Alumni of EVR Periyar College request government to add ‘Thanthai Periyar’ prefix
The Hindu
The Alumni Association of Periyar E.V.R. College here has requested the State government to rename the institution as Thanthai Periyar College.Member of Parliament Tiruchi N. Siva, an alumnus, said th
The Alumni Association of Periyar E.V.R. College here has requested the State government to rename the institution as Thanthai Periyar College.
Member of Parliament Tiruchi N. Siva, an alumnus, said the college had given wings to many a dream for very nominal fee. The institution now has a large campus, he added.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists