Biswanath College, Sonitpur

Biswanath College, a premier college of Assam, was established in 1960 with mission of imparting best education to the pupils so as to prepare them to prove themselves worthy of being recognized as the leading thinkers of the society. Biswanath College is located in the remote corner of Assam and at the foot of Arunachal Pradesh surrounded by Tea Gardens. This college holds a pride among academic institutions of the state particularly in the vast area of northern part of the river Brahmaputra.

• Biswanath college was brought under defict system of grant-in-Aid by the Govt.of Assam in 1963 and the science section was brought under deficit system of grant-in-Aid on 1978

• Biswanath College emerges out to have been a potential education centre for higher education in the state

Department

• Department of Botany

• Department of Economics

• Department of Philosophy

• Department of Political Science

• Department of English

• Department of History

• Department of Assamese

• Department of Mathematics

• Department of Physics

• Department of Chemistry

Facilities

Achievements in Co-curricular Activities

• Uddipana Goswami, a 1st semester major student of Political science Department got first prize in speech competition in the All Assam Sadananda Chaliha Memorial Speech Competition and Nazibur Rahman Memorial Quiz competition held at Biswanath College in 2011

• Manab Goswami and Pubali Bhuyan 1st semester major student of Chemistry Department got third prize in Quiz Competition in the All Assam Sadananda Chaliha Memorial Speech Competition and Nazibur Rahman Memorial Quiz competition held at Biswanath College in 2011

• The BMC college got the title of Best College in Gauhati University Inter College Youth Festival 2014

Scholarship

• SC/ST/OBC/Minority Student Scholarships

• Economically Weaker Section Scholarships

• Tai Ahom Merit Scholarships

• The Chabilal Upadhya Memorial Trust Merit Scholarships

• National Merit Scholarships

Student Awards

The Khagendra Nath Bhattacharyya Memorial Award - which comprises certificate and cash amount of Rs. 5000/- is annually given to the student of this college who achieves highest marks in Economics Major Course in the BA /BSc final examination.