Tamil Nadu: State university vice chancellors skip conference organised by governor
Vice chancellors of all Tamil Nadu state universities skipped a conference chaired by Governor RN Ravi in Nilgiris district’s Udhagamandalam on Friday, The Hindu reported.
The governor claimed that the state universities were warned against attending the two-day conference by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in the state, ANI reported.
This comes amid strained ties between the state government and Ravi after the Supreme Court’s April 8 verdict that laid down a timeline for the Tamil Nadu governor to act on bills passed by the Assembly.
Fifty-six vice chancellors of higher education institutions, including five central universities, 20 state universities, four central institutions and 27 private universities, were invited for the conference organised by the Raj Bhavan, The Indian Express reported.
Eighteen representatives attended the event, the newspaper quoted an unidentified Raj Bhavan official as saying.
Among the state universities, only two sent their representatives: the director of the research department at Periyar University and a college principal attached to Alagappa University’s physical education department.
On Friday, Ravi claimed that the vice chancellors from the state universities had told him verbally and in writing that the state government had directed them not to participate in the conference.
The governor also claimed that one of the vice chancellors was detained at a police station and another had been threatened by the police not to...
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