The department of Assamese of Jagannath Barooah College aims to offer quality education in the field of Language and linguistics, Literature and literary criticism, Culture and cultural study also translation studies for development of human resource.

• The department also focuses on the importance of language and literature study to develop thinking knowledge.
• The department angages the students in data collection through field study and analysis on the various languge group or family. It seems how language differ from one onother.
• The study of comparative literature plays one of the major roles in recognizing literature as world literature. The department also teches students on how to studyliterature through comparative literary study methods.
• Translation study is one of the most important discipline on globaliation. The department also take various steps to make good translator.
• To holistic development of the students and make them able to contributeneffectively for their welfare and society in this dynamic era through languge and literature.