The Higher Education department has constituted a special cell to coordinate the implementation of the reforms that have been recommended by the Commissions that were formed to revamp the sector.
According to official sources, the cell will liaison with the universities and various agencies that have been entrusted with various projects.
The cell will comprise V. Shafeeque, an assistant professor at MES College, Mampad, as Research Officer on Special Duty to implement the reports of the Commissions. K. Sudheendran, an assistant professor at Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur, has been appointed the Research Officer on Special Duty for the implementation of the Kerala Resource for Educational Administration and Planning that essentially involves the implementation of the proposed enterprise resource planning systems in higher education institutions. The cell will function under the Kerala State Higher Education Council and report directly to the government, an order stated.
