Dr Sudha Seshayyan, a senior faculty of the prestigious Madras Medical College (MMC), was Saturday appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit issued the order appointing her to the post for a term of three years, a Raj Bhavan release here said.
Seshayyan, presently the Director and Professor of Institute of Anatomy in the over a century old MMC, has an outstanding academic record with a teaching experience of more than 30 years, it said.
She also has rich administrative experience having held various posititions, including the post of the Vice-Principal of the MMC, and been a member of premier Editorial Review Board for Grays Anatomy and continues to be a member of the International Advisory Board for reviewing the publication.
She had led the team that embalmed late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaas body in 2016.
Noted for her Hindu religious discourses and oratory in Tamil, she has for long been a master of ceremonies of key government events, including swearing in functions of new governments.
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