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Community Science, Jorhat – the excessive admissions ranged from 2% and 22%.

The auditors underscored that admitting students beyond the intake capacity would impact the quality of education due to the infrastructure constraints. The varsity was also faulted for violating the Veterinary Council of India’s (VCI) norms by unilaterally increasing the capacity of its UG veterinary science programme. The varsity administration explained to the CAG team that the excess enrollment was due to the addition of unsuccessful students of previous years. It, however, didn’t provide any justification for the veterinary college seat hike.

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Assam Agricultural University: Vacant faculty posts

The audit also flagged disparity in staff appointments, with as many as 449 out of 1,096 teaching and 1,142 out of 1,645 non-teaching posts lying vacant. Interestingly, while AAU has almost double the number of required professors, only 7% of associate professors spots are filled. Also, despite the shortfall, the three of the sampled colleges reported an average teacher-student ratio of 1:7 – well above the 1:10 ratio prescribed by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the University Grants Commission (UGC).