Certificates sans V-C sign a bad precedent: PMK

Terming that the decision would tarnish the image and rich heritage of one of the premier institutions in the county, he in a statement said that the Higher Education Department Secretary Karthik has come up with such a move to cover up with problems the university has been facing without a vice-chancellor. “The certificates sans the signature of vice-chancellor may not be accepted by foreign universities as valid and would put students’ future at stake,” he said. Anbumani said that the university syndicate on November 4 opposed to appointing Karthik, who is also the head of a committee that has temporarily taken over the university management, as the in-charge to sign in place of vice-chancellor in certificates. “So, the government has decided to leave the space blank. No other university in the country has taken such a decision so far,” he said. The situation could have been avoided had the government appointed a vice-chancellor as soon as the predecessor Thandavan retired in January this year, he stated.