumar, whose term comes to an end on Monday, presided over the meeting. Besides Mr. Paliwal, 12 Syndicate members took part in it.
A Syndicate member, who was part of the meeting, told The Hindu that as per the general practice the members unanimously agreed to the nomination of the Higher Education Secretary Sunil Paliwal when the agenda of nominating Convenor Committee members was taken up.
However, some confusion reportedly prevailed at the meeting when the Syndicate members were asked to nominate two more members - one each representing the university and affiliated colleges.
The names of G. Gopinath Ganapathy, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Bharathidasan University, S. Sekar, Principal, Meenakshi Ramasamy Arts and Science College, S. Sivaramakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Department of Bio-Technology and Genetic Engineering, Bharathidasan University and A. Leema Rose, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Holy Cross College, were suggested.
No consensus
But Mr. Paliwal had reportedly asked the members to arrive at a consensus on nominating two members.
Since a consensus was not reached, Mr. Paliwal told the members that J. Manjula, Director of Collegiate Education, who is the Ex-Officio Syndicate member of the university, would be the second member of Convenor Committee.
Later, the Syndicate placed on record the services rendered by the outgoing Vice Chancellor Mr. Muthukumar during the last three years.
‘Disappointing’
Another Syndicate member said that it was disappointing that no one from the university or affiliate colleges was nominated as Convenor Committee member.
The university officials would have to seek the advice of two Chennai-based officials for everything. It would affect the day-to-day functioning of the varsity, he said.
