New VC appointed three months ahead of incumbent's retirement

Guwahati, Sept 16 (UNI) The name of the new Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gauhati University (GU) was announced today, in a development hastened by pressure from the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) for ouster of the incumbent VC.

Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury, currently the Head of Department of Physics in Tezpur University, has been appointed the new VC, well ahead of the November retirement deadline of present VC G N Talukdar.

The appointment, made by the state governor in his capacity as the Chancellor of GU, would come into effect from the date of taking charge, a press release informed.

However, sources in the varsity informed that Mr Talukdar was being asked to opt for voluntary retirement within a week.

The VC had been facing criticism from the AASU for alleged delay and anomalies in examination results.

The AASU had been demanding his resignation immediately and had steeped up its agitation following the mistakes in the graduation-level results announced recently.

The newly appointed VC had been a visiting faculty at the Florence University and the Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi.

A poet and dramatist of repute, Dr Choudhury has to his credit over 70 papers in international journals.

He had introuduced Nano-science and Technology subject at Tezpur University.

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