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Panel to select VC of Puducherry Technological varsity formed

PTI | , Puducherry
Jan 14, 2021 08:22 PM IST

Panel to select VC of Puducherry Technological varsity formed

A three-member search committee was on Thursday set up to choose a candidate for the post of Vice-Chancellor of the newly created state-level Technological University.

Representational image. (Unsplash )
Representational image. (Unsplash )

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi, who is the Chancellor of the varsity, established the committee. The committee would submit its recommendation to the government as soon as possible, a press release said.

Pondicherry Engineering College, established by Puducherry Administration in 1984, has been upgraded into a state-level Technological university through an Act adopted in the Territorial Assembly with the concurrence of the Centre.

The Act was notifiedon September 5 last bringing into existence the Technological University. This is the first state-level university in Puducherry which already has a Central University. The Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Engineering and Technology in Karaikal is the constituent institution of the Technological University, the release said.

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