Students and research scholars of Tezpur University have sought Ministry of Education intervention over the alleged delay in making public a statutory enquiry report into the university's affairs. They demanded transparency, accountability, action on findings, pending funds and resolution of the delayed convocation.

Guwahati: Students and research scholars of Tezpur University have sought the intervention of the Union Ministry of Education over the alleged delay in making public the findings of a statutory enquiry into the affairs of the central university, officials said on Friday.

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The students have urged the university Registrar to forward their representation to the Secretary of the Ministry of Education and the Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, seeking a transparent and time-bound resolution of the matter.

The representation relates to a statutory enquiry constituted under Section 9 of the Tezpur University Act, 1993, and includes concerns relating to the tenure of former Vice-Chancellor Prof Shambhu Nath Singh, whom the students have described as “absconding”.