The kingdom authorities’s choice to bifurcate
Anna Universityand extrade its call to Anna Technological and Research University (ARTU) has now no longer long gone down nicely with sections of the school.
As according to the invoice handed withinside the meeting on Thursday, College of Engineering, Guindy,
Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet, Alagappa College of Technology, Guindy, and School of Architecture and Planning might be a part of ARTU, whilst the brand new college as a way to associate all engineering faculties withinside the kingdom might be referred to as Anna University.
Sources withinside the college, whose annual finances is about ₹235 crore, stated it might lose yearly around ₹one hundred crore sales from affiliation, carrying out tests and different activities.
“Anna University’s stages are known the sector over. It is the tough paintings and years of toil of many school participants and eminent vice-chancellors who guided the college to its gift glory. By, this one stroke, the kingdom authorities robbing the college investment and call. It will take a long term create the sort of logo call,” a senior professor from the college advised TOI.
With Institute of Eminence reputation being denied to the college, it isn't clean how the kingdom authorities will fund the college. “If the college desires to excel in research, it desires big investment. The kingdom authorities has now no longer introduced any monetary furnish for the college to enhance its research,” every other professor stated.
Anna University’s former vice-chancellor E Balagurusamy stated the brand new affiliating college need to had been given a brand new call.
“The unique Anna University includes most effective the 4 campuses CEG, MIT, AC Tech and School of Architecture and Planning. The affiliated faculties joined the college most effective in 2002 while the college turned into at first set up in 1978,” he stated.
They may even rename the brand new college Dr Jayalalithaa University of Technology, he suggested.
“We aren't towards bifurcation however the call matters,” a school member stated on situation of anonymity.
