Tezpur University
Tezpur University is a Central University located in Tezpur in the North-Eastern state of Assam, India, established by an act of Parliament, in 1994.
History
The establishment of Tezpur University is considered to be one of the outcomes of the Assam Accord, along with the establishment of Assam University and IIT Guwahati.Tezpur University was established, by an Act of Parliament, in 1994. The then prime minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao, chaired the opening of the university. It has its jurisdiction over whole of the state of Assam.
Initially, the university operated from the premises of the Darrang College, in Tezpur. For a while, it also operated from the Tezpur [Law College] premises. Land was acquired at Napaam, a suburb, which is about east of Tezpur, area totalling. A few months later, the premises of the university was shifted to the present permanent location.
Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rava donated an ancestral estate of 2500 bigha of land received from the British government in favour of the peasants. The present-day Tezpur University stands on the land donated by him. Recently, in 2013, the university acquired an additional plot of land, extending the current plot.
Campus
The university campus is at Napaam about 15 km east of Tezpur, the headquarters of the Sonitpur district of Assam. Napaam is an urban area surrounded by people of diverse caste, religion and language. The Napaam campus is on of land, bounded by pucca walls. Napaam is linked by a PWD road from the National Highway No. 37A at almost the midpoint between the Kalia-Bhomora bridge and Misson Chariali. Tezpur is linked by road and rail with the rest of the state and the country. There is a tri-weekly flight between Kolkata, Guwahati and Tezpur.Accommodation
There are provisions for visitors to stay in the university guest house. Students may choose to stay in any of the men's or women's hostels. The university is primarily a residential university.The university has eight men's hostels :
- Brahmaputra Boys’ Hostel: is a boys’ residential hostel named after the mighty Brahmaputra River. The facility is currently inoperational.
- Charaideo Men's Hostel: Named after the burial land of Ahom kings in Sivasagar, Assam.
- Nilachal Men's Hostel: Named after the Nilachal Hill in Guwahati
- Kanchenjungha Men's Hostel: Named after Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.
- Patkai Men's Hostel: Named after the Patkai-Bum, the Khasi-Jaintia-Garo, and the Lushai hills mountain range in the eastern Himalayas.
- Saraighat C. V. Raman Men's Hostel: Named after the Saraighat Bridge at Guwahati and the famous Indian physicist and Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman.
- Transit Men's Hostel I
- Transit Men's Hostel II
- Lachit Borphukan Boys' Hostel: Named after the legendary Ahom general Lachit Borphukan, who achieved a decisive victory against the Mughal forces at the Battle of Saraighat.
- Bordoichilla Women's hostel: Named after the seasonal storm that occurs in Assam every spring, before and after the festival of Bihu.
- Dhansiri Women's hostel: Named after the river Dhansiri
- Pragjyotika Women's Hostel: Named after Pragjyotishpur, the name of the capital city of historical Kamrup kingdom.
- Subansiri Women’s Hostel: Named after the river Subansiri
- Kopili Women's Hostel: Named after the river Kopili
- Pobitora Madam Curie Women's Hostel: Named after the Pobitara Wildlife Sanctuary and the physicist Marie Curie.
- Jiri Women's Hostel: Named after the river Jiri
- Transit Women's Hostel
- Kanaklata Barua Girls' Hostel: Named after the Assamese freedom fighter Kanaklata Baruah
Communications
, the chief mode of public transport in and around Tezpur, runs between Tezpur University and Tezpur city. There is an ASTC bus utility between the university and the ASTC bus stand located at the heart of Tezpur city near the State Bank of India. ASTC and private buses run daily between Tezpur and some other major places like Guwahati, Bongaigaon, North Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, etc. 20-seater cabs ply between Tezpur and Paltan Bazaar, Guwahati. Dekargaon Railway Station offers a link between Tezpur and to other parts of Assam. Travelers can also opt for flying to and from Tezpur where the nearest airport - Tezpur Airport provides air link with Guwahati Kolkata and Silchar. For other destinations, the nearest airport is the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Guwahati.Organisation and administration
Schools and departments
The university has five schools of studies which are divided into 27 departments and additional centers and cells.- School of Sciences
- School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- School of Management Sciences
- School of Engineering
- School for Multidisciplinary Studies
- Department of Chemical Sciences
- Department of Environmental Science
- Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Department of Physics
- Department of Assamese
- Department of Cultural Studies
- Department of Education
- Department of English
- Department of Foreign Languages
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Law
- Department of Linguistics and Language Technology
- Department of Mass Communication and Journalism
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Commerce
- Centre for Disaster Management
- Department of Applied Sciences
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering
- Department of Design
- Department of Energy
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Food Engineering and Technology
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Special centres and cells
; Centres- Centre for Endangered Languages
- Centre for Inclusive Development
- Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship
- Centre for Multidisciplinary Research
- Teaching and Learning Centre
- Technology Enabling Centre
- Centre for Women Studies
- Research & Development Cell
- Intellectual Property Rights Cell
- DBT Nodal Centre
- ONGC Centre for Petroleum Biotechnology
- Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility
- Institutional Biotech Hub
- Internal Quality Assurance Cell