- Assam University
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Assam University 
Established 1994 Type Public Chancellor M. S. Swaminathan[1] Vice-Chancellor Tapodhir Bhattacharjee Location Silchar, Assam, India Campus Urban Affiliations UGC Website www.assamuniversity.nic.in Assam University is a teaching-cum-affiliating university. The university has nine schools which offer Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Information Sciences, Technology and Management Studies. There are 29 departments under these nine schools. The five districts under the jurisdiction of Assam University have 51 undergraduate colleges.[2] Drawing its faculty from many disciplines, from all over the country, the university sustains a multidisciplinary approach to higher education.
The campus, in an area of 600 acres (2.4 km2), is in Durgakona, about 20 km from Silchar. The university is in South Assam, bordering Bangladesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Maghalaya, and Nagaland.
Schools and departments
The major teaching schools of the university along with the departments under them are:[3]
- School of Environmental Science
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
- School of Humanities
- Department of Education
- Department of Fine Arts
- Department of Philosophy
- School of Information Sciences
- Department of Mass Communication
- School of Life Sciences
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Life Science
- School of Management Studies
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Commerce
- School of Physical Sciences
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- School of Languages
- Department of Arabic
- Department of Bengali
- Department of English
- Department of Foreign Languages
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Manipuri
- Department of Sanskrit
- School of Social Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of History
- Department of Law
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Sociology
- School of Technology
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
Facilities
- Hostels: Hostel facilities for the students or research scholars are available in one Gents' Hostel and one Ladies' Hostel. Apart from these, privately run hostels are available in the nearby Irongmara and Dwarbond areas.[4]
- Computer Centre: One Computer Centre on the campus is available for students and the academic community.
- Transport: Two buses ply between Silchar and the campus (about 20 km from the town) daily to bring the students from Silchar town and return them. Besides this, chartered buses for staff serve Silchar and the campus.
- Major scientific equipment: With one-time assistance from the UGC and funds from other agencies like DST, DAE and CSIR, the science departments have procured the following state-of-the-art instruments:[5]
- Department of Physics: LCR meter (HP 4263), Meade computerised 16" telescope, FTIR spectometer
- Department of Chemistry: UV-VIS spectrometer, polarizing microscopy, Pyris 1 DSC system.
- Department of Ecology & Environmental Science: OXi Top BOD determination system, laser leaf area meter, Anderson sampler.
- Department of Life Science: Leica-Leitz trinocular phase contrast microscope, CO2 incubator, PCR system, growth chamber.
- Library: Assam University Central Library has a holding of 52,557 books. The library subscribes to 13 foreign and 186 Indian journals, 16 newspapers, and 12 popular magazines. Assam University Library was selected by U.G.C. for automation and networking under the INFLIBNET programme in 1998-1999. The library automation is under progress and a database of 25000 books have already been created using SOUL software provided by INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. Besides the Central Library, most of the departments have their own library for ready reference by the students.[6]
References
Universities in Assam Assam Agricultural University · Assam University · Dibrugarh University · Gauhati University · Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University · Tezpur UniversityAssam University General Colleges Gurucharan College · Karimganj College · S.S. College · Cachar College · Halflong Government College · Rabindra Sadan Girls College · Women's College, Silchar · Diphu Government College · Ramkrishna Nagar College · Janata College · Lala Rural College · Nehru College · Nabin Chandra College · Radhamadhab College · M.C.D. College · West Silchar CollegeProfessional Colleges Silchar Medical College · A.K. Chanda Law College · Teachers' Training College · Diphu Law College · Silchar College of EducationFormerly affiliated institutions
Categories:- Universities and colleges in Assam
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