11 Tamil Nadu universities without V-Cs to get senior professors to oversee administration: Higher Education Minister
Minister Viswanathan said convenor committees functioning in 13 State universities would obtain a panel of senior professors from the respective Syndicates and select one professor to act as the Vice-Chancellors in-charge with the necessary powers
Eleven Tamil Nadu state universities, currently without Vice-Chancellors, will soon have senior professors from their respective faculties acting as in-charge administrators, according to Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan. During a recent inauguration of the Edu Techn Expo in Chennai, Viswanathan announced that a panel of senior professors would be selected from each university's Syndicate to oversee administration, similar to the process already implemented at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Alagappa University.
The remaining ten universities will follow the same procedure, pending legal matters in the High Court and Supreme Court regarding the appointment of Vice-Chancellors. The two-day expo aims to expose engineering, polytechnic, and arts and science college students to emerging technologies and industry requirements. Viswanathan also unveiled the state's plan to establish a specialized university focusing on emerging technologies and their applications in higher education and research, with a focus on artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, advanced technologies, climate technologies, and space technologies.
Regarding a proposed ₹4,000 incentive for educated youth, the minister stated that the government, which has been in office for only 127 days, has a long way to go in implementing such schemes.
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