Prescription of Educational Qualifications and Experience for the Post of Vice-Chancellor in Tamil University under the Tamil University Act, 1982

What the notification does

The Tamil Development and Information Department issued G.O.Ms. No. 51, Tamil Development and Information (T.D.2.1), dated 12th March 2018, under the Tamil University Act, 1982. The Government of Tamil Nadu acted in consultation with the Chancellor of Tamil University to specify the qualifications and experience that every person recommended by the relevant Committee for appointment as Vice-Chancellor must possess.

The notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, as notification No. II(2)/TDI/216(h)/2018.

Who is affected

The prescribed requirements apply to every person recommended by the Committee referred to in the Tamil University Act, 1982, for appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University. The notification does not contain provisions about land ownership, property purchases, planning permission, registration or land use.

Required academic and professional experience

A person recommended for appointment as Vice-Chancellor must meet all of the following requirements:

• Hold a Ph.D. degree in Tamil or a Tamil related subject.
• Have at least twenty years of teaching and research experience in universities, postgraduate colleges or publicly funded research institutions, whether in one category or taken together. Alternatively, the person may have at least ten years of experience as a Professor in a university system.
• Have at least six years of administrative experience in universities, postgraduate colleges or publicly funded research institutions. Qualifying positions include Dean, Head of the Department, or another administrative position with equal or higher responsibility. Experience in eligible positions may be taken together.

Publications and academic events

The Tamil Development and Information Department also prescribed research publication and academic event requirements:

• The candidate must have published at least five research papers in journals listed by the University Grants Commission after obtaining the Ph.D.
• If an adequate number of such listed journals is not available, authorship of at least two non-edited books may satisfy the publication requirement.
• The candidate must have presented at least two papers at international level academic or research events.
• The candidate must also have experience conducting at least one international level academic or research event.