A coalition of educationists, academics, retired civil servants and social activists have sent a memorandum to Governor K. Rosaiah on Tuesday citing flaws in the advertisement inviting applications for the post of Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Madurai Kamaraj University.
The advertisement was issued on the May 31 in certain newspapers inviting applications for the post. In April, the government constituted a search committee to select three names and submit them to Mr. Rosaiah, the Chancellor.
The memorandum states that the advertisement, which is available on the website, does not contain the clause for candidates to declare that no criminal case is pending against them.
It alleges that “there appears to be an agenda to help someone with vested interest to apply and get nominated as Vice-Chancellor.”
The coalition has appealed to the Governor to “pre-empt such vested interests” and ensure only candidates with unquestionable credentials and academic track record are short-listed for new VC’s post.
IIT-Kanpur chairman M. Anandakrishnan, former IAS officers D.K. Oza and M.G. Devasahayam; former V-Cs B. Markandan and Vasanthi Devi; educationist S.S. Rajagopalan; development activist A. Narayanan; advocate B.S. Ajeetha; and Henry Tiphagne of Peoples’ Watch are among the signatories of the memorandum.
“There appears to be an agenda to help someone with vested interest to apply and get nominated”
