UPDATED 1:29 P.M. - Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor Lauren Brisky told NashvillePost.com this afternoon that she'll be "shuffling and reshuffling assignments" to herself and others, with no plans to fill Chinniah's post.As originally reported:Vanderbilt University Deputy Vice Chancellor Nim Chinniah will become chief financial officer of the University of Chicago, Aug. 1, after 16 years as a key Vanderbilt administrative officer for finance and information technology.Vice Chancellor for Administration and CFO Lauren Brisky has not yet responded to a NashvillePost.com query this morning regarding Chinniah's possible successor or recruitment for the post.Brisky is quoted in the May 24 issue of the University of Chicago Chronicle as saying, "For a long time, Nim may have been one of the best kept secrets in higher education, but now the secret is out; Vanderbilt has been extremely fortunate to have benefited from Nim's service for all these years."Checked this morning, Vanderbilt's online job listing did not appear to include Chinniah's position, although several senior mid-level finance and operations jobs have recently been posted there.Chinniah's current span of responsibility at Vanderbilt is immense by any standard, including finance and administration, university registrar and information systems for academic affairs. He also has been responsible for such business operations as traffic and parking, campus security, university-owned real estate, bookstores and dining services, printing and copying, mail services and plant operations.He has reported to both Brisky and to Provost and Vice Chancellor Nick Zeppos. In Chicago, he will have responsibility of 400 people.Chinniah joined the Vanderbilt administration in 1991, the same year he earned his M.B.A. at VU's Owen Graduate School of Management. He earned his bachelor's in computer science and business from Lambuth University in 1989.
