Consultations with Governor ongoing to arrive at agreement over V-C appointment: Higher Education Minister

Chennai Even as the issue of Vice-Chancellor appointment is caught up in litigation, the government is in constant touch with the Governor to iron out the differences and find a common ground, Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at a National Education and Urdu Day Celebration organised by the Tamil Nadu Urdu Academy at the University of Madras, Mr.

Viswanathan said that besides him, the School Education Minister and the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker also have met the Governor and held talks about appointment of Vice-Chancellors to the State-run universities. “Just last week, School Education Minister Rajmohan, the Honourable Speaker and I met the Governor. Consultations are going on and some agreements are being reached.

We will be able to speak openly once things finalise. We will be meeting him again in a week’s time,” he maintained. As a stop-gap arrangement, senior professors have been appointed as Vice-Chancellors in-charge in Alagappa, Annamalai, and Manonmaniam Sundaranar Universities.