Overview

• The three-member team, led by IIT-Guwahati Director Devendra Jalihal with Jiten Hazarika and Narayan Konwar, was notified on October 8 by Raj Bhawan.
• The panel is holding sittings over two days on the Tezpur campus to hear students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders.
• Stakeholders have been invited to submit grievances and written statements for the inquiry record.
• The committee must deliver a detailed factual report to the Governor-cum-Chancellor within seven days of the notification.
• The inquiry follows campus unrest tied to alleged disrespect during state mourning for Zubeen Garg, a magisterial probe by Sonitpur authorities, and a teachers’ memo alleging grave financial and administrative irregularities by VC Shambhu Nath Singh.