Overview
- Tezpur University entered its seventh day of a complete shutdown as students, teachers and staff continued their demand to remove Vice‑Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh over alleged financial irregularities and prolonged absence.
- After Singh convened a Board of Management meeting and named Mass Communication professor Joya Chakraborty as pro‑VC, she declined the role, according to documents cited by PTI.
- Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharyya, the senior‑most faculty member, said he has assumed charge as acting VC suo motu under the Tezpur University Act and has notified the Union Education Ministry.
- Protesting groups rejected Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s call for the Centre to appoint a pro‑VC and reiterated demands for the VC’s suspension, an acting VC, and publication of inquiry reports.
- Academic operations remain halted with end‑term exams cancelled or rescheduled, at least 11 officials have resigned, and separate governor, Union Education Ministry and magisterial probes are in progress.