Tezpur University, established on January 21, 1994, under an Act of Parliament as part of the Assam Accord—now finds itself at the centre of a growing storm. Founded alongside Assam University and IIT Guwahati to expand higher education in the region, the institution began in a modest rented building before shifting to its verdant 262-acre campus in 1997.

Today, those same green avenues echo with discontent. What began as subdued classroom whispers has transformed into a collective uprising. Teachers, staff, and students—once bound by the rhythm of academia—now march together under a single, charged slogan: “Remove the Vice-Chancellor.”

The man at the centre of this unprecedented campus revolt is Professor Shambhu Nath Singh, who is now accused of leaving behind a trail of unanswered que

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