DMK MP Kanimozhi writes to Education Minister seeking filling of prolonged vacancy in DU's Tamil department

At present, the faculty positions of a professor, two associate professors and two assistant professors are vacant in Delhi University's Tamil department which teaches postgraduate courses.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, has reached out to the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the issue of prolonged vacancy in the Tamil department of Delhi University.

In a letter to the Education Minister, the DMK parliamentarian said that the Delhi University has not been appointing faculty for the Tamil department that has been lying vacant for the last 10 years. "This inevitably threatens these courses that can lead to the closure of the Tamil departments in various colleges if the faculty is not appointed," she said.

At present, the faculty positions of a professor, two associate professors and two assistant professors are vacant in Delhi University's Tamil department which teaches postgraduate courses. Earlier, the Tamil BEd programme has been stopped for the past four years citing the non-availability of Tamil faculty in this institute, the letter dated December 20 said.

The letter also said about other colleges as it said, "In Miranda House college and LSR college, the Tamil faculty positions are vacant and no steps have been taken by the university to fill these vacant posts. I urge the government to direct the university to take proactive steps to appoint these vacant faculty positions at the earliest, said the MP."

Earlier, while speaking at the 140th birth anniversary of Mahakavi Bharathi, she urged the girl students to achieve big things in their lives, and said that they have plenty of scope and opportunities.

"By thinking big, you can achieve bigger...Thus, you can bring home more and more laurels,” she stressed.

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