Thomas Isaac questions Ciza Thomas’s credentials as V-C; she says her qualifications are open to scrutiny

KOCHI Communist Party of India (Marxist) Central Committee member and former Keralam Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac has alleged that Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University Ciza Thomas “lacked the credentials” to occupy the post.

In a Facebook post, Mr. Isaac alleged that her “only credential is that she has been appointed by the Sangh Parivar.” Mr. Isaac wrote that she did not have a single patent.

Though she claimed to have written eight books, she was only the co-editor of seven books, which were compilations of essays penned by others. These seven books were published by an open-access book publisher that could not match the credentials of mainstream publishers, he alleged.