Tezpur University


Tezpur University is a Central University located in Tezpur in the North Eastern state of Assam, India, established by an act of Parliament, in 1994.

History

The establishment of Tezpur University is considered to be one of the outcomes of the Assam Accord, along with the establishment of Assam University and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
Tezpur University was established, by an Act of Parliament, in 1994. The then prime minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao, chaired the opening of the university.
Initially, the university operated from the premises of the Darrang College, in Tezpur. For a while, it also operated from the Tezpur Law College premises. Land was acquired at Napaam, a suburb, which is about east of Tezpur, area totalling. Few months later, the premises of the University was shifted to the present permanent location.
Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rava donated an ancestral estate of 2500 bigha of land received from the British government in favour of the peasants. The present-day Tezpur University stands on the land donated by him. Recently, in 2013, the university acquired an additional plot of land, extending the current plot.

Campus

The university campus is at Napaam about 15 km east of Tezpur, the headquarters of the Sonitpur district of Assam. Napaam is an urban area surrounded by people of diverse caste, religion and language. The Napaam campus on of land. The campus is bounded by pucca walls. Napaam is linked by a PWD road from the National Highway No. 37A at almost the midpoint between Kalia-Bhomora bridge and Misson Chariali. Tezpur is linked by road and rail with the rest of the state and the country. There is a tri-weekly flight between Kolkata and Tezpur.

Accommodation

There are provisions for visitors to stay in the university guest house. Students may choose to stay in any of the men's or women's hostels. The university is primarily a residential university.
The university has five men's hostels :
There are seven women's hostels:
There is also a married-scholars hostel, which is at present serving as a makeshift accommodation for newly recruited faculty of the university.

Communications

, the chief mode of public transport in and around , run between Tezpur University and Tezpur city. There is an ASTC bus utility between the university and the ASTC bus stand located at the heart of Tezpur city near the State Bank of India. ASTC and private buses run daily between Tezpur and some other major places like Guwahati, North Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia etc. 20-seater cabs ply between Tezpur and Paltan Bazaar, Guwahati. The nearest railway station is Dekargaon Railway Station which offers a link between Tezpur and the other parts of Assam. Travellers can also opt for flying to and from Tezpur where the nearest airport - Tezpur Airport provides air link with Kolkata and Silchar. For other destinations, the nearest airport is the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Guwahati.

Education

The university has four schools of studies which is divided into 27 departments and additional centers and cells.
The School of Sciences is divided into six departments, which provides undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Science and carry on research in science and mathematics.
The School of Humanities & Social Sciences provides education as well as diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes related to humanities and social sciences in the following departments:
The School of Management Sciences provides education as well as diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs related to business management in the following departments:
The School of Engineering offers courses in engineering and technology. The offering masters and B.Tech programmes in the various disciplines. Admission to the B.Tech programs is on the basis of JEE. Besides B.Tech and M.Tech programs, School of Engineering, the university provides Ph.D programs in specialized fields.
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Tezpur University was ranked 801-1000 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020 and 251-300 in Asia. The QS World University Rankings ranked it 215 in Asia in 2020. In India it was ranked 65th overall by the National Institutional Ranking Framework of 2020 and 39th among universities.

Major annual events

National Science Day-inSCIgnis

The science festival of the university organized by the School of Sciences and Students' Science Council is a two-day event with competitions for school and undergraduate students. It is one of the biggest science festivals of the entire northeast. The main feature of this festival is the lecture, where the doyen of Indian science and mathematics are invited as speakers. Also many other events including NERLSEboth for UG and PG level, Thalamus the school quiz, Cerebrum the open science quiz, Theatrix the Sci-fi movie screening and other numerous departmental events are organized during the festival. Students from all over the region participate in it. Past speakers include Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Kankan Bhattacharyya, Santanu Tamuli and many others.

Sampark-The Interface

“SAMPARK... the interface” is the annual national-level B-school event of the Department of Business Administration, organized mainly by the students with active support from the faculty members.

TechXetra

TechXetra is the National Level Annual Technical Festival of the university. TechXetra is a combination of two words- Tech and Xetra. "Tech" refers to technology and ‘Xetra’ meaning terrain. It is one of the common platforms in North-East India to showcase knowledge and intellect. A blend of technical and management events, it has cultural events as well. Competitions in the field of robotics, coding, tech quiz, etc. are held which vary from year to year. TechXetra attracts enthusiasts from all over India.