𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗘𝗛𝗨 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀’ 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗡𝗘𝗛𝗨𝗦𝗨) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀’ 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗞𝗦𝗨) 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗡𝗘𝗛𝗨’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝗖 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶

Growing discontent has erupted within Meghalaya’s North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) after the administration announced plans to hold the 193rd Executive Council (EC) meeting in New Delhi on November 14 under Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. P.S. Shukla’s chairmanship.

The North-Eastern Hill University Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA) and several student groups strongly objected to the decision and demanded that authorities hold the meeting on the Shillong campus in compliance with Ministry of Education (MoE) directives.

In a formal appeal to EC members, NEHUTA described the Delhi meeting as “illegitimate and financially imprudent”, urging them to boycott it.

The association stated that holding the EC meeting outside Shillong undermines institutional transparency and violates the MoE’s August 20, 2024, order, which requires all statutory body meetings of central universities to take place on their respective campuses.

The NEHU Students’ Union (NEHUSU) and the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) NEHU Unit echoed the teachers’ concerns in a joint letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

The student bodies clarified that they do not oppose the EC meeting itself but object to what they described as “procedural and moral violations” in the way it is being convened.