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Kerala government reconstitutes Cusat Syndicate with two MLAs
The United Democratic Front government has reconstituted the Cochin University of Science and Technology Syndicate, nominating Kochi MLA Mohammed Shiyas and Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram under the MLA category, The Hindu reports.…
The Story in Brief
The United Democratic Front government has reconstituted the Cochin University of Science and Technology Syndicate, nominating Kochi MLA Mohammed Shiyas and Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram under the MLA category, The Hindu reports. Seven other members were nominated across expert, student and reserved categories. They include five higher education experts, among them Cusat officials Anson P. Antony and Abdulla P., lawyer Kabeer K.K., Cochin College principal-in-charge Sindhu K., and Arun S.P. as the SC/ST representative. Assistant Professor Praveen C.S. joins as the information technology expert, while research scholar Kurien Biju is the Senate’s student representative.
The Indian Opinion
The nominations will invite the familiar claim that university bodies are being treated as political extensions, while supporters may present every nominee as automatically qualified. Neither shortcut is useful. Two legislators are clearly political nominees, but the list also includes teachers, a lawyer, a student and an SC/ST representative. The fair test is what the reconstituted Syndicate does with Cusat’s academic and administrative decisions, and whether those decisions are published with reasons.
Source: thehindu.com
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