chennai anna university has decided to demote former additional controller of examinations and former deputy controller of examinations for their involvement in the 2017 marksforcash scam at the varsityaccording to the decision taken by the syndicate committee on thursday former acoe professor s srinivasalu and former deputy controller of examinations k selvamani associate professor from department of computer science will be demoted to the level of assistant professors as the probe committee has found their involvement in the scambased on the report of a oneman committee of s kaliappan former vc of anna university of technology tirunelveli it was decided to cut increments of a former deputy controller of examinations against whom charges were partially proved the faculty members have been barred from holding any administrative posts in future vicechancellor r velraj saidin 2019 the university suspended s srinivasalu k selvamani former deputy controller of examinations k kulothungan pughazhendi sugumaran after an inhouse inquiry it was alleged that they collected money from nri students to award pass marksit was also decided to demote faculty members of constituent colleges and regional centres found to be involved in a revaluation scam along with then controller of examinations g v uma geetha ramani a faculty member from trichy who was terminated recently for malpractices in revaluation will be reinstated but demoted sources in the university saiddemotion is a lighter punishment considering they committed offences which were proved by multiple inquiry committees the university terminated three faculty members including a former additional controller of examinations for a similar offence this will set a wrong precedent a professor from the university saidmeanwhile an official from the university said demotion gives the erring faculty members a chance to correct themselves