S. Madheswaran is the new Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI) - Deemed to be University. Prior to the appointment as the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Madheswaran was Director Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
The GRI Chancellor K. M. Annamalai has said that the new V-C shall remain in office for a term of five years.
Dr. Madheswaran has presented over 120 research papers and published numerous books. A recipient of the Kempe Gowda Award given by the Karnataka Government, he was also adviser - Planning, Programme Monitoring & Statistics Department.
A native of Erode district, he is widely popular among the academic circuit as a good teacher. He was a visiting scholar in Harvard University and many other top School of Economics, a press release from the GRI said on Wednesday.
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‘This underpins the ruling party’s position on Sasikala’
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‘This underpins the ruling party’s position on Sasikala’
Behind Chief Minister and AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s categorical dismissal of the possibility of re-admitting the former interim general secretary, V.K. Sasikala, into the ruling party lies an unwillingness to disturb the current scheme of things in the party and the government. This is the broad view among a cross-section of the party’s functionaries.
Currently, Mr. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister and party coordinator O. Panneerselvam are, amid several constraints, steering the affairs of the party smoothly, despite a widespread perception that the former’s point of view prevails over that of the latter, office-bearers say, expressing the hope that the two leaders will thrash out even the tricky issue of ticket distribution betwee