Bilasipara College, Bilasipara

Bilasipara

Bilasipara is a town and a town area committee in Dhubri district in the state of Assam, India.-Geography:Bilasipara is located at . It has an average elevation of 26 metres .-Demographics:...

 in Dhubri district of Assam

Assam

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, was established in 1960 with the objective of imparting higher education

Higher education

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 to the young people of the rural

Rural

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 and economically backward western Assam. It is the second oldest college

College

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 in Dhubri district

Dhubri District

Dhubri District is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Dhubri town which is situated at ~290 km from Guwahati, the state capital. This was also the headquarters of erstwhile Goalpara district which was created in 1876 by the...

. It is now under Deficit Grant-in-Aid system of the government of Assam. At present 16 departments are operating with a staff strength of 77. It is affiliated to Gauhati University

Gauhati University

Gauhati University, the first university of North East India, is in the Jalukbari area in the western part Guwahati city, Assam, India. It was established in 1948. It is a four-star rated university by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It has 183 affiliated colleges.- Campus :The...

, Guwahati

Guwahati

Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...

 and recognized by University Grants Commission

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 under 2f and 12B. The NAAC

National Assessment and Accreditation Council

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 accredited the college with a B grade in 2004.

Campus

The college campus area is 13.4 acres (54,227.9 m²), out of which the college buildings occupy only 1.25 acres (5,058.6 m²) of land. The remaining land is being developed. There are no hostel facilities. A few basic facilities in the field of games and sports are available. There is a yoga

Yoga

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 center and a temporary canteen on the college premises.

Management

The college is governed by the governing body constituted under Assam non-government college management rule 2000 as amended in 2001 with the principal as its ex-officio secretary. The principal with the cooperation of the vice principal/heads of department (HODs)/teachers manages the academic and administrative affairs of the college. All the faculty appointments are made strictly according to Assam government rules and UGC guidelines. The students are enrolled on the basis of merit. Currently around 900 students are in undergraduate courses. The college maintains good number of teaching days; in 2003–2004 it was 179.

Equal opportunity

The establishment of the Bilasipara college opened an equal opportunity to the students of western Assam who aspired higher social status through merit. The college does not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender

Gender

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, language

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, religion

Religion

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, caste

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, culture

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 and physical disabilities.

Departments

At present the college imparts degrees

Academic degree

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 (BA and BSc) and certificates (HSSLC) in the science

Science

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 and arts

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 streams. The college has provision for major (honours) course of study in English

English language

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, Assamese

Assamese language

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, Bengali

Bengali language

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, Political science

Political science

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, Economics

Economics

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, Education

Education

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, History

History

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, Philosophy

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, Mathematics

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 in the arts streams. In the science stream, Mathematics

Mathematics

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, Physics

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, Chemistry

Chemistry

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, Zoology

Zoology

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 and Botany

Botany

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 are the major subjects.

The curricular is in accordance with syllabi prescribed by Gauhati University

Gauhati University

Gauhati University, the first university of North East India, is in the Jalukbari area in the western part Guwahati city, Assam, India. It was established in 1948. It is a four-star rated university by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It has 183 affiliated colleges.- Campus :The...

. The college will offer in near future some job-oriented courses like BCA, BSc IT, Biotechnology, Industrial fish and fishery, Industrial chemistry, Mass communication and Journalism, Communicative English, Linguistic, etc.

Teaching staff, education department

• Angira Mazumdar, HOD
• Bhanu Goshami
• Bishinu Pado Roy
• Hasanur Rahman

Library

The college library

Library

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 possesses 11,482 books with some rare valuable collections and has a well-furnished reading room. The working hours of the library is from 10 am to 4 pm IST. There is no central computer facility in the college, but in library there are some computer facilities.

Alumni

The college has an alumni association, which assists the college authority in development works by extending money, materials, suggestions for improvement.