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J. B. College, Jorhat (estd. 1930) has been striving for excellence as a goal in the field of learning with an emphasis of developing cognitive, conative and affective domains of the learners. With a team of well-qualified and enthusiastic
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Tenders
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Rescheduled dates for opening tender (NIT No. JBC/Misc/2025/29, dated 21.06.2025)
Tue, Jul 1st 2025
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NIT for running canteens
Mon, Jun 30th 2025
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NIT for the construction of Chemistry Classroom Building
Sat, Jun 21st 2025
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NIQ for Development and Upgradation of Institute Website (Readvertised)
Wed, Mar 12th 2025
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DODL J.B. College Study Center
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Notice: Admission into PG Programme under DODL, D.U. in J.B. College Centre
Wed, Sep 15th 2021
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Notice: Standard Operation Procedure (SoP) for Online Examinations, 2020
Sat, Jul 24th 2021
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The department is currently offering three year under graduate programme in History under CBCS, four year under graduate programme in History under NEP 2020 and Post Graduation programme. The intact capacity for four year undergraduate promramme is 60. For Post Graduation programme the department has the capacity to enroll 40 students in each semester.
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History of the Department:
The history of the Department of History, Jagannath Barooah College is intractably linked with the establishment of the college in 1930. History as a subject in Intermediate classes was started from the very beginning where eminent Indologist and the established principal of the college, Krishna Kanta Handiqui, took the responsibility of teaching the students. Later on, from 1962 major course in history was offered by the college. From the year 2023 Post-Graduate Programme in History was offered by the department. At present both under graduate and post graduate programme are offered by the Department of History. The fundamental thrust area of the department is to impart holistic education to its students with a intricate understanding of the past socio-cultural dynamics. Currently the department has 192 students pursuing both under graduate and post graduate programmes.
List of former and current Head of the Department
| Sl No. | Name | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guna Govind Datta | 1930-1952 |
| 2 | Nobin Chandra Goswami | 1952-1964 |
| 3 | Amiya Kumar Sarmah | 1964-1979 |
| 4 | Aboni Prasad Bhattacharyya | 1979-1982 |
| 5 | Ghana Kanta Nath | 1982-1991 |
| 6 | Dr. Ajit Kumar Dutta | 1991-2010 |
| 7 | Anita Sharma | 2010-2013 |
| 8 | Dipali Basumatary | 2013-2014 |
| 9 | Indreswar Das | 2014-2022 |
| 10 | Pankaj Goswami | 2022-Date |
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