Bikali College is an institution of higher education located in the easternmost part of

Goalpara district Goalpara district is an administrative district of the Indian state of Assam. History It was a princely state ruled by the Koch kings and the then ruler of the undivided kingdom. Today the erstwhile Goalpara district is divided into Kokrajha ...

of western

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. The college was established on 14 April 1982 by the rural masses of 52 numbers of villages under ‘Bikali Mauza Unnayan Samiti’ ( a socio-economic and cultural organization). The college is affiliated to

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assem ...

History

Bikali college is named after "Bikali Mauza", which is a part of historical ‘Habraghat Pargana.’ The college is located under Dhupdhara part II at a distance of 0.75 km from the small market township Dhupdhara and NH 37. The pang of establishing the college was shouldered by the villagers and first meeting was held on 30 November 1974 under the presidentship of late Upendra Naryan Sarania wherein Anandi bala Rabha , the then MLA was nominated as president and Ismail Ali as Vice- president. The college was brought under deficit grant- in- aid system in 1992. As per suggestion and recommendation of the first NAAC peer team visit in 2004, Commerce stream was started and at present the stream is full fledged with Major courses in Accountancy, Finance and Management attracting students from neighboring areas and even from far flung places like West Garo Hills in Meghalaya. Of late, the college has also initiated Science education in + 2 level as there is emerging need for such education in the locality.

Departments

Arts

* Assamese * English * Education * History * Political Science

Commerce

* Finance * Accounting * Management

Science

* Mathematics * Statistics * Physics * Zoology * Botany * Chemistry

Accreditation

In 2016 the college has been awarded 'B' grade by

National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a government organisation in India that assesses and accredits Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is an autonomous body funded by the University Grants Commission and headquarte ...

. The college is also recognised by

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Stream

The institution offers arts, commerce, science courses at the Higher Secondary Level and major in almost all the subjects have been introduced at Under Graduate level. P.G. course in Assamese and Geography has been successfully introduced along with career oriented programmers.

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Assam Colleges affiliated to Gauhati University Colleges in Assam Educational institutions established in 1982 1982 establishments in Assam Goalpara district