Tezpur University
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| Motto | Sanskrit: विज्ञानं यज्ञं तनुते |
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Motto in English
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Specialized Knowledge Promotes Creativity |
| Type | Public - research |
| Established | 1994 |
| Chancellor | Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Assam |
| Vice-Chancellor | Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri |
| Location |
Tezpur, Assam, India 26°42′03″N 92°49′49″E / 26.7008°N 92.8303°ECoordinates: 26°42′03″N 92°49′49″E / 26.7008°N 92.8303°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www |
Tezpur University is a Central University located in Tezpur in the North Eastern state of Assam, India by an act in Parliament of India in 1994. The Governor of Assam, Banwarilal Purohit is the chancellor of Tezpur University, Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri is the vice-chancellor and Manabendra Bhuyan is the pro vice-chancellor.
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 of Tezpur, about 15 kilometers east, of 242 acres (0.98 square kilometers), and the premises shifted.
Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rava (Rabha) donated an ancestral estate of 2500 bigha land received from the British government in favour of the peasants. The present-day Tezpur University stands on the land donated by him. Recently, the university acquired an additional plot of land.
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 people of diverse caste, religion and language. The Napaam campus of the is in a plot of an area of 262 acres (1.06 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 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.
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