Majuli College is based at Kamalabari in

Majuli Mājuli or Majuli () is a river island in the Brahmaputra River, Assam and in 2016 it became the first island to be made a district in India. It had an area of at the beginning of the 20th century, but having lost significantly to erosion it c ...

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 ...

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. It was founded in 1962, and is affiliated to AHSEC and

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 ...

besides being recognized by the

University Grants Commission of India University Grants Commission (UGC) is a statutory body set up by the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (India), Ministry of Education, Government of India in accordan ...

(UGC). The college is located on a fortified campus surrounded by a few Vaishnavite monasteries called

satras Satras are institutional centers associated with the Ekasarana tradition of Vaishnavism, largely found in the Indian state of Assam and neighboring regions. Numbering in the hundreds, these centers are generally independent of each other and ...

and lush-green paddy fields. Majuli college

Courses

The college offers Higher Secondary, Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. It periodically organizes career counselling sessions, symposia and popular and motivational talks, and has started job-oriented multi-utility diploma and certificate courses designed to help students build careers. The college also facilitates undergraduate and postgraduate education through

distance learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

with

Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University is a state university in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was founded in 2006. History The university was established by the Assam Legislative Assembly by Act XXXVII of 2005 in 2005. The Act received the a ...

(KKHSOU) and

. ; Higher Secondary Programme * Arts * Science ; Bachelor Programme * Bachelor of Arts * Bachelor of Science ; Masters Programme * Postgraduate courses under the Distance Education Scheme of Dibrugarh University in

Assamese language Assamese (), also Asamiya ( ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-east Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language, and it serves as a ''lingua franca'' of the wider region. The easternmost Indo-Iranian language, ...

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and

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Library

The college provides digital classroom and library facilities to students. In the year 2012, The library was renamed after the first principal of this college as "SHIKSHA RATNA ATUL CHANDRA GOSWAMI LIBRARY".''Library of majuli college''
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Notable alumni

Tarun Chandra Pamegam Tarun Chandra Pamegam (16 August 1924 – 30 August 1983) was an Assamese writer. He wrote in Assamese language and Mising language. He was the vice-president of Asom Sahitya Sabha in 1975. Works Pamegam is known for several works. ''Xetu'' ...

, former vice president of

Asam Sahitya Sabha The Asam Sahitya Sabha (; Literary Society of Assam) is a non Government, non profit, literary organisation of Assam. It was founded in December 1917 in Assam, India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. A branch of the organi ...

College Magazine

The college has published an annual magazine, "Majulian", formerly the "Majuli College Magazine", since 1965.

References

External links

Golden jubilee of Majuli College - The Assam Tribune Online
{{Dibrugarh University Universities and colleges in Assam Majuli Colleges affiliated to Dibrugarh University Educational institutions established in 1962 1962 establishments in Assam