Colleges in Assam

Before Indian independence, people from Assam and other North Eastern states had to go to other states for medical education and advanced medical treatment. Dr. John Berry White, MRCS, a British Surgeon of the East India Company, was the pioneer to start Health Education and health care in Assam. He established a medical school known as 'Berry White Medical School' at Dibrugarh, Assam in 1898-99 with a donation of Rs. 50,000 - a magnificent amount at that time.

Dr. John Berry White, MRCS, a British Surgeon of the East India Company, was the pioneer to start Health Education and health care in Assam. He established a medical school known as 'Berry White Medical School' at Dibrugarh, Assam in 1898-99. In course of time this medical school was upgraded and on 3rd Nov., 1947 the Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh was established and it stands as the first medical college in Assam.

Guwahati Medical College and Hospital was established in 1960 along with Silchar Medical College as a twin college. The college was initially started in an empty Ayurvedic College with 60 students. The official building of Guwahati Medical College was built in 1962. These colleges were the second medical colleges to be opened in Assam. The college offers 6 degrees and 2 diploma courses, which includes a one-year internship. At the postgraduate level, it offers degrees with a 3-year duration i...

Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh is one of the premier and oldest medical institutes of the NE region of India. British Philanthropist Sir John Berry White, a retired brigadier of British army and later the civil surgeon of the erstwhile Lakhimpur district in 1870, contributed his lifetime earning of Rupees Fifty Thousand (present day valuation is more than 50 million of rupees to establish his brain child “Berry White Medical School” in 1900 AD. This school heralded the beginning of Allopath...

Established under the Act of Parliament, the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER, Guwahati) was inagurated on 16th September 2008, as a centre of excellence for higher education, research and development in pharmaceutical sciences, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital being the mentor Institute. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education And Research (NIPER) Guwahati Medical College & Hospital Guwahati - 781 032 Assam India Phone No : 0361-2132751

IIITG is one of the 20 IIITs being set up by the Central Govt. in NPPP (not-for-profit public private partnership) mode. IIITG started operations in August 2013. There are now three UG batches with a total strength of 179 students, and with 7 PhD students, there are 186 students in the Institute.

After the establishment of Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh on 3rd Nov, 1947, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati on 20th Sept, 1960 and Silchar Medical College, Silchar on 15th August, 1968; the State Government had not established any new Medical College and thereby created a big vacuum in the Health Care delivery system. The Government realized that the number of graduate and postgraduate doctors produced was totally inadequate for the needs of the State and there was acute shortage of docto...

At the dawn of independence, the foundation of the Assam Agricultural College was laid at Borbheta, an outskirt of Jorhat town on the August 16, 1948 by the then Governor of Assam, Late Akbar Hyderi. The College started its academic program in an abandoned military camp. Late Rev. B. M. Pugh was appointed as the first Principal of the College. The academic program included the subjects of Agronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Physics, Entomology, Zoology, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Agril. Engine...

Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (GIPS) was established in the year 2007 as the first non-government pharmacy institute in the state of Assam under the aegis of Shrimanta Shankar Academy (SSA), a registered service organization set up in the year 1992 to make significant contribution for social upliftment through education and also to inculcate among the youth a sense of discipline. Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (GIPS) Girijananda Chowdhury...