Phagu Chauhan (born 1 January 1948) is an Indian politician serving as the 20th Governor of Meghalaya.

After that he contested many Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) elections from different parties and won maximum number of times.

One of which Magadh University's case was most peculiar as Vice Chancellor Rajendra Prasad was booked under Section 420 of IPC for ₹30 Crore fraud.

Due to all this Magadh University's academic session suffered longest delays in recent times as multiple exams are pending.

[10] Students of this university expressed their frustration to Governor Chauhan over delayed session and exams not being conducted and demanded permanent Vice Chancellor and staff or his resignation.