Publish minutes of the Syndicate meeting of Periyar University, demand academicians

Faculty members of Periyar University request to marque the minutes of the Syndicate meeting public, which had been kept arsenic concealed documents for the past six years.

As per rule, successful a year, the Syndicate gathering of the assemblage should beryllium conducted 4 times, wherever important policy decisions are taken. Before 2019, wrong 30 days aft the meeting, the minutes volition beryllium released connected the University website. But for the past six years, the minutes were not made public. Periyar University, which is present administered by the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) in-charge committee, does not merchandise the minutes, which has travel nether terrible criticism.

Faculty members said that the past Syndicate gathering was held connected November 19, 2025, successful Chennai. The minutes were circulated lone to the members who participated successful the meeting. As per norms, it should beryllium circulated to each subordinate of the Syndicate irrespective of whether they enactment successful the gathering oregon not. But to allegedly insult the members with a idiosyncratic vendetta, the minutes were not circulated. . The convenor of the V-C in-charge Committee, E. Sundaravalli, should look into the contented and instrumentality action, module members added.

Former president of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) K. Pandiyan said that earlier February 27, 2019, the minutes were made public. As per the Right to Information Act 2005, it was made mandatory that each nationalist authorization should marque the minutes of board, committee oregon assembly meetings accessible to the public. But Periyar University is acting against the principle of fairness successful administration.

He added that the assemblage has been caught up with irregularities implicit appointments, granting amerciable re-employments, and awarding unjust punishments to unpreferred to the fore lone erstwhile specified controversial subject matters of the Syndicate is being busted. The contiguous V-C in-charge committee does not marque immoderate perceptible alteration of course, but simply follows the earlier laid path, Mr. Pandiyan charged.

When contacted, a subordinate of the V-C in-charge committee connected anonymity assured that they would cheque whether the minutes are circulated to each subordinate and volition instrumentality the contented of publishing the minutes connected the website to Ms. Sundaravalli’s attention.