Darrang College

Darrang College
	College gate (Front)
Motto	Be a Jewel Among Men
Type	Educational Institution
Established	1945; 80 years ago
Parent institution	Gauhati University
Chairperson	Principal
Principal	Dr. Palashmoni Saikia
Academic staff	121
Location	Tezpur, Assam, 784001, India
Campus	suburban
Affiliations	Gauhati University
Website	darrangcollege.ac.in
	Location in Assam Darrang College (India)

26°38′12″N 92°47′49″E / 26.63667°N 92.79694°E / 26.63667; 92.79694

Darrang College also known as Nalanda of the North Bank, is a college in Tezpur Municipality of Assam, a state of India. The college provides Bachelor's Degrees in Arts, Commerce & Science from Gauhati University, to which it is affiliated.^[1]^[2]

History

Darrang College was established in July 1945, with 8 teachers, and 112 students on the roll. Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy, a "veteran freedom fighter and trade union leader",^[3] was the founding principal. Initially, classes were held at a bungalow of Arnaldo Duchi, an Italian who sold the property to the college. Subsequently, for nearly two years, the college moved to the American Base Hospital campus at Mission Chariali, then to the Dak Bungalow. It adopted the present site in October 1951. The Dalai Lama visited in 1959, followed by Smt. Indira Gandhi in 1963.

List of Principals(1945 till date)

Sr.No.	Principal	Term Starts
1.	Professor Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy	1945
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3.

Academics

Darrang College offers the following courses:

Two Year Higher Secondary Course in Science, Arts and Commerce under Assam Higher Secondary Education Council.
Three Year Degree Course in Science, Arts and Commerce under Gauhati University, Assam.
Master's degree in Assamese, Zoology, Botany under Gauhati University.
B.Sc. in Biotechnology.
BCA from Gauhati University.
Distance Education in Institute of Distance and Open learning of Gauhati University (IDOL).
Master's degree, Degree, Diploma, and Certificate Courses under Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
Certificate Course in Computer Application.
Certificate Course in Conservation Ecology in association with WWF of India.
Vocational Courses.
PGDCA, BCA from IDOL, Gauhati University.
Course on Human Rights.

Notable alumni

Sr.No.	Name	Student/Faculty	Notability	Awards	Affiliation
1.	Swarnaprabha Mahanta	Student(1st Batch)	Swarnaprabha Mahanta, 1st female student of 1st batch of students. Former Cabinet minister in Sarat Chandra Sinha Ministry and MLA from Sootea Assembly constituency.
1.	Swarnaprabha Mahanta	Student(1st Batch)
2.	Professor Dipak C. Jain	Student	Professor Dipak C. Jain, former Director (Dean) of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and INSEAD Chaired Professor of Marketing.	Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
3.	Tanka Bahadur Rai	Student	Tanka Bahadur Rai, former Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly and Cabinet Minister in Third Tarun Gogoi Ministry
4.	Basanta Das	Student	Basanta Das, former Cabinet minister in Third Tarun Gogoi Ministry and three time MLA of Mangaldoi Assembly constituency.		Department of Political Science
5.	Brindaban Goswami	Student	Brindaban Goswami, former Education Minister of Assam in First Mahanta Ministry and five time former MLA from Tezpur Assembly constituency.
6.	Professor Baneswar Saikia	Student	Baneswar Saikia, is a former lawyer, a retired professor of Anandaram Dhekial Phookan College of Nagaon, the first Head and the founder of the Department of Economicsof the same college, a politician, a Marxist economics, a writer and a Social worker. He is also a former General Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India and former MLA of Batadroba Assembly constituency		Department of Economics
7.	Birendra Prasad Baishya	Student and Professor	Birendra Prasad Baishya, MP from Rajya Sabha and former Union Cabinet Minister in Deve Gowda ministry and Gujral ministry.He is also the President of Indian Weightlifting Federation.
8.	Rajen Borthakur	Student	Rajen Borthakur, former MLA from Tezpur and Rangapara assembly constituencies
9.	Sheela Borthakur	Student	Sheela Borthakur, Padma Shri award winner was an Indian social worker, littérateur and the founder president of the Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samity (SALSS), a non governmental organization working in the socio-cultural and literary milieu of Assam.	Padma Shri
10.	Chetana Das	Student	Chetana Das is an Indian comedian and actress from Assam. She is popular face in Assamese cinema for her comic roles. She is the comedy queen of Assamese film industry.
11.	Purabi Bormudoi	Student	Purabi Bormudoi, was an Indian writer in the Assamese language, known for her social and periodical novels and short stories.She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the Assamese language in 2007 for her novel Shantanukulanandan, a saga of the mighty Brahmaputra River.	Sahitya Akademi Award Assam Valley Literary Award	Department of History
12.	Bizit Saikia^[4]	Student	Bizit Saikia, former Industries Minister of Assam in Second Saikia Ministry and Barman Ministry
13.	Praneshwar Basumatary	Student	Praneshwar Basumatary, former MLA from Sootea Assembly constituency.
14.	Rubul Sharma ^[5]	Student	Rubul Sharma, Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Assam State Committee.
15.	Professor Jiban Bora^[6]	Professor/Vice Principal	ProfessorJiban Bora,former MLA from Tezpur,Ward Commissioner of Tezpur Municipal Board,forner Vice Principal of Darrang College founder Principal of Tezpur Law College and Head of Political Science Department,Darrang College.		Department of Political Science
16.	Professor Amalendu Guha	Professor	Professor Amalendu Guha,Marxist historian, poet and a littérateur from Assam.He started his teaching career at Darrang College, Tezpur, and also taught at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics,Pune, and thereafter at Delhi School of Economics.		Department of Economics
17.	Professor Dr.Bipinpal Das	Professor/Principal	Professor Dr. Bipinpal Das, former Principal and Deputy Foreign Minister of India in Second Indira Gandhi ministry.
18.	Professor Dr. Joy Shankar Hazarika	Student and Professor/Principal	Dr. Joy Shankar Hazarika was the longest serving Principal of Darrang from 2006-2021.He is a Ward Commissioner in Tezpur Municipal Board.
19.	Bibek Das^[7]	Student	Bibek Das is the Assam State General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation.
20.	Atanu Bhuyan	Student	Atanu Bhuyan is a Journalist,TV Anchor
21.	Nitumoni Saikia	Student	Nitumoni Saikia is a Journalist and TV Anchor.
22.	Paresh Nath	Student	Paresh Nath is the current Convenor of Assam State Janata Dal (United).
23.	Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari	Student	Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari (born 29 October 1954) is the Incumbent Chairperson of Punjab State Human Rights Commission and former Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
24.	Rai Bahadur Padmanath Gohain Baruah	President	Padmanath Gohain Baruah (Assamese: পদ্মনাথ গোহাঞি বৰুৱা; 1871–1946) was the first president of Asam Sahitya Sabha and a prominent name in the early part of modern Assamese literature. He was a novelist, poet, dramatist of excellence, analyst and a thought provoking writer.He was the 1st Ahom MLC in Assam Legislative Council and the 1st Non-European Chairman of Tezpur Municipal Board.He was the 1st President of Darrang College.	Rai Bahadur
25.	Professor Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy	Professor/Principal	Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy was the 1st Principal of Darrang College and 1st Head of English Department.He was a former Finance Minister of Assam from 1957-1962.He was also a member of 1st Lok Sabha and MLA of Biswanath Assembly constituency.		Department of English
26.	Ranjit Dutta	Student	Ranjit Dutta (born 24 January 1957) is a Member of Parliament from Sonitpur Lok Sabha constituency. He was previously a member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Behali constituency.He was a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government from 2016 to 2021.		Pre-University(Higher Secondary)
27.	Prafulla Goswami ^[8]	Student	Prafulla Goswami was a 2 time former Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Barchalla Assembly constituency.
28.	Biswadev Sarma	Student	Biswadev Sarma was a 4 time Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Tezpur North Assembly Constituency(1952-1957) & Balipara Assembly Constituency(1957-1972).

Faculty

Sr.No.	Name	Portrait
1.	Amalendu Guha
1.	Amalendu Guha		2.	Jiban Bora

References

^ "Academic | Darrang College". darrangcollege.ac.in. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "Affiliated Colleges". Gauhati University. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ Tripathi, Kamlesh; Big Things Have Small Beginnings, Shravan Charity Mission
^ Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Veteran politician Bijit Saikia no more". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 27 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ PTI (15 October 2020). "CPI, CPI(ML) join hands with Congress to contest Assam Assembly polls unitedly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (13 February 2015). "Prof. Jiban Bora: A Tribute". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 27 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (19 March 2021). "Bibek Das from Behali: Early Life, Controversy & Political Career". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 23 May 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Former MLA Prafulla Goswami passes away". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 27 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

[1] "Academic | Darrang College". darrangcollege.ac.in. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[2] "Affiliated Colleges". Gauhati University. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

[3] Tripathi, Kamlesh; Big Things Have Small Beginnings, Shravan Charity Mission

[4] Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Veteran politician Bijit Saikia no more". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 27 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[5] PTI (15 October 2020). "CPI, CPI(ML) join hands with Congress to contest Assam Assembly polls unitedly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[6] Desk, Sentinel Digital (13 February 2015). "Prof. Jiban Bora: A Tribute". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 27 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[7] Desk, Sentinel Digital (19 March 2021). "Bibek Das from Behali: Early Life, Controversy & Political Career". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 23 May 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[8] Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Former MLA Prafulla Goswami passes away". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 27 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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