Govt, Guv in conflict over selecting Annamalai V-C

Notice says govt 'purposefully excluded' UGC chairman's nominee

- BINITA JAISWAL

AFTER a brief lull, the governor and the state government are at loggerheads again over the constitution of a selection committee for choosing the Vice-Chancellor of another state university, the Annamalai University in Cuddalore district. Annamalai University is the sixth state university with V-C post vacant. The tenure of the last V-C of the university, RM Kathiresan, ended on November 23.

The governor's office on Wednesday released a statement which alleged that the state government has 'purposefully excluded' the UGC chairman's nominee from the official order notified through the gazette regarding the constitution of the search committee for identifying a candidate for appointment as V-C of Annamalai University.