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TN
bills to streamline VCs' appointments |
From Our Correspondent
CHENNAI : On July 8 two Bills were introduced in
Tamil Nadu Assembly here seeking to specify
qualifications for the vice-chancellors of the state
universities and to set a time limit of six months
within which the process of appointment of VCs is to be
completed.
The Bills — ‘Chennai University (Amendment) Bill,
2017’ and ‘Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendment)
Bill, 2017’ — introduced by Higher Education Minister
K.P. Anbalagan also specify qualifications for Search
Committee members. According to the Bills, the process
to nominate members of the Search Committee shall begin
six months before the occurrence of the vacancy in the
office of the Vice-Chancellor and shall be completed
four months before that date.
The process of preparing the panel of names to be
suggested to the Chancellor shall begin at least four
months before the occurrence of the vacancy.
At present neither the Universty of Madras Act, 1923
nor the establishing Acts of 12 other state universities
prescribe any qualifications for the members of the
Search Committee or for the Vice-Chancellor. Besides
there is no specified time limit for the Search
Committee to recommend names to the Chancellor.
The new bills specify that “if the Committee does
not submit its recommendations to the Chancellor within
the said period [four months], the Chancellor may grant
further time to the Committee to submit its
recommendation or take steps to constitute another
Committee..”
In case of the University of Madras and some other
state universities, one of the members of the Search
Committee would be a nominee of the Chancellor, who
shall be a retired High Court judge or the Supreme Court
or any High Court or an eminent educationalist.
The Senate and the Syndicate of the university
concerned shall have a nominee each in the Search
Committee.
For some universities, nominees are from the
government, university’s Academic Committee and
Executive Council.
Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2017
would replace the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 promulgated by the Governor
on May 27.
Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2017
would apply to the appointment of Vice-Chancellors in
Madurai Kamaraj University, Anna University, Bharathiar
University, Bharathidasan University, Mother Teresa
Women’s University, Alagappa University, Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Periyar University, Tamil Nadu
Open University, Thiruvalluvar University, Tamil Nadu
Teachers Education University and Annamalai University.
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