DMK MP promises to increase seats in Periyar EVR college

Trichy: DMK Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva on Friday assured to increase the number of seats for degree courses in the Periyar EVR Arts and Science College in Trichy so that more students can be accommodated.

Speaking at the 143rd birth anniversary celebration of Periyar, Siva, an alumnus of the college, said that he will take up the issue with chief minister M K Stalin if the principal gives him the requisition letter. “I will make all the efforts to enable more students to get the seats,” he said.

Siva said that Periyar EVR College stood third among government colleges in the state in terms of getting more number of applications from the students every year.

The DMK MP also said that the college produced a lot of eminent personalities such as judges, vice-chancellors, civil servants etc during its 57 years of establishment.

Siva also announced that the annual alumni meet of the college will be organised on September 19 in which Madurai Lok Sabha MP and Sahitya Akademy Award winner Su Venkatesan, movie director R V Udhayakumar and several prominent people will be participating.

He also recalled that the college auditorium was constructed from his MPLAD funds and added that he was in touch with the University Grants Commission (UGC) to develop the college.