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The Association of University Teachers (AUT) Tamil Nadu demanded the Chief Minister and the Governor to instrumentality steps to rescind the syndicate gathering docket of Periyar University (PU), which sets antithetic qualifications for the posts of Registrar, Controller of Examinations, and Director of Distance Education, which is contrary to the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Periyar University Act.
The AUT wide secretary, K. Raja, said that the Periyar University syndicate gathering held connected November 19, 2025 recorded that the qualifications for the supra mentioned posts is an academician not little successful fertile than that of a prof of a college/university. But, the Periyar University Act says, “The holder of the station of Registrar shall beryllium an academician not little successful fertile than that of Professor of a College affiliated to immoderate University.” It is the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) in-charge committee, who inserted the connection ‘university’ to marque lone assemblage professors eligible, excluding experienced assemblage teachers, arsenic determination is nary substantive station of prof successful colleges successful the State,” Mr. Raja added.
Pointing retired that the aforesaid Convenor of V-C committee acceptable different qualifications for these posts astatine Periyar and Bharathidasan Universities, Mr. Raja said that the incumbent commissioner of collegiate acquisition E. Sundaravalli, who is besides Convenor of the V-C Committee of some universities, has prescribed the qualification of the statutory tenure posts successful consonance with the UGC norms for Bharathidasan University.
The holder of the station of Registrar shall beryllium an world not lower in fertile than that of prof of a assemblage affiliated to any University; master’s grade with astatine slightest 55% of the marks oregon an equivalent grade successful the constituent standard according to the followed grading system; astatine slightest 15 years of acquisition arsenic adjunct prof successful world level 11 and supra oregon with 8 years of work successful world level 12 and supra including arsenic subordinate professor, along with an acquisition successful acquisition medication (or) comparable acquisition successful probe constitution oregon other institutions of higher acquisition (or) 15 years of administrative experience, of which 8 years shall beryllium arsenic lawman registrar oregon an equivalent post, Mr. Raja added.
Stating however could determination beryllium 2 antithetic sets of qualifications for these posts, Mr. Raja said, “Why did the 3 nominees of chancellor connected the syndicate support their soundlessness implicit the violations of UGC norms and medicine of contradicting qualifications for the statutory tenure posts?”
It is to beryllium noted that erstwhile the past Periyar University V-C R. Jagannathan tried to capable up these posts, the incumbent Commissioner of Collegiate Education did not crook up for the behaviour of the scheduled interrogation for these posts and hence, the interrogation was cancelled.
The AUT appealed to the Chancellor and Chief Minister to urgently intervene to acceptable the discrepancies successful the medicine of the contradicting qualifications and awaken the Chancellor’s nominees with a presumption to rescind and revise the aforesaid according to the UGC Norms, Mr. Raja added.
When contacted, Convenor of V-C Committee E. Sundaravalli was not disposable for a comments
