Nowgong College is an autonomous college affiliated to

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a 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 Assembly. It is the oldest ...

. Established in 1944, it is one of the oldest co-educational colleges of

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, situated in the city of

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. It was initially established with the permission of the

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but later, in 1948, the college was accorded affiliation to the

. On 22nd December 2020, the college was granted autonomy by the University Grants Commission for a period of 10 years.

History

Established in 1944, with the permission of

, Nowgong College was the first higher educational institution of Central Assam, one of the oldest in

and the entire

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. It was founded with the efforts of Jananeta Motiram Bora, the Founder President of the Governing Body of the College, who was the Chairman of the Nowgong Local Board at that time. After being elected as the MLA from the Nowgong (South East) LAC in

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from the

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, Bora served as the Minister of Land and Revenue in Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi's

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, and played an active role in procuring land, building infrastructure and arranging funds for the College; he helped in acquiring the Government Dak Bungalow and the construction of Bordoloi Bhavan, the first building that came up in the present exclusive campus of Nowgong College. The other founding fathers of Nowgong College include social worker Brindaban Goswami, Purna Chandra Sarmah, Pratap Chandra Sarmah, Mohi Chandra Borah, Haladhar Bhuyan, Bimala Kanta Borah, Dr. Lalit Baruah, Yog Singh Chetry, Priya Ranjan Sengupta and Priyanath Sen; they were the first financiers and policymakers of the College. Sahityacharya Jajneswar Sarma, initially a Professor of

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, was the first Principal of Nowgong College; he was a scholar of

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, Assamese and

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literature, who later served as the President of the

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. On 7th August 1944, at 6 pm, Nowgong College, with a faculty strength of 7 teachers, officially began its first class with 7 students in a classroom of the Dawson High School. The College Administration later came to possess the hostels of the Nowgong Government High School, on lease, from the Govt. of Assam. After Motiram Bora, Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan, a renowned historian and litterateur, served as the President of the Governing Body of the College; he and Principal Sarma, together, laid down the academic foundation of the College. Nowgong College was accorded affiliation to the newly-established

in 1948, during the Vice Chancellorship of

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Courses offered

Under-Graduate Courses # Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honors in Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Economics, Education, English, Geography, Hindi, History, Philosophy, Political Science and Sanskrit. # Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) # Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) with Honors in Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology. # Bachelor of Vocational Education (B.Voc.) in Travel & Tourism Management and Medical Lab Technology. Post-Graduate Courses # Master of Arts (M.A.) in Assamese, Education, English, History and Philosophy. # Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Botany, Chemistry and Zoology.

Departments

Arts

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* Assamese * Bengali *

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* English *

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Science

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Commerce

Students' Union

The Nowgong College Students' Union (NCSU) was established in 1970. Anil Sharma served as the first General Secretary of the Union.

Current Executive Members

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: Angarag Sandilya General Secretary: Niranjan Borah Assistant General Secretary: Tusa Ranjan Bora Secretary, Debate & Symposium Section: Anindita Roy Secretary, Literary Section: Atlanta Goswami Secretary, Games & Sports Section: Rajjeet Das Assistant Secretary, Games & Sports Section: Bhargab Bhusan Bora Secretary, Cultural Section: Shruti Bharadwaz Secretary, Music Section: Angshuman Goswami Secretary, Fine Arts Section: Partha Pratim Bharali Secretary, Social Services Section: Bhanjyoti Gayan Secretary, Student Welfare Section: Bhargabi Borah Secretary, Boys' Common Room: Debashish Roy Secretary, Girls' Common Room: Sabana Siddika Khanam

References

External links

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