SUCC urges Governor to act against V-C over teacher recruitment issue

The Save University Campaign Committee (SUCC) has written to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar seeking enactment against the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, for the alleged non-compliance with the directive of the Chancellor to enactment connected clasp the recruitment of Assistant Professors.

In a missive to the Governor, who is besides the Chancellor of State universities, SUCC chairperson R.S. Sasikumar said the V-C, being the main enforcement and world authorization of the university, was entrusted with the work of ensuring that each decisions were taken with fairness, independence, and owed respect to established procedures. The V-C is besides bound to faithfully instrumentality the lawful directions of the Chancellor, the missive said.

The SUCC said the authorities were proceeding with module appointments contempt the “adverse observations” by the authorities auditor connected the disproportionate fig of module members compared to the pupil intake. The varsity is already facing terrible scarcity of funds.

Vice-Chancellor K.K. Geethakumary said she had acted connected the ground of the determination taken astatine the Syndicate gathering connected February 17 to spell up with the recruitment of teachers. As directed by the Syndicate, documents and files related to the process were besides submitted to the Chancellor, she said.

The Left-backed members of the Syndicate had observed that the Governor lacked the powers to enactment connected clasp the recruitment of module members arsenic it remained with the Syndicate.