The Tamil Nadu government on Monday introduced a Bill in the Assembly to empower itself (instead of Governor-Chancellor) to appoint the Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. This is the fourth Bill it tabled in the ongoing Assembly session to empower itself to appoint V-Cs for State-run universities under various departments.
The Bill tabled in the House cited the Gujarat University Act, 1949, and the Telangana (Andhra Pradesh) Universities Act, 1991, which have empowered the respective State governments to appoint the V-Cs. It also cited the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000, according to which the V-C shall be appointed by the Chancellor with the concurrence of the State government.