Tezpur University is grappling with a deepening crisis as widespread student protests erupt over Vice Chancellor Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh’s prolonged absences and alleged administrative mismanagement. The situation has snowballed into one of the most serious internal unrests in the university’s recent history.

Prof. Singh undertook 51 official visits between April 2023 and September 2025, spending an extraordinary 388 days away from the campus. The majority of these trips were to New Delhi, with occasional visits to Jaipur and Guwahati.

Over his 2 years and 5 months in office, Prof. Singh averaged nearly 16 days of travel per month, with his longest trip lasting 22 days (from February 4 to 25, 2025), and his shortest a one-day visit in July 2024.

Students have accused the Vice Chancello

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