Teaching, non-teaching associations of Madurai Kamaraj University stage demonstration over unpaid salaries
The HinduThe Madurai Kamaraj University has not paid its staff members their salaries, leading to faculty associations staging a demonstration at the university campus on Monday. While the protesters found fault with the Vice-Chancellor and a few administrative heads for the non-payment of salaries, senior university officials said that it was mainly due to a move imposed by the University Grants Commission that had led to a severe funds crunch. Last year, when the University faced a similar crunch, then Finance Minister P.T.R Palanivel Thiaga Rajan helped by releasing ₹58 crore after the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and other senior officials including a few Syndicate members met him, officials said. Once again in a similar situation this year, the University had represented to the State government about 10 days ago to immediately grant it funds, the officials said and added that as per the suggestions from the government, they have started five undergraduate programmes, including B. Com, B. Sc, Computer Science and Cyber Security, which have started yielding revenues.
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