Overview

• Gauhati University will rename its Centre for Performing Arts and Culture as the Zubeen Garg Centre for Performing Arts and Culture.
• A statue of Zubeen Garg will be installed on the Gauhati University campus, with a coffee-table book on his life and a new Inter-College Youth Festival segment titled the Zubeen Garg Song.
• Vice Chancellor Nani Gopal Mahanta said the initiatives aim to preserve the late artiste’s creative spirit and inspire future performers.
• Tezpur University announced a posthumous honorary doctorate for Garg, plus a campus statue and a scholarship in his name following a large student protest.
• Assam has constituted an SIT led by Special DGP (CID) M. P. Gupta with Rosie Kalita as chief investigating officer, with the chief minister pledging an independent probe and continuity of the team until completion.