NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APRIL 28
Two days after the TN Assembly adopted two Bills that vest powers with the government to appoint Vice-Chancellors, the Tamil Nadu government has introduced a Bill in the Assembly on Thursday to establish a medical university for Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani, Yoga and Naturopathy and Homeopathy in the state.
Health Minister Ma Subramanian, who tabled the Bill, said that the new university will be called The Tamil Nadu Siddha Medical University and will be located in the Chennai metropolitan area. During the budget speech of 2021-22, the Tamil Nadu Finance Minister had said that Rs 2 crore will be allotted initially for the establishment of a separate Siddha medical university for Indian systems of medicine.
Incidentally, the Bill proposes Tami Nadu’s Chief Minister be the Chancellor of the university.
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The new university’s Vice-Chancellor will be appointed by the Chief Minister, who will be the Chancellor, from among three names recommended by a selection committee. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the state will be the Pro-Chancellor.
