Tezpur University is an Indian Central University located in Tezpur in the state of Assam in India

Tezpur University

Tezpur University
तेजपुर विश्वविद्यालय তেজপুৰ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Motto	विज्ञानं यज्ञं तनुते (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Specialized Knowledge Promotes Creativity
Established	1994
Type	Public
Chancellor	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Vice-Chancellor	Mihir K. Chaudhuri
Location	Tezpur, Assam, India 26°42′3″N 92°49′49″E / 26.70083°N 92.83028°E / 26.70083; 92.83028Coordinates: 26°42′3″N 92°49′49″E / 26.70083°N 92.83028°E / 26.70083; 92.83028
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.tezu.ernet.in

Tezpur University  is an Indian Central University located in Tezpur in the state of Assam, India. Currently, the Governor of Assam, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik is the Chancellor of Tezpur University, Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri is the Vice-Chancellor and Amarjyoti Choudhury is the Pro Vice-Chancellor.

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. Land was acquired at Napaam, a suburb of Tezpur, about 15 kilometers east, of 242 acres (0.98 square kilo-meters), and the premises shifted.

Kalaguru Comrade Bishnuprasad Rava (Rabha) dedicated his entire life for this freedom movement. He donated an ancestral estate of 2500 bigha land received from the British government in favour of the peasants.His slogan was "Haal Jaar Maati Taar" means "those who cultivate should own the land". The present day Tezpur University stands upon the land donated by him. His entire life was characterized by an restlessness to work for the people and he kept on moving around like a nomad. He was also an excellent mass mobiliser.

Objectives

The objectives of Central University are:

• It shall strive to offer employment oriented and inter-disciplinary courses, mostly, at postgraduate level to meet local, regional aspirations and development needs of the State of Assam
• It shall offer courses and promote research in areas which are of special relevance to the region and in emerging areas in science and technology
• Shall promote national integration and study of rich cultural heritage of the region and, in particular, the diverse ethnic, linguistic and tribal cultures of the State
• It shall utilize "distance education techniques" to provide access to higher education for large segments of the population, the disadvantaged groups living in remote and rural areas
• It shall upgrade the professional knowledge and skills of in service personnel for life-long learning.

Campus

The University campus is at Napaam about 15 km. east of Tezpur, the headquarters of the Sonitpur district of Assam. Napaam is a rural area surrounded by peace loving people of diverse caste, religion and language; yet it presents the unique feature of unity in diversity. The Napaam campus of the University is in a plot of an area of 242 acres (0.98 km²) of land. The campus is bounded by pucca walls. Napaam is linked by a PWD road from the National Highway No. 37A at almost 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 also a tri-weekly flight service between Kolkata and Tezpur. The institute is surrounded by greenery and with many historic as well as tourist places nearby, including Ganesh Ghat, Agnigarh etc.

A picture of the University Gate, taken from outside the campus

An Academic Building.

Major Annual Events

• Techxetra - The University's National-level annual technical festival held over 3 days in October.
• Vistas - National Media Fest organised by the department of Mass communication and journalism in the Spring Semester

• Sampark - An industry interaction festival organised by the department of Business Administration

Accommodation

Visitors to the University may opt to stay in the guest house. Students may also choose to stay in any of the four men's or four women's hostels.

The University has five men's hostels: (Listed according to aorder of construction)

• Brahmaputa Men's Hostel - Named after Brahmaputra, the major river in Assam.
• Charaideo Men's Hostel - Named after the first Ahom capital in Assam.
• Nilachal Men's Hostel- Named after the Nilachal Hill in Guwahati
• Kanchenjungha Men's Hostel - Named after Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world (after Mount Everest and K2).
• Patkai Men's Hostel-Named after the Patkai-Bum, the Khasi-Jaintia-Garo and the Lushai hills mountain range in the eastern Himalayas.

and four women's hostels,

• Bordoichilla Women's Hostel
• Dhansiri Women's Hostel
• Pragjyotika Women's Hostel
• Subansiri Women's Hostel
• Kopili Women's Hostel

There is also a Married-Scholars Hostel.

Education

Tezpur University is the first university in India to offer the course Master of Technology in Computational Seismology and also one of the few universities in India to have its own Department of Energy. The Department of Electronics at Tezpur University is the first of its kind in India to introduce an interdisciplinary Master of Technology program in Bioelectronics. The first class graduated in June 2006. The university offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in following academic divisions:

• School of Science & Technology
• School of Humanities & Social Sciences
• School of Management Sciences
• School of Engineering

School of Science & Technology

This school provides education as well as various diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes related to natural sciences in following subjects:

Department of Chemical Sciences

The department specialises in Green Chemistry

Department of Mathematical Sciences

The department is currently headed by Prof. Debajit Hazarika. It offers Integrated Masters ,Masters and Ph.D in Mathematics and M.Tech in Computational Seismology.The current student strength is about 180 for the whole department. Quality research on analytic and algebraic number theory, finite element method, statistics, topology etc. are being carried out. The department along with the rest of the world also celebrates Pi Day and National Science Day each year with various contests and lectures. the Department also facilitates the INSPIRE programme to motivate young students for scientific research. Students of the Department have been accepted in various faculty positions in reputed institutes. They also regularly attend summer internships at various prestigious institutes in India like Chennai Mathematical Institute, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai) and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research to name a few. The Department also has a Math Club which organizes various activities from time to time. In 2011, Manjil P. Saikia and Pankaj Jyoti Mahanta, two students of the Department started an online magazine on mathematics in particular and science in general called Gonit Sora.

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

The Department was set up in 1997 to impart quality education in the frontiers of Bioscience and Biotechnology. The Department is currently ranked number 5 in India.

Department of Physics

Department of Physics has stridden out not only in its post-graduation teaching but also in new frontiers of research since its commencement in January 1998. To keep pace with the advancement in science and technology, in July 2005, the department started two-year PG course in Nanoscience & Technology alongside its two-year PG course in Physics. The areas of specialization offered by the department for post-graduation are Condensed Matter Physics, Electronics and Photonics, High Energy Physics and Nanoscience & Technology.The Department inculcates the spirits of research and can boast of some good research work carried out here, the thrust areas being Nanomaterials, Solid State Ionics, Theoretical High Energy Physics, Plasma Physics, Optoelectronics and Microwaves.

Department of Environmental Science

This was merged into the School of Science and Technology in 2011.

School of Humanities & Social Sciences

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This school provides education as well as various diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes related to arts and social sciences in following Departments:

Department of English and Foreign Languages

Department of Cultural Studies

Department of Mass Communication and Journalism

Facilities

The Department of Mass Communication and Journalism has separate classrooms and labs for different specialization and electives. The Department also has an Audio Video studio and Non-linear edit suite for the television students. In addition to this,there is a line of workshop range for traditional media as a part of the course 'Development Communication'.

Department of Sociology

The department was established in 2006. It introduced the two-year M.A programme in august that year with an intake capacity of 15.It has also introduced doctoral programme from January, 2008. The M. A. students are imparted training in the advance areas of sociology which include courses, among others, on advanced Sociological Theories, Social Demography, Industrial Sociology, Sociology of Development and Sociology of Northeast India. The students are required to undertake altogether 16 courses out of which 4 are optional courses. The optinal courses include Sociology of Medicine, Quantitative Sociology, Sociology of Culture and Mass Media, Criminology, Environmental Sociology, and Gender and Society. Students are also required to write a field based dissertation on any theme of their preference under the supervision of a faculty.

Department of Hindi

School of Management Science

This school provides education as well as various diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs related to business management in following Departments:

• Department of Business Administration
• Centre for Disaster Management

School of Engineering

This school offers regular courses in the field of engineering and technology. Though, it has been started with only Masters courses, but from 2006 onwards it provides 4 years Bachelor degree (B.Tech) courses in the following disciplines:

• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Food Engineering and Technology
• Mechanical Engineering

Students are admitted to the B.Tech programs of the above mentioned departments on the basis of their AIEEE scores through CCB counseling.

Besides B.Tech and M.Tech programs, School of Engineering, Tezpur University provides Ph.D programs in specialized fields in the above mentioned branches. This school is also known for its cutting edge research in various disciplines along with some consultancy projects from many governmental and non governmental organizations.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Tezpur University

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering came into being in 2006 as a result of renaming of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology.

The Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Technology were merged in 2004 and renamed as Department of Computer Science and Information Technology.

The Department of Computer Science was started in July, 1994 under the school of Science and Technology. It was started with the object of promoting specialized knowledge in the field of Computer Science and Computer Application. In view of the world wide shortage of skilled manpower in the field of Information Technology, the Department strives to channelize talented youth of the region to this challenging and knowledge intensive field by imparting quality technical knowledge and skills in the field. The programmes started under this department were Master of Computer Application (MCA), Master of Science (by Research) in Computer Science and PhD in Computer Science. The programmes have been designed keeping in mind the needs of the global Information Technology Industry.

The Department of Information Technology was started in July, 1997 under the school of Science and Technology. The Department was established with the aim to contribute towards research in the field of Information Technology and to fulfill the increasing demand for highly qualified manpower in the field for Industries as well as academic institutions. The programmes started under this department were Master of Technology (M Tech) in Information Technology, and PhD in Information Technology.

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

The department was started in 1997 as the Department of Electronics under the School of Science and Technology. The department was renamed as Electronics and Communication Engineering under the School of Engineering in 2006. The primary objective of the department is to impart education, training and research at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels in frontline areas of electronics and its derived Engineering and Technology.

The major areas of faculty expertise of the department include Communications, DSP, Biomedical Signal Processing, Bio-Sensors, MEMS, Instrumentation, Image Processing and Computer Vision. The department offers the following degrees: B. Tech. (in Electronics and Communication Engineering), M. Tech. ( in two specializations: Electronics Design & Technology and Bioelectronics) and Ph.D. (in various specialization areas of faculty expertise as mentioned above).

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering was started in 2006 under the School of Engineering for offering B. Tech degree with an annual intake of 52 students. The department has principal objective to cater to the latest need for technical man power in infrastructural sectors of country. The department has also the vision of starting M. Tech. and Ph.D. Programme along with research in various fields of Mechanical Engineering in near future.

Department of Food Processing Technology

Department of Civil Engineering

The department of Civil Engineering of the Tezpur University was established in the year 2009 under the School of Engineering for offering B.Tech Degree with 16 students.

Department of Energy

Initially a centre for Non-conventional Energy was established in the university in 1995, which offered a One-year Diploma Programme in Non-conventional Energy Technology. The centre was then converted to Department of Energy in 1996, with an aim to produce a manpower pool in the field of Energy at different levels, develop new and efficient energy technologies and carry out research & development work and extension activities in diverse areas of energy. This was intregrated into the School of Engineering in 2011. The thrust areas of research are Biomass energy, Bio-fuels, Solar energy, Wind energy, Hydro-energy and Energy conservation and Management. At present it is a “DST-FIST Sponsored Department”. The Department is now offering M.Tech. in Energy Technology for engineering graduates and master degree holders in Physics and Chemistry and Ph.D. in Energy Related areas for the Master degree holder in Science & Engineering/Technology.

Special Centres and Cells

• Computer Centre
• Centre for Women's Studies
• Centre for Disaster Management
• Intellectual Property Rights Cell
• Nodal Centre, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
• Bio-Informatics Infrastructure Facility
• ST/SC Cell
• Equal Opportunity Cell
• Tezpur University Robotics Society (TURS)

Training and Placement Cell

Placement Services for the students of the university in a collective and organized way have started recently but have earned limited success. In case of certain departments, Placement Services have always existed resulting in over cent percent employments. The University is now gearing up to extend full Placement Services to all the students and departments in the campus.