TN governor alleges corruption in VCS’ appointment

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit said Saturday that money played a crucial in the appointments of vicechancellors in state-run universities. Purohit said this during a speech at a conference on ‘Enhancing Quality Education’ in Chennai.

“When I came to the state as a governor, I learned that VC appointments were not done on the basis of merits. Instead of considering the eligibility and merits of the candidates, money had been considered as the prime reason.

However, I am working to eliminate these malfunctions in appointing VCS,” he said.

State higher education minister K P Anbazhagan claimed that the state government does not have any role in appointing vicechancellors. “VC appointments are being done by the Governor. The government has not done anything in these appointments,” Anbazhagan said.

D Jayakumar, fisheries minister, assured that the government would take necessary action on this issue.“if governor discloses the names of the VCS who have paid money to get that posts, we would take proper actions.”

E Balagurusamy, former vicechancellor of Anna University, echoed the governor’s stand. “No VC appointment has been done without money since 2005.

I have written numerous letters to former governor K Rosaiah. Unfortunately, no action has been taken on this issue.

I welcome the Governor for exposing this issue. I believe that he would rectify this problem,” Balagurusamy said.