The appointment of P.V. Valsaraj, former Dean, Student Welfare, University of Calicut, as the assistant director of the university’s Institute of Tribal Studies and Research (ITSR) at Chethalayam in Wayanad is likely to kick up a row.
Vice Chancellor M.K. Jayaraj issued an order appointing Mr. Valsaraj to the post on May 28. The VC said in the order that an Assistant Director with expertise and experience in handling student-related issues had been proposed to be appointed “in the light of some untoward incidents which affected the smooth functioning of the ITSR”. The official was expected to bring functioning of the institute “back to normalcy and assist the director”. The terms and conditions of the appointment would be decided by the Syndicate, the order added.
