Academic council members of the University of Madras have demanded that the University amend its rules and permit college teachers to become guides. They also wanted to do away with the system of having an external examiner to evaluate the Ph D theses. The members wanted examiner and affiliation panel to include faculty from within the University.
The council that met on Saturday discussed these issues for nearly four hours. The members did not want external experts in the committee for qualification approval of teachers for promotions under Career Advancement Scheme. Several members suggested having examiners for PhD only from within the University.
One of the resolutions passed by a member, C.P. Senthil Kumar, was that the University dispense with the system of foreign examiner as they delayed the approval process and demanded high remuneration. The resolution further said it did not want faculty from north India. Instead faculty from southern India could be considered for theses evaluation.
