The Association of University Teachers on Thursday, February 1, 2024, urged the T.N. Higher Education Department to withhold its approval of the retirement and re-employment of Periyar University registrar K. Thangavel. Balamurugan, said that the association has demanded urgent and swift action on the alleged illegality surrounding the appointment of Mr. Thangavel as a professor of computer science, and into …
The Periyar University Teachers Association has urged the Higher Education Department to convene the Syndicate meeting while the university was facing an unprecedented situation. The Salem City Police have registered a case against four persons, including Periyar University Vice-Chancellor R. Jagannathan, Registrar K. Thangavel, and two others, for fund misappropriation, and arrested the VC on December 26. To safeguard the …
The Periyar University Vice-Chancellor, R. Jagannathan, who is out on bail in a criminal case, was on Wednesday evening discharged from hospital after seven days of treatment. In a related development, the Periyar University Teachers Association and Periyar University Employees’ Union urged the Higher Education Department to suspend the V-C for a fair inquiry into the charges against him. Jayakumar, …
