Sai University executive council member Sriram Panchu resigns over sexual and academic misconduct of Vice-Chancellor

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Senior Advocate, Madras High Court and subordinate of Sai University’s Executive Council, Sriram Panchu, connected May 26, has sent successful his resignation to the Chancellor of Sai University, K.V. Ramani, aft the University reportedly failed to enquire and enactment against University’s Vice-Chancellor, Ajith Padath Abraham. Mr. Panchu said that determination were “credible allegations of intersexual misconduct involving a insignificant successful the United States and world misconduct” against the Vice-Chancellor.

In a telephonic speech to The Hindu, Mr. Panchu confirmed that the allegations of intersexual misconduct with a insignificant and world misconduct were sedate and warranted an “immediate and urgent enquiry”.

“I person resigned from the Executive Council. I person sent my resignation connected May 26 to the Chancellor of Sai University. I person expressed superior concerns astir the allegations against the Vice-Chancellor. I person said that this warrants an immediate, and urgent enquiry, which needs to beryllium conducted by idiosyncratic who has held a precocious judicial office. I resigned connected May 26 and nary specified autarkic reappraisal had been acceptable up by an esteemed autarkic justice earlier said date. Since nary capable enactment was taken, I had nary different enactment but to resign. I resigned with sadness since Ramani is simply a bully friend,” said Mr. Panchu.

Mr. Panchu said that his ineligible squad had personally vetted the worldly that helium was successful possession of and helium had travel to the decision that it warranted an contiguous action.

He added, “All that Sai medication had to bash was to constitute to Ajit Abraham’s assemblage successful Oklahoma and to the Oklahoma constabulary to verify/confirm the details. They did not bash so.”

While immoderate erstwhile and existent unit person levelled allegations against the University and the Vice-Chancellor utilizing anonymous emails and assorted societal media platforms, the University medication said that they person made a ceremonial ailment to the Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime constabulary against defamatory posts, which, they believe, are “baseless and false” and that the Chancellor has “commissioned an autarkic reappraisal by an esteemed subordinate of the judiciary to analyse the allegations, including those pertaining to world issues”, which is reportedly nether progress.

V-C denies allegations

Dismissing the allegations of his apprehension and reports of his consequent plea bargain successful the United States, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Abraham, said, “This was a coordinated effort involving definite backstage individuals who sought to represent maine successful a highly antagonistic and misleading manner, including making allegations that were wholly unfounded. I person ne'er engaged successful immoderate specified conversations oregon behaviour arsenic alleged. Furthermore, I was ne'er arrested oregon charged with immoderate offense. The allegations archetypal surfaced successful a student-run online work 22 years agone and were subsequently amplified by assorted media outlets without capable verification of the underlying facts.”

Further more, Sai University said that it had precocious conducted a ceremonial verification of transgression and constabulary records and the hunt confirmed that nary transgression oregon constabulary records were recovered successful narration to the Vice-Chancellor.

Prof. Abraham further added, “At nary constituent did I participate into immoderate agreement, bargain, oregon statement requiring maine to permission the United States. In fact, I owned a location successful the United States until 2010. As evidenced by my passport records, I traveled to and from the United States connected aggregate occasions without encountering immoderate immigration-related issues. Furthermore, successful 2016, I was issued a circumstantial U.S. visa, which further demonstrates that determination were nary migration concerns affecting my eligibility to participate the country.”

Published - June 13, 2026 01:03 americium IST

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