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The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of a Central assemblage successful Assam has travel nether occurrence astir a twelvemonth aft a rebellion against his counterpart successful Shillong’s North Eastern Hill University.
On September 27, 2025, members of the Tezpur University Teachers’ Association (TUTA) accused the university’s VC, Shambhu Nath Singh, of committing “serious fiscal and administrative irregularities.” They said the lapses person eroded the world and organization integrity of the university.
Raising heavy concerns astir the functioning of the assemblage nether Prof Singh, the TUTA besides condemned him for his “disrespectful remarks” astir Assam’s taste icon, Zubeen Garg.
TUTA president Kusum Bania said the relation has submitted a memorandum to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, underlining the fiscal irregularities and demanding the VC’s contiguous removal.
“The irregularities see questionable practices successful procurement of materials, awarding of contracts, disposal of scrap, and operation funded by Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) with aggregate instances of poor-quality infrastructure specified arsenic recently built hostels already showing cracks, seepage, and malfunctioning amenities,” Prof. Bania said.
“Transparency and accountability are lacking successful declaration management, with repeated awards to the aforesaid vendors and undue unit connected module and wardens to certify enactment without entree to due documentation,” helium said.
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The TUTA stated that the university’s concern office, tally by an serviceman enjoying extended tenure without a regular appointment, has been accused of mismanagement, delays successful money disbursement, and unprofessional behaviour toward faculty, creating a hostile situation and obstructing probe and departmental activities.
“Other superior problems see the deliberate removal of the Pro-VC position, irregular and advertisement hoc appointments to administrative positions, arbitrary suspension of administrative staff, and vacancies successful captious posts similar Registrar,” the TUTA said.
“The VC is besides accused of creating unauthorised posts and granting excessive perks. Additionally, shortages of teaching and administrative unit person weakened world standards, forcing probe scholars into teaching roles and slowing organization processes,” the relation further said, demanding an enquiry into the irregularities.
Prof. Singh could not beryllium contacted for his comments. In November 2024, the students, teachers, and unit of NEHU made akin allegations against VC Prabha Shankar Shukla and demanded his removal. Prof. Shukla has been disconnected field since.
