Governance, Leadership, and Administrative Challenges in Public Higher Education Institutions of Assam

Ruhul Amin; Papari Deka Choudhury; Biraj Narah; Ronia Parbin; Shamima Akhtar

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.66823

Governance, Leadership, and Administrative Challenges in Public Higher Education Institutions of Assam

Author(s)	Mr. Ruhul Amin, Dr. Papari Deka Choudhury, Mr. Biraj Narah, Ms. Ronia Parbin, Ms. Shamima Akhtar
Country	India
Abstract	The importance of governance, leadership and administration in terms of quality and sustainability in higher education system is a common reality. The Indian higher education institutions (HEIs) have elaborated regulatory and financial structures that have many implications on institutional autonomy and performance. Assam is a distinctive context because it is a northeastern state, with most of the universities being public and most of the colleges being provincialized, which means that it is influenced by the differences between the regions, the control of the state, and the infrastructural limitations. The paper explores the structures of governance, leadership style and administrative issues in the public higher education institutions of Assam by relying on secondary source of data. The study is based on policy documents, regulatory reports, and the literature of scholars and the analysis of the impact of centralized governance, limited leadership freedom, and inefficiencies in their administration on the functioning of institutions and academic quality. It is analysed in the context of modern discourse of reform, especially the National Education Policy 2020, that highlights issues of transparency, accountability, and building leadership capabilities. The results indicate that there are ongoing issues associated with the bureaucratic control, financial dependence, staffing issues, gaps in digital governance, and compliance overload. This research proposes that to reform the higher education sector in Assam, it is necessary to devise the decentralization of the governance of the sector, professionalization of leadership, and building of the administrative capacity to bring the institutions up to national standards of quality and meet the regional developmental demands.
Keywords	Higher Education Governance, Leadership, Administration, Public Universities, Assam, NEP 2020.
Field	Sociology > Education
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-01-17
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.66823

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