The Assam Cabinet, on November 10, approved the merger of Krishna Kanta Handique Government Sanskrit College, Guwahati, with Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University, Nalbari. The decision was attributed to low enrolment, with the college having only 65 students.

Following the merger, the college’s students and teaching staff will be accommodated within the university, and its entire establishment will shift to Nalbari. The government also indicated that another educational institution would be named after scholar Krishna Kanta Handique.

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