Archive · 3 Jan 2026
Tezpur University Protests Continue Amid Centre Intervention
Students, teachers, and staff at Tezpur University in India have been protesting for over 100 days.
They want the Vice-Chancellor, Shambhu Nath Singh, to be removed because of allegations against him.
The government has put the Vice-Chancellor on leave and set up a committee to investigate.
A new acting Vice-Chancellor has been appointed.
The protesters say they will continue until the investigation is fair and their other demands are met.
They want the university to be run better and more transparently.
Tezpur University students, teachers, and staff have been protesting for 103 days demanding the removal of Vice-Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh.
The Union education ministry has placed Singh on leave and appointed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations.
IIT Guwahati Professor Amrendra Kumar Das has been appointed as the pro vice-chancellor.
Protesters have welcomed the ministry's decisions but will continue until the investigation is concluded and their demands are met.
The committee has three months to submit its report, and protesters have pledged full cooperation.
- Who
- Tezpur University students, teachers, and non-teaching staff
- What
- Protests and demands for the removal of Vice-Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh
- When
- Protests started on September 22 and continue
- Where
- Tezpur University, Assam, India
- Why
- Allegations against Vice-Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh and demands for institutional accountability
- University
- Tezpur University
- Vice-Chancellor
- Shambhu Nath Singh
- Protest Start Date
- September 22
- Committee Formation
- Three-member committee
- Committee Report Deadline
- Three months
- Pro Vice-Chancellor
- IIT Guwahati Professor Amrendra Kumar Das
- Protest Duration
- 103 days
