At the recent academic council, several professors of the Madras University took up the issue of constitution of a panel for the inspection of infrastructure and selection of faculty and principals in affiliated colleges.
A section of professors said the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) had breached convention and tradition by nominating professors from other universities and central institutions in the panel. Some of them felt that it belittled the university’s stature and its autonomy.
On December 17, the Madras University constituted a three-member panel, headed by M. Thenmozhi, professor of finance in the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The other two members were R. Geetha, Principal of S.D.N.B. Vaishnav College and Beulah Rachel Rajarathnamani, head in-charge of Journalism department in the University. The committee would inspect the DDGD Vaishnav College to grant continuous affiliation for its courses like BSc Statistics, BCom (including marketing, management, finance, accounting, taxation and corporate secretaryship) and BA Journalism.
