Centre to take appropriate action on demand for removal of NEHU VC: Hek

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 10, 2025

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has directed the concerned department of the ministry to take appropriate action on the demand for appointment of a new vice chancellor (VC) of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU).

Informing this on Friday, cabinet minister and BJP leader AL Hek said the union education minister had responded to his letter today.

“He (union minister) has informed that the matter has been sent to the concerned department for appropriate action,” he added.

Hek informed that he had written a letter to the union education minister for his intervention into the demand of the North Eastern Hill University Students Union (NEHUSU) and Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) NEHU Unit for immediate removal of the incumbent VC Prof PS Shukla and appointment of a new a VC.

Disagreeing that the centre is not taking the NEHU issue seriously, the minister said, “If they have taken the issue very lightly, they would not have replied to my letter.”