CHENNAI: On March 2012, the status of University with Potential for Excellence awarded to the Madurai Kamaraj University will expire. To get a renewal, or to even hold a regular convocation, poses an administrative problem as the university has had no Vice Chancellor since April 2011. Highlighting the problems faced by universities such as these, the TN federation of universities faculty association on Saturday re-stated its demand for the appointment of vice chancellors in the four important state universities in a transparent manner.Currently, the MS University of Tirunelveli, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil University, Thanjavur and the Mother Theresa University, Kodaikanal, do not have vice chancellors, while the post will become vacant in TNAU, Coimbatore, and TNOU, Chennai, shortly. “There is a need to ensure complete transparency in the selection now,” said Dr S Krishnaswamy, convenor of the association. Larger political interferences and money power since 2005 have been the cause for corruption in the selection process of the VC, he said. The search panel constituted to appoint the VCs should comprise of individuals with no corruption records. Neither should they be heads of colleges affiliated to the university for which the VC is being chosen. The names considered and the three shortlists that the committee gives the Chancellor should be made public, and the reason for the Chancellor’s final choice should also be announced, he said, asking for universities to follow the regulations laid down by the UGC. Once chosen, the assets and curriculum vitae of these VCs should be made public too, he said.
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