State Govt Appoints V-C Search Panels for TN Law Univ & Tamil University

THREE weeks after the landmark verdict of the Supreme Court granting "deemed assent" to 10 bills that transferred powers to appoint V-Cs in many of the state-run universities from the governor to the government, the Tamil Nadu government has formed search panels for the appointment of V-Cs in Tamil University and The Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University.

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A three-member search panel — comprising Aruna Jagadeesan, retired judge of the Madras High Court, as the government's nominee, S Sachidhanandham, former V-C of the law university and former professor of National Law University (New Delhi), as the syndicate's nominee, and V Vijayakumar, former V-C of the law university, as the senate's nominee — has been constituted for selecting a new V-C for TN Dr Ambedkar Law University.