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Friday, May 30, 2025
PRINCIPAL SUSPENDED ON THE EVE OF HIS RETIREMENT ..... A SIGH OF RELIEF...
American College in Madura Dr.M.Davamani Christober, suspended from service as Principal from May 30th 2025.
MADURAI.
May.31
The Principal of the prestigious American College in Madurai Dr.M.Davamani Christober has been suspended from service with immediate effect from today- May 30th 2025- by the Tamil Nadu State Government’s Directorate of Collegiate Education.
He was suspended last night just one day before his retirement from service tomorrow due to the corruption charges he is facing right now, sources in Directorate of Collegiate Education in Chennai, have confirmed today. An official mail about his suspension was sent to the college by the government last night and the order was physically given today morning.
“The Directorate of Collegiate Education has accorded permission to conduct a preliminary enquiry against the Principal and Secretary of American College in Madurai Dr.Davamani Christober…for the allegations of possession of disproportionate assets to his known sources of income.
Since the enquiry into the corruption allegations is under investigation by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) of Tamil Nadu Government, Dr.Davamani Christober is placed under suspension as instructed under the letters received from government agencies as per the provisions made under Sec 19-3 of private colleges.The Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education had served the suspension letter last night- on May 29th 2025, and the suspension order was handed over formally to the college authorities today morning,” the government sources in Chennai have confirmed.
Following the suspension of present Principal Dr.M.Davamani Christober from service due to DVAC investigation into his assets, the authorities took steps for appointing a new Principal, and senior faculty Prof.Dr.Kannabiran has been made Principal in-charge of The American College in Madurai from today- May 30th 2025.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
LOTUS NEWS. "SAVE THE AMERICAN COLLEGE
‘Save American College Team’ to meet Madurai Bishop tomorrow after High Court direction on American College Principal in corruption cases complaints; All eyes are on now to protect the college’s satellite campus land at Chatrapatti-Natham Road (Part-1)
Based on the petition filed by a retired faculty of American College R.Prabahar Vedamanickam, the Madurai Bench of Bench of Madras High Court had given an order on April 7th 2025 to the DVAC to do the enquiry fast against the present Principal based on the writ petition filed in the court about misuse of office, misappropriation of funds, disproportionate assets and money involved in appointments by taking into account the Principal Dr.Davamani Christober’s total assets.
“We are also now concerned about the American College satellite campus at Chathrapatti near Madurai. The CSI Bishop in Madurai has to intervene because Principal Dr.Davamani Christober is doing a strategy to move to satellite campus after his retirement on May 31st 2025. So, we are still concerned. A team of American College well-wishers in Madurai have sought an appointment with the Bishop tomorrow because the DVAC probe and High Court directive is a lesson for us to get involved and save the reputation of American College. Four or five members will meet the Bishop of Madurai-Ramnad Diocese tomorrow in Madurai because the Bishop is the appointing authority as president of Governing Council and so he has the moral responsibility to remove him from the Principal post immediately before more damage is done for our great American College in Madurai. The Bishop must ask the Principal to step down from the post and we also want the Bishop to save the American College satellite campus near Madurai which is in huge acres and documents are in doubt,” sources connected to American College in Madurai told ‘Lotus Times’ media here today-April 8th 2025 and added that action must be taken against him soon before FIR and police chargesheet are done.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
MONEY FOR MARKS - ACCUSATION ON A.C. PRINCIPAL - GOVT'S ACTION
5. Further it is learnt that Dr. M. Dhavamani Christober, Principal, American College who is also a Convener Committee member of the Madurai Kamaraj University is misusing his official position by conniving with “Research Section” Superintendent Kuppusamy In allotting more marks through “Normalization Formula method” to the applicants who have chosen American College.
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
Sunday, December 8, 2024
MRJ - LOSS OF A FRIEND
YEARS are slipping off under our feet. We are aging. We keep
losing friends one after another. Some of
such moments pain us so much. One is the recent demise of Prof.Dr. M.R. James,
known to all of us as MRJ, the ever smiling and smooth youthful man.
MRJ started his carrier as head of Botany department in our
college. I have seen most of the heads of departments, when elevated as head,
adorn themselves with a glittering crown over their heads, sit in a high-backed chair and invariably put a fence
around them. All the philosophy of “all
are equal” would be simply thrown off into dust. They usually take a new
“avatar”. But this gentle man was entirely a different kind. Headship never
made him big or different. Never he showed any ‘big bossism’! I very strongly
feel he should be considered as a great ‘model professor’. Not only colleagues,
his students too can feel the closeness with him. His lab assistants will vouch
for his care and concern. It is very tough to be a good person for all around
but MRJ proved it so easily and casually.
A trimmed beard, white shirt and black pants, and always a burning
cigarette were his trade marks. Wonder whether he became a non-smoker lately! He
never showed any barriers. Always cool and friendly. But when needed he would
become serious too, since he is a man of convictions.
Personally, I am a gifted guy. He was always close to me. Our
common interest in photography made us share a close relationship. Though there
was a dark room in my department, he very happily shared the dark room of his
department. For long, the key of that
room was with me. His association helped me develop some talent in macrophotography.
His department purchased a costly microscope with attachments for macrophotography.
I was freely allowed to use that. During that time many research scholars came
to him for taking macrophotographs. He sent them to me and many a time he would
give his room keys – the symbol of authority for many HODs – even for overnight
use which I would never imagine from any other HODs I have known all through.
He was special to me.
Sad we could not maintain our relationship after he moved to
Coimbatore. He was busy there being the
secretary or something in his apartment and told me that he was very much
involved in the activities of the association. This reminded me that decades
earlier, nearly fifty years back, his living area in Madurai had the ground
water polluted by a nearby soft drink company. He almost did an one-man-fight
and took it to the level of collector. He successfully won his fight. A
relentless fighter.
My very sincere condolences to his family.
Monday, November 25, 2024
A.C. PRINCIPAL EXPELLED
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MADURAI: The Principal of American College Dr.M.Davamani Christober has been removed from the Convener’s Committee of Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) as its member here today at the important Syndicate meeting held in the university campus on November 25th 2024.
Additional Chief Secretary and senior IAS officer Mr.K.Gopal (Higher Education Secretary) had attended the Syndicate meeting in Madurai today along with Commissioner of Collegiate Education Mrs.E.Sundaravalli (she is Syndicate Chairperson/convener) and senior Government officials and Syndicate members of the varsity.
“Syndicate member Dr.M.Davamani Christober who is now the Principal and Secretary of American College here has been today removed as Convener’s Committee member because of DVAC complaints, investigation, complaints and enquiry that is going on against him in his college due to allegations of corruption, misappropriation of wealth etc. In today’s Syndicate meeting, a decision was taken to keep him out of the all important convener’s committee that has been running the day-to-day routine administration of MKU in the absence of Vice-Chancellor for the past five or six months. DVAC complaint and enquiry is the reason for keeping him out of the Convener’s Committee,” reliable MKU sources told ‘Lotus Times’ media today evening November 25th 2024.
The Syndicate meeting took place from 11 am to 2 pm in the university campus here and all the members attended this important meeting today while a few members came online.
“Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) issues came up for discussion in today’s Syndicate meeting but the all important decision taken is to ask Dr.Davamani Christober to step down as Convener’s Committee member by the IAS officers and Government,” sources added.
A Syndicate member had confirmed to ‘Lotus Times’ today evening that when this issue came up for discussion in the agenda, the Syndicate committee convener Mrs.Sundaravalli IAS had asked Dr.M.Davamani Christober to go out of the meeting hall so that an objective discussion can take place about him.
“She told us finally that he will not be a member of the university CC…and the reason is allegations against him in various government investigation agencies,” the Syndicate member who attended today’s meeting has said.
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