Chennai: Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) has been reconstituted by the government. It has appointed A Ramasamy as Vice-Chairman and S Krishnasamy as Member- Secretary.
A former Vice-Chancellor of Alagappa University, Ramasamy is a historian. He has written books on the language struggle and Dravidian politics. He had also served as the Vice-Chairman of TANSCHE from 2006 to 2011.
The Council has been functioning without a Vice-Chairman since 2016. Krishnasamy was an associate professor of history in Pachaiyappa’s College.