SALEM: Periyar University has reintroduced MTech course, despite an assurance given by higher education minister K Ponmudy in the Assembly in April 2023 that such courses would not be offered by arts and sciences institutions. However, defying the directive, Periyar University has advertised the reintroduction of M Tech in Energy Technology during academic year 2024-2025. Sources said M Tech programmes …
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 …
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. The Federation of Students Organization-Tamil Nadu, consisting of the student wings of the DMK and the MDMK, the Students Federation of India, the All India Students Federation, the Revolutionary Students Front, the Muslim Students Federation, and the Tamil Nadu Students Federation announced the black flag protest. At 9.30 a.m., six special teams of police, led by …
Periyar University's History department students were asked to answer a question based on caste. Netizens also slammed the college authorities for making a question paper at a university named after the Dravidian icon Periyar, who strived to abolish caste. The Opposition also slammed the government over the caste row as the leader of the opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami asked on …