Anna University faculty protest against name change

Chennai: Anna University Teachers’ Association (AUTA) is demanding the retention of the name ‘Anna University’ with the unitary university and giving another name to the new affiliating university that would be formed after the bifurcation.

In a letter to the State Governor, AUTA president I Arul Aram said the proposed name ‘Anna Technological and Research University’ did not go well with the teachers, students and alumni, who get an ill-feeling of their intellectual property rights being robbed.

Urging the Governor to advice the State government to make appropriate amendments to the Bills passed to divide the university, Aram said for 42 years the College of Engineering (CEG), Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Alagappa College of Technology (ACTech) and the School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) had gained name and fame as Anna University.

‘All our credentials such as ranking, journal papers, patents and MoUs are in the name of Anna University,’ he said.