APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) has revived steps to appoint an ombudsman to redress students’ grievances.
The decision, adopted by the syndicate at its meeting on Thursday, is expected to pave the way for the KTU becoming the first university in Kerala to comply with the norm laid down by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
The university had previously initiated efforts to appoint an ombudsman following a decision adopted by its Board of Governors in 2017. While the government had constituted a selection panel comprising Vice Chancellors of various universities, such efforts came to a naught after the tenure of some of them expired before the process had got under way. While another notification was issued two years later, the university could not make much headway in its second attempt too.
