Engineering admission panel reconstituted

Admissions to be conducted online from next academic year

The Higher Education Department has reconstituted the co-ordination committee for engineering admission to conduct online counselling from the next academic year.

The move follows the approval of the government to conduct online admission for engineering aspirants through single window mode from the academic year 2018-19. According to a government order issued on Monday by Secretary Sunil Paliwal, the Registrar had suggested that V. Rhymend Uthariaraj, who had been shifted out as the secretary of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions two years ago, be reinstated as member secretary of the committee.

New member-secretary

Mr. Uthariaraj had been the TNEA secretary for over nine years and was replaced by J. Indumathi in 2016. He is currently professor of the Department of Information Technology, MIT Campus of the University. The GO states that Mr. Uthariaraj’s appointment as Secretary, TNEA, between July 2007 and December 2015, was ratified and that he was made member secretary of the coordination committee that would be responsible for conduct of online counselling for engineering admission from 2018-19 onwards.

The Vice-Chancellor would be the chairman of the committee. The higher education secretary, commissioner of technical education, six senior officials of the University, including the registrar and legal officer, director of government examinations, member secretary of State Sports Development Authority, Medical Education secretary, T.N. Physical Education and Sports University registrar and Director of College Education are committee members.