A SUNKEN SHIP…?

Following is the list of colleges and their ranking in all India level. List of colleges in TN are ranked here. Our College does not find a place here.

In the top 50 colleges, 5 colleges from Madurai find a place: 

Fatima College  ---         rank    16

Lady Doak College -                  34

Thirumalai Naicker college -    40

Yadava College                          44

Saraswathi Naryanan College - 49

Last December, the Chennai alumni association organized a big gala day in our college campus. A big carnival. A whatsapp was started then. Some two weeks back seeing this list one of our old students felt very bad about it and expressed his anguish. 

Since many of our alumni are in dark about the struggle that was going on against the present principal I sent a note to the whatsapp group. 

I sent the following note .....

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A SUNKEN SHIP…?

1970 – 2003.  A glorious period of my life. I worked in a “heaven”. Our American College staff, compared to so many other colleges, were a gifted lot. So many nice things we enjoyed unlike other college faculty. To quote one single example, in my early days we never have to sign any daily attendance register. When you have work, do it. That’s all. In all other colleges, most of the managements had this as a shackle to keep faculty under their duress.  Our college had to go for it only after the insistence of the government after giving direct salary payment.

Freedom was so much for both to the students and staff. We enjoyed it with our own set standards. Staff-student relationship was admirable. Especially the testimony of graduate students who go for other colleges for post graduation always tend to say what a great life they had in our college.

Then came a struggle in the college in the years after 2008. A long and bitter journey for people who loved this college. During this period thru this blog and by direct contact,  alumni who were in higher echelons were even approached. Unluckily people thought that it was just an internal politics. None realised the biggest danger the college would be facing if the unruly elements took the reins.

Had all the faculty come together or if the student community stood with the fighting faculty, things would have been different. Only the non-teaching staff who stood so strongly with the fighting people are to be always remembered with great gratitude.

Government rule says that the principalship is only for 5 to 10 years and principals should relieve the post for the next senior. Ha.. this rule is not for those who are so power mongering like the present principal. Who cares for government rules and regulations.  Powerful people have powerful tools!

Who cares for the all India ranking of colleges. Their only aim is to have the “college industry” to mint money. They days when our college worked so hard for such glories were all over.

So goes the story….

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Like this blog, the whole lot of alumni in that group is in very deep silence !!!