Assam Down Town University was established through the Assam Down Town University Act, 2010 in the state of

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, India in 2010. The university is located in Panikhaiti,

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, the capital of Assam. The campus is based out of a 42 acres campus overlooking the

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, only 12 km from the Assam State Secretariat, Dispur; the capital complex of the state of Assam. The campus provides over 60+ courses and has a total of over 8000+ students from 10 Indian States as well as

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and also from

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. The university was established by the Down Town Charity Trust, which is promoted by Down Town Hospital Limited.

History

The educational journey of the group had begun way back in 1993 with the establishment of the Down Town School of Nursing, the first private nursing school of North East. In 1997 the group started the paramedical institute, giving diplomas in various allied health streams. Down Town Charity Trust had applied to the Assam Government for granting University status to its education programmes in Panikhaiti in early 2009. As per the provisions of the Assam Private Universities Act. 2007, the trust has successfully achieved a University Status for the educational project at its Panikhaiti Campus, vide Assam Gazette No.LGL.9/2010/11 Dated 29 April 2010, making it the second Private University in the state of Assam. In 2009 the trust started the Down Town College of Allied Sciences, offering around 12 allied health degrees, under

Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS), Guwahati, Assam, India is established in 2009 as per The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Act, 2007. The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences is the onl ...

, Govt. of Assam.

Campus

The Assam Down Town University campus is located in Sankar Madhav Path, Gandhi Nagar, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam India. The university has two seminar rooms and one auditorium equipped with the latest audiovisual for meetings, fatuity presentations and discussions. The seating and its capacity of the Seminar rooms hall are 250 and 300 in Auditoriums. Conferences, seminars, workshops, guest lectures, cultural events are regular features at AdtU. The university also has a huge in-campus amphitheater.

Organisation and administration

Governance

Dr. Narendra Nath Dutta is the Chancellor of Assam Down Town University. Dr. Narayan Chandra Talukdar is the Vice Chancellor of Assam Down Town University. Prof Bandana Dutta is the Dean of Studies of Assam down town University.

Faculties

* Faculty of Paramedical Science * Faculty of

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

* Faculty of

Nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

* Faculty of

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

and

Social Science Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the ...

* Faculty of

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

and

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

* Faculty of

Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

* Faculty of

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

Technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

Academics

Academic programmes

The university offers, multiple bachelor and master program, from engineering to hospitality to allied health sciences to Pharmacy. It has signed a memorandum of understanding with the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) to offer a degree course in hotel management and industrial training.

Recognition and approvals

Assam Down Town University is recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC) and approved by

All India Council for Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 firs ...

(AICTE),

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral Assam Legislature, legislature of the List of states and union territories of India, Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present L ...

Pharmacy Council of India The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is the statutory body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It is constituted under the Pharmacy Act of 1948. The Council was first constituted on 4 March 1948. Montubhai Patel ...

(PCI) and

Indian Nursing Council Indian Nursing Council is a national regulatory body for nurses and nurse education in India. It is an autonomous body under the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, constituted by the Central Government under section 3(1) ...

(INC).

Assam down town University swimming pool

The university is maintaining the SIRO Certificate by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Sports

The campus provides indoor and outdoor facilities for table tennis, pool, volleyball ground, badminton court, cricket ground, football ground, swimming pool, gym, etc. in the premises.

Online courses

Assam Downtown University offers online learning programs for students and teachers. It has signed an MOU with

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References

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