Welcome to Namrup College,
one of the premier institutions of higher education in the eastern
most part of Assam. The college was established in 1973 to cater
to the needs of higher education of the entire industrial township
as well the neighboring tea gardens and village. The college
endeavors to create congenial educational environment and
encourages the students for quality improvement, handwork, social
awareness and protection of environment. Namrup,
which grew up as an industrial township in the middle of the
twentieth century has historical importance too. This is he second
place, in which the legendary Ahom king Syu-Ka-Pha landed when he
entered the Brahmaputra Valley in 1228 A.D. after crossing the
Patkai Mountain Ranges. The word Namrup comes from the Tai word
"Nam-ruk" ('Nam=Water, Ruk =six') meaning a place surrounded by
six streams. The streams are
Kakojan, Labankulajan, Naharpungjan,
Abhayapurjan, Hapjan and Disang. This was the place where
political conspirators were deported by the Ahom kings.
The college is located near the industrial township of Namrup
which has four industrial establishments, viz. Brahmaputra Valley
Fertilizer Corporation Limited, Assam Petrochemicals Ltd, Namrup
Thermal Power Station and the Jeypore Colliery. This township is
surrounded by a large number of tea gardens and villages. The
college is situated at a distance of seventy kilometers from
Dibrugarh Airport, three kilometers from Namrup Railway Station
and two and half kilometers from the public and ASTC Bus Station.
The College was started with the faculties of Arts and Science. It
was affiliated to Dibrugarh University in September 1979. The Arts
stream came under Deficit Grants-in-aid system in 1986; and the
science stream came under the same in 1992. After a prolonged
struggle, it qualified itself for inclusion under section 2(f) of
the UGC Act, 1956 on 14th Feb, 1997 and section 12(B) of the same
Act on 4th April, 2000. The college has evolved
to a full fledged institution with facilities for major in almost
all the subjects. It has made a mark in its history when it got
itself duly assessed and accredited by NAAC in January 2004.
In keeping with the educational scenario of the times and as
proposed by UGC, it has ventured to open few short term
certificate courses like Computer Application, Management of
Repairing of Electronics and Electrical Appliances, Beauty Culture
and Saloon Management, Mushroom Cultivation, Horticulture, Yoga,
Fishery Management etc. so that students will be able to equip
themselves with add-on-degree along with conventional degree and
thereby achieve self-sufficiency to meet the present day
challenges of employment. |