CHENNAI: A three-member convener committee headed by higher education secretary
Apoorva will run
Anna University in the absence of vice-chancellor.
IT secretary Hans Raj Verma and Ranjani Parthasarathy from
College of Engineering
, Guindy, will be other two members of the committee.
After
M K Surappa
completed his three-year tenure as vice-chancellor of Anna University on Sunday, the higher education secretary convened a special syndicate meeting on Monday. The syndicate resolved to form a convener committee headed by Apoorva to exercise and discharge duties of vice-chancellor till the new V-C is appointed.
A three-member vice-chancellor search committee headed by
Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor M Jagadish Kumar has been formed to select the new vice-chancellor of Anna University.
"The search committee meeting is yet to take place. The committee will need at least five weeks time to shortlist a panel of names for the vice-chancellor post," a source said.
As per the practice, the nodal officer of the search committee will give advertisements inviting applications. After that, the committee will shortlist ten candidates and conduct an interview before recommending three names to the governor.
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