NEHU VC extends leave till Jan 19

SHILLONG, Jan 14: NEHU Vice Chancellor Prabha Shankar Shukla has once again extended his earned leave till January 19.
“In continuation of my email dated 1st December, 2024 regarding my earned leave, I request an extension of the same from January 13 till January 17 (with suffix 18 & 19 January) due to the same circumstances,” Prof Shukla wrote in the email address to the Registrar on Tuesday.
In the email, Prof Shukla stated that in case of any urgent academic or administrative matters, the Registrar may reach him via phone or online/email.
Prof Shukla further stated that the senior-most professor or Pro-Vice Chancellor shall look at routine work of the university during his absence.
It may be mentioned that the extended earned leaves of the VC ended on January 12.
This is the fourth time the VC has extended his earned leave.
It may be recalled that the VC had gone on leave after the students staged a hunger strike for nearly three weeks last year.
On one occasion, the VC had written to the Ministry of Education seeking “adequate security support from the central government” to resume his duties at NEHU, but retracted later and extended his leave.