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In a letter to the government, Khan questioned the rationale of appointing a search committee on its own.
It was filed by Sudeep James, the Kannur district president of the Youth Congress.
Chintha's doctoral thesis initially came under the spotlight for wrongly attributing the Changampuzha poem 'Vazhakkula' to Vyloppilly Sreedhara Menon.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan who is expected to reach Thiruvananthapuram on February 23 has to take up a few pressing university matters and his response could fashion the contours of his equation with the State Government in the coming days.
The best institutions to be honoured today in 'Excellentia 23' at Kakkanad.
A decision will be taken on appointing an expert committee to examine the thesis when the vice-chancellor returns on Wednesday.
The Save University Forum Campaign Committee that has been relentlessly fighting CPM-sponsored nepotism in universities had filed a petition.
In the thesis, she had written that 'Vazhakkula' was a poem by Vyloppilli (Sreedhara Menon) when in fact it is a well-known work of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai.
As per existing rules, the university has no powers to revoke the PhD already awarded or correct the mistakes in the dissertation.
The petition also demanded suspension of the guideship of former Pro Vice Chancellor of Kerala University P P Ajayakumar, who was Chintha’s guide, and his removal as director of HRDC.
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