Centre and TN govts should work together to appoint V-Cs in the State: VIT chancellor

The Centre and the Tamil Nadu government should set aside political differences and work together on higher education, especially in appointing vice-chancellors in 17 universities in the State, said G. Viswanathan, founder and chancellor, VIT, on Friday.In his presidential address at the felicitation function for Tamil poet and lyricist R. Vairamuthu in Vellore for Jnanpith Award organised by Tamizhiyakam and hosted by VIT at its campus in Vellore, he said that the Centre and the State government should follow models of cooperative dialogue as practiced in other democracies in the world. “If vice-chancellors are not appointed in 17 universities, then the State’s high gross enrolment ratio in higher education could not translate into quality education,” he cautioned.The Chancellor said Tami