Overview
- Gogoi said in a post on X that he will strongly take the matter to Parliament and he hopes for a response from the Prime Minister’s Office.
- He wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month flagging an administrative and institutional crisis at Tezpur University.
- He cited Tezpur University, NEHU and Gauhati University as institutions where vice-chancellors’ actions have drawn concern.
- A three-member committee from the Union Ministry of Education is investigating allegations at Tezpur University.
- Recent reports include the resignation of Registrar-in-Charge Pritam Deb and a teachers’ claim that no Assamese books were procured for two years despite a budget.