Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati addressing scholars at a PhD orientation programme at USTM

The Shillong Times first appeared as a tabloid weekly on 10th August 1945 under the editorship of Late Sudhindra Bhusan Chaudhuri. In 1958 it was converted to a Daily. Owing to financial constraints, within six months it reverted back to a weekly.