Dibrugarh University, the easternmost University in India, was established in 1965 consequent upon the provisions of the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965, enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is a leading research and innovation driven University that acts as a spatial slot to configure the socio-cultural dynamics of North East India.The University encourages myriad enterprises that harbour on a constellation of thinking, theorizing, and reflection.
Dibrugarh University is one of the
educational centres of excellence, seeking to amalgamate
multi-disciplinary fields with numerous theoretical perspectives, the
realm of cultural diversity with the praxis of knowledge, and
region-specific issues with a global horizon. The University has a
prolific and productive industrial academia interface. With its strong
global links in teaching and research programmes, the University offers
dynamic educational experiences that prepare the next generation to lead
and make a difference and thus contribute to the society at large. The
University hosts 177 affiliated colleges and institutes that spread over
nine districts of Assam. Dibrugarh University is a member of the
Association of Indian Universities and is recognised by all the
universities in India and abroad.
It is situated at Rajabheta, five
kilometres to the South of the Dibrugarh town and well connected by
road, rails, air and waterways. The University has a vast sprawling
campus (550 acres) set in bucolic and idyllic surroundings. Dibrugarh,
which is one of the commercial and industrial hubs of North East India,
also occupies a unique place in the field of art, literature and
culture. It is internationally known as a rich tea producing district,
and is also on the global map for its rich reserve of minerals like
coal, oil and natural gas. Its diverse flora and fauna make it an
exciting region from the environmental and ecological point of view.The
various people who inhabit this district present a polychromatic ethnic
mosaic and make it a very attractive destination for academia all over
the globe.
