Debraj Roy College

Debraj Roy College, Golaghat

Façade of the administrative block of D.R.
Motto	Education gives Humility
Type	Public
Established	1949; 77 years ago (1949)
Affiliations	Primary: Dibrugarh University Others: •Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) •National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) •Krishnakanta Handique State Open University (KKHSOU) •University Grants Commission (India) – UGC •Assam College Teachers' Association (ACTA)
Principal	Dr. Jayanta Barukial
Academic staff	60+
Students	2500+
Location	Circuit House Road , Golaghat , India
Campus	Urban
Colours	White & Navy blue
Website	Official website

Debraj Roy College (informally known as D. R. College) is an autonomous college and a leading public institution of higher education established in 1949 at Jonaki Nagar in Golaghat. Affiliated to Dibrugarh University, the college has 15 departments running Higher Secondary and Undergraduate programmes both in Science and Arts. The college has a current enrollment of more than 2500 students. The college was ranked 4th among the colleges of Assam by Career360 in 2016.

Academics

Besides higher secondary classes for both arts and science streams, the college offers option for studies at undergraduate level FYUGP in both arts and science streams. Post-graduate studies have been introduced in 10 departments of the college from the academic year 2024-25. The college also has the provision for Doctoral Research in Life Sciences under faculty research supervisors of the college under Dibrugarh University.

Departments

There are 15 academic departments in the college which offer both major and core courses in science as well as arts streams. The academic departments of the college are:

Life Sciences (Postgraduate), English, Assamese, Political Science, History, Education, Economics, Philosophy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Zoology, Botany, Statistics, Biotechnology, and Computer Science.

Recognition and accreditation

Debraj Roy College is recognised under 2f and 12b sections of the UGC Act 1956 and has been accredited with A grade by NAAC for its third cycle of assessment in 2023. It was also declared by UGC as a "College with Potential for Excellence" in the year 2010 and for a second term in 2014. The college was conferred Autonomous Status by the UGC on 24 April 2024.

Footnotes

External links

• The Official Website of Debraj Roy College