IIT-M puts appointments on hold

The Chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has put on hold a series of recent appointments made by the Institute under outgoing director MS Ananth amid questions over an alleged rush in making the appointments.

The Chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has put on hold a series of recent appointments made by the Institute under outgoing director MS Ananth amid questions over an alleged rush in making the appointments.

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Professor MM Sharma, a veteran chemical engineer who took over as chairman of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the IIT last month, is learnt to have returned a list of proposed appointees to faculty and administrative posts. Sharma, sources said, has told the IIT to convene a meeting of the BoG first.

HT was the first to report, on May 6, concerns within the HRD ministry over a flurry of appointments Ananth was proposing in his last few weeks in office.

Ananth is quitting office on July 31.