Debraj Roy College

Debraj Roy College, Golaghat

দেৱৰাজ ৰয় মহাবিদ্যালয়, গোলাঘাট
Front façade of the administrative block of D.R.
Motto	বিদ্যা দদাতি বিনয়ম (Asamiya)
Motto in English	"Education gives Humility"
Type	Public research university
Established	1949
Chancellor	Prof. Alak Kr. Buragohain (as Chancellor of the University of Dibrugarh)
Principal	Dr. Putul Chandra Saikia
President	Dr. Nirala Buragohain
Academic staff	~ 55+
Students	2500+
Address	Circuit House Road, Golaghat, India
Campus	Urban
Ex Officio Member:	Dr. Udayan Mcfarlane ex officio
Colours	White & Navy blue
Affiliations	University of Dibrugarh Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Krishnakanta Handique State Open University (KKHSOU) University Grants Commission (India) - UGC Assam College Teachers' Association (ACTA)
Website	debrajroycollege.org

Debraj Roy College (Assamese: দেৱৰাজ ৰয় মহাবিদ্যালয়) (informally D. R. or D. R. College) is a leading higher education institution established in 1949 at Jonaki Nagar in Golaghat. Affiliated to Dibrugarh University, the college has 15 departments running Higher Secondary and Undergraduate programmes both in Science and Arts as well as a Postgraduate programme in Life Sciences. The college has a current enrollment of more than 2500 students.

Debraj Roy College came into being in the wake of independence of the country around 1949. In the post independence period, there was a surging atmosphere of great joy and excitement all over the country and this tempo was also felt in an isolated and sleepy town like Golaghat. There was a craze for higher education among all sections of the people, particularly the students. At that time, there was only one college at Jorhat for the upper Assam region. Higher education was out of reach for the general students of this educationally backward district. This consideration led some spiriled persons of the district to establish a college at Golaghat.The institution may be regarded as the brain child of Ayodhya Prasad Goswami, who was a student leader, Biplobi Bir Sankar Baruah, a revolutionary leader of the freedom movement, Golap Ch. Goswami, Dr. Promodaviram Das, Jadunath Saikia, etc. The college was named after the late Debraj Roy, the founder of Bogidhala Tea & Trading Company, Goalghat, in whose memory his son Surendra Nath Ray, the then M.D. of Bogidhala Tea & Trading Company, donated an amount for the construction of the main building of the college.

Besides Higher Secondary classes for both arts and science streams the college offers option for studies at under graduate level (Three Year Degree Course) both in Science and humanities. The college has provisions for major course in all the subjects.

There are as many as 15 academic departments in the college which offer both major and core courses in science as well as arts streams. The academic departments of the college are:

Considered to be an indispensable part of higher education, the department of English has rendered its invaluable service in D.R. College since its inception in 1949. It is a full-fledged department with Major courses, introduced way back in 1973. A good number of alumni of this department has been able to make its mark in different fields such as culture and literature, teaching, administration, journalism and the likes. Presently the department offers both Major and Non-Major courses. Facilities available in the department: