Shillong: Prof. Sherwin M Sungoh has tendered her resignation from the post of Pro-Vice Chancellor of the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong campus.
She stepped down as Pro Vice Chancellor of North-Eastern Hill University just 19 days after taking office.
She submitted her resignation on April 9 following intense pressure from both teacher and student organizations.
Sungoh has proposed to function as Vice Chancellor (In-charge) of the North Eastern Hill University.
In her resignation letter, Sungoh said that due to the prevailing situation at the University and demands of the stakeholders, she found it difficult to function as Pro-Vice Chancellor under extreme.
“In the given circumstances stated above, I prefer to tender my resignation from the post of Pro Vice Chancellor and will function as the Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) by virtue of being the next senior most professor, as per Status 2(A)(5)(i) of the University, with adequate administrative and financial power, with immediate effect,” she wrote.
Prof Sungoh also highlighted the problem faced since Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla has not physically assumed duty in the headquarter and the financial and administrative power delegated to her is too limited to cope up with the day-to-day function of the University.
Soon after she took over as Pro VC on March 21, the NEHU Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA), NEHU Students’ Union (NEHUSU) and NEHU Non-teaching Staff Association (NEHUNSA) urged her to resign from the post.
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“Admission of new batches of students will commence from the next academic session, therefore, it is imperative to find an amicable solution to the existing problems before it is too late,” she added.
According to Sungoh, NEHU is also faced with pending court cases, affiliation, and many other academic-related matters.
