Meghalaya MP Urges Centre to Appoint Full-Time Director at NIFT-Shillong

• Meghalaya MP Ricky AJ Syngkon wrote to the Ministry of Textiles, demanding a full-time director for NIFT-Shillong.
• The institute's quarterly report (Oct-Dec 2025) shows it operates without a full-time director, causing administrative and academic decision-making issues.
• Syngkon highlighted that the absence of stable leadership hinders long-term planning and institutional development.
• Vacant administrative and teaching posts lead to understaffing, heavy workload, and reliance on contractual faculty.
• The MP urged the Centre to appoint a regular director and fill all sanctioned administrative and academic positions promptly.

Why It Matters: Meghalaya MP Ricky AJ Syngkon seeks urgent appointment of a full-time director for NIFT-Shillong.