India, Oct. 15 -- In a significant escalation of the ongoing turmoil at Tezpur University (TU), the Ministry of Education has dispatched a three-member high-level committee to the campus, responding to weeks of massive student-led agitations demanding the immediate resignation of Vice-Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh.

The move draws attention to the growing pressure on the administration over allegations of severe financial irregularities, administrative autocracy, and cultural insensitivity, which have united students, faculty, and staff in unprecedented solidarity.

The committee, comprising senior bureaucrats, is scheduled to arrive imminently to assess the situation firsthand.

Its members include Armstrong Pame, IAS, Joint Secretary i...