With Tezpur University facing administrative paralysis for over two months, senior professor Dr Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharyya has stepped in as acting vice-chancellor, citing urgent concerns over stalled academic and financial processes and growing pressure from all stakeholders.

Dr. Bhattacharyya said he assumed charge after the post of vice-chancellor remained unattended for more than 75 days, leading to a backlog of pending files and approvals. “There is a rule that if the vice-chancellor is away from office for more than 30 days, the position must be filled. But now it has been more than 75 days. Many files are pending. Everything is completely stagnant, and we are feeling it everywhere,” he stated.

With semester examinations scheduled to begin Monday, he emphasised that restoring norma

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