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In a melodramatic crook of events astatine Tezpur University, which has been nether implicit shutdown for the past 7 days, the senior-most module subordinate assumed complaint arsenic acting vice-chancellor successful a suo-motu determination aboriginal connected Friday (December 5, 2025).
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The concern started changing rapidly aft V-C Shambhu Nath Singh, against whom the full agitation has been taking spot since mid-September, called for a Board of Management (BOM) gathering connected Thursday (December 4) day and subsequently appointed Mass Communication prof Joya Chakraborty arsenic the pro-VC.
Ms. Chakraborty refused to judge the role, and the Tezpur University United Forum (TUUF), which has been spreading the agitation, decided to proceed its indefinite shutdown of the cardinal varsity successful Assam's Sonitpur district.
The shutdown started connected November 29.
The protesters person been demanding the removal of Mr. Singh implicit corruption charges.
In late-night developments, the full assemblage assemblage came unneurotic and decided to use the Tezpur University Act, 1993, suo motu, a elder prof said.
Accordingly, the cardinal university's senior-most module member, Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharya, assumed complaint arsenic the acting V-C with contiguous effect, helium said.
Mr. Bhattacharyya, a prof of Computer Science and Engineering, past wrote to the caput of the higher acquisition section of the Union Ministry of Education, and apprised him of the latest development, citing the applicable clauses of the Act.
PTI has accessed each the documents and letters exchanged since the BOM gathering connected Thursday.
"We were waiting for thing affirmative from the ministry during the protestation period, but it remained a mute spectator. In fact, the authorities got progressive successful an disfigured crippled successful collusion with VC Singh and appointed a pro-VC yesterday," a elder prof alleged portion talking to PTI.
The assemblage fraternity is not acceptable to judge thing different than the removal of Singh, and arsenic helium has been an absentee from the field for astir 3 months, an acting VC took complaint arsenic per the Act, the module subordinate said.
An agitating pupil said the protestation and the 'shutdown' volition proceed unless an enquiry into the alleged corruption and different forms of irregularities by the V-C is ordered.
The students of Tezpur University person unopen down each services, including each forms of world activities, connected the field for an indefinite play since November 29, forcing the medication to cancel each end-term examinations.
The Tezpur University Teachers' Association (TUTA) and Tezpur University Non-Teaching Employees' Association (TUNTEA) person extended their afloat enactment to the agitation, being carried retired nether the aegis of Tezpur University United Forum (TUUF).
The assemblage became non-functional for the past 7 days.
The V-C abstained from the field aft the assemblage had witnessed noisy scenes and an speech of words betwixt him and students connected September 22, starring to a concern wherever Singh had to permission the spot.
At slightest 11 module members and elder officials person either resigned from their posts oregon the assemblage itself since the protests began successful September.
The protesters asseverate that the grounds submitted by stakeholders leaves nary country for hold successful conducting an enquiry and that allowing Singh to proceed successful his presumption undermines organization integrity.
The concern astatine Tezpur University had been tense since mid-September, with students accusing the VC and varsity authorities of not showing owed respect to taste icon Zubeen Garg adjacent arsenic the authorities was mourning his death.
The Sonitpur District Administration aboriginal ordered a magisterial probe against the Tezpur University authorization for allegedly disrespecting Garg.
A fact-finding committee, formed by the Assam politician to look into allegations concerning the functioning of the vice chancellor, besides visited the varsity to enquire into the matter.
Due to the indefinite shutdown, the TU medication cancelled the upcoming end-of-term examinations and announced that these volition beryllium rescheduled to guarantee that students are not academically disadvantaged.
This is the archetypal lawsuit successful the past of the cardinal assemblage that world schedules person been formally altered owed to a student-led protestation against an administrative head.
Apart from fiscal irregularities, the varsity staffers are besides protesting against the alleged deforestation and ecological demolition carried retired nether Singh's administration.
During his tenure, Singh reportedly ordered the felling of respective important trees and bamboo patches, including yellowish bamboo — an indispensable portion of the field landscape, nether the guise of 'beautification'.
He besides initiated extended writer planting activities crossed the campus, which galore members of the assemblage assemblage termed arsenic environmentally unsound and superficial, particularly successful a tropical portion similar northeast India.
