Assamese department was started with the establishment of the college in 1961 and Sri Nabin Sharma, Assistant Teacher of Haflong Govt boys School joined as a part time lecturer and later on Sri Tarun Khakhlari was appointed as the first Head of the department. Sri Nagen Thakur, Sri Birendra Nath Barpujari, Sri Dharanidhar Roi are amongst the founder lecturers of the department. Initially there were four posts in this subject but during 90 th decade, the Higher Education Department, Government of Assam had withdrawn two posts and transferred to Cotton College. Out of the remaining two posts, one is attached at the NCERT,guwahati.
Courses offered :
HS Course
Three years ( Six Semesters) Degree (CBCS) B.A. General Programme
Three years (Six Semesters )Degree (CBCS) BA Honours Programme
Four years (Eight Semesters) FYUG Programme with Core Minor and Inter Disciplinary Course.
Three months certificate course on reading, writing and speaking Assamese was introduced in the year 2022. The first course from April 2022 to June 2022 and second course from August 2023 to October 2023 were successfully completed.
Faculty Members:
Dr Nilima Borah, Assistant professor
