The University is in the grips of serious financial crisis. Unless, the staff strength is substantially reduced and the faculty salaries are trimmed to a significant extent, the institute cannot survive in the future. In a few years, they are bound to close down.
In general, students are not confident nor the University gives confidence to the students. Those who need qualification for their career growth in State or Central Governments pursue degree here.
It seems before the State Government took this University, one has to pay money and the degree is guaranteed. No need to study.
The "Chettiar" regime used this University for making money only and not for strengthening the education of poor masses. It seems the "Chettiar" hierarchy family looted money by selling M.B., B.S., and MD/MS seats for about a quarter century and ruined the fundamental values of quality education.
It is great that the Chief Minister Jayalalitha nationalized this. Now the State Government should make attempt to weed out all worthless staff and also redundant staff by redeployment at remote areas and get qualified staff. If this is not done, this great University will lose its fame and soon perish. The Vice Chancellor and Registrar will have a tough time but they should do needful to preserve the glory of the Institution.
The present top management is not the cause of the financial crisis, they are doing their best. The problem they face is Himalayan. The previous dictatorship corrupt regime of Chettiar generations, who were keen on money only, recruited penny worth staff massively by taking significant amount of bribe. In fact the people around the university also have been habituated to demand money to do broker jobs of getting admission. The entire area of Annamalai university has been severely spoilt and polluted in moral and legal values by the monarch regime.
Unless the Tamil Nadu Government liberally helps in implementing the decisions of Top management, the University will lose its fame and name in the near future.
There are many classified items in newspapers that the excess faculty in Annamalai university are not preferred by other Tamilnadu Government university because of the poor capability of faculty, as Chettiyar recruited them by taking money
In case the authorities feel it is next to impossibility to revive and bring life in the university, better surrender this University totally to Government and let this university become a totally Government aided University without any financial crisis. The future life of all the students of Annamalai University will get saved if the Institution is totally surrendered to Government of Tamilnadu by the present Top Management. This step will create lot of difficulty for the faculty who are all settled here, but please do not hesitate as you are sitting on the future career of thousands of students and please do not spoil the next younger generation of t his area.