Dear Students, 

On behalf of the Women’s College family, I express my pleasure in welcoming you to this institution. With a new academic year fresh batch of young learners get admitted to the college who keep alive the rich tradition of the institution and become stakeholders in its journey to the future.

The college was founded in 1963 with the noble mission of catering to the growing need of education among the women of the displaced families which were victims of partition of the country. Since then as the first women’s college of South Assam, this institution has remained committed to the cause of education and empowerment of women. Every year fresh batch of young learners strives here for excellence in their chosen fields of study.

The college is fully involved in providing quality education to the students which help them to face challenges to come in today’s competitive academic and professional world. Along with traditional chalk and duster method of teaching, there are new innovations like smart classrooms. Students are encouraged to take part in group activities, interactive sessions, cultural and sports activities, community services through NCC and NSS. Through ‘Green Club’ the message of inculcating environment friendly habits is spread. Women’s College provides vocational educational facilities to enhance opportunities to students coming from different sections of the society.

The college has a well-developed central library with a spacious reading room and free internet facility. There is office staff with helping attitude who extend their… Read More

The history of Women's College is entwined with the history of Women education in undivided Cachar district after independence. Along with the rest of the country, the independence and partition of India brought a dramatic upheaval in political, social and economic life of Barak Valley - a region still not easily accessible. The security and comfort of the agrarian life-style got disturbed and women had to come out to shoulder equal responsibility of earning a living. To acquire both employability and intellectual capability, women needed to be educated and two existing colleges - Gurucharan College (1935) and Cachar College (1960) could not bear the influx of so many aspiring minds. Many intellectuals and social workers of that period thus felt a need to open a college exclusively to cater for the higher education needs of the women.

This feeling was given a shape of a movement by the dedicated effort of Late Dhirendra Mohan Deb who was sincerely supported by eminent persons like N.C. Shyam, Late J.C. Purkayastha, Late Dr. Sudhangshu Nath and others.

The first meeting for organizing the Women's College was held on July 31st, 1963 in the Normal School premises of Silchar and was attended by some twenty-two educationalists, officials, social and political workers. The meeting resolved to start 'Women's College', Silchar from 1st of August, 1963 in the premises of Normal School in morning shift. Late D.C. Dutta was appointed as Principal and teachers of other institutions promised voluntary service to teach the students of this newly founded institution. The year 1963 had put… Read More