Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College ( Assamese: জাঁজী হেমনাথ শৰ্মা মহাবিদ্যালয়) is a college situated at Jhanji, Sivasagar, Assam, India. It was founded on 25 July 1964. The college is affiliated to

Dibrugarh University Dibrugarh University is a collegiate public state university in the Indian state of Assam. It is located at Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was set up in 1965 under the provisions of the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965 enacted by the Assam Legislat ...

and recognized by University Grants Commission.

History

Jhanji HNS College was established on 25 July 1964. Some of the educated people of Jhanji tried to establish an institute of higher education at the rural area. One of them is Hemnath Sarma. Initially the name of the college was Jhanji College. It was inaugurated by the great scholar, linguist Jogiraj Basu. Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College was established with the sole objective of bringing quality and higher education on the doorsteps of the economically backward agricultural belt of

Jhanji Jhanji is a small semi-rural area situated in Sivasagar and Jorhat districts. The river Jhanji River divides these two districts. History The river Jhanji is famous from the time of Ahom kingdom in Assam. It physically divides Jorhat and ...

. Maintenance of discipline in all spheres of activity has been the primary objective of the college since its inception. Holding of regular classes throughout the academic session is one important aspect in this regard.

Departments

The college has the following humanities departments: Assamese,

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

, English,

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

, Philosophy,

Geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, an ...

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

, and the

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

stream.

Facilities

The college's infrastructure is modern with all well-equipped facilities. * Hostel Facilities: The college has two on-campus hostel facility for girls and boys. It is run under the supervision of a hostel superintendent. *Laboratory Facilities: The college has a well-equipped computer Internet centre with short-term computer courses for the benefit of the students under the guidance of trained personnel. *Library: The library has more than 17,000 books related to the academic subjects and a wide range of national journals, newspapers, and periodicals. *Classroom Facilities: All the classrooms of the college are well furnished with modern facilities. *Canteen: One broad canteen with good and hygienic foods in a very scientific environment with comfortable seating.

Uniform

Boys wear white shirts and blue pants. Girls wear red blouses, muga mekhela, red chadar with white border or white chalwar and kurta and red dupatta.

Courses

The college offers: * Two-year higher secondary course, Arts and Commerce (under AHSEC) * B.A. and B.Com. semester system (Dibrugarh University) * Computer courses * Postgraduate courses

Publications

*The college publishes the annual magazine ABHIJATRI. *SWARNASMRITI was published as a golden jubilee special magazine in 2014. *YATRA is published annually edited by the teachers. * AVAGUNTHAN, a book on women related issues (ISBN No-978-93-82030-75-1) was published on 31 May 2014 *KALLOLINI was published by the Girls' Hostel as a golden jubilee special magazine. *UTTARAN a collection of articles of the ISHAN UDAY SCHOLARSHIP holders of the college.

Notable alumni

*Late Lalit Chandra Rajkhowa, former transport minister,

Government of Assam The Government of Assam is the subnational government of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi. The head of government is the Chief Minister, ...

*Shyamkanu Mahanta, IAS *Debeswar Borah, ACS * Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, Indian journalist and editor of the Prag News and Rajya Sabha MP from Assam State.

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Assam Universities and colleges in Assam Sivasagar district Educational institutions established in 1964 1964 establishments in Assam

Dibrugarh Dibrugarh (pron: ˌdɪbru:ˈgɑ:) is an industrial city in Upper Assam with sprawling tea gardens. It is located 435 kms East from the state capital of Dispur. It serves as the headquarters of Dibrugarh district in the state of Assam i ...