HISTORY OF COLLEGE

Bhawanipur Hastinapur Bijni College (B.H.B.) College (affiliated to Gauhati University) was established on the 1st day of July 1971, as an institution of higher education at Sarupeta, the central place of the vast area comprising 3 Mouzas – Bhawanipur, Hastinapur and Bijni under Bajali sub-division of Barpeta District. Beginning with a small batch of students in the Sarupeta High School Campus, it subsequently moved to its present site in 1976. The untiring efforts of the local people, the members of both the teaching and non-teaching staff, and the Governing Body contributed a lot to the growth and development of the college. Ultimately, it was brought under the deficit grant-in-aid system by the Govt. of Assam in 1983. The college has also received recognition by the University Grants Commission under section 2(f) of the U.G.C. Act, 1956.

PROFILE OF THE COLLEGE Name of the College : Bhawanipur Hastinapur Bijni College Address : Sarupeta Post, Barpeta District, PIN: 781 318, Assam, India. Email: Establishment : 01-07-1971 Affiliated to : Gauhati University Nature of Affiliation : Permanent Enlistment : 2(f) of the UGC Act of 1956 Status : Provincialised (w.e.f. December 1, 2005)

The College is dedicated to preparing responsible citizens with a sense of integrity and honesty, giving its students the ambience to promote their potentialities and foster better and more innovative ideas. Pursuit of excellence in both academic and co-curricular fields and surging ahead to meet the challenges of the new millennium are the goals of the college. The college aims at imparting higher education to the students. Providing Remedial Teaching to the SC, ST, OBC and Minority students and students belonging to socially and economically backward classes. Helping the students to face the challenges of life through various extension education activities. Providing the students with Vocational Training in order to enable them to acquire knowledge and skills for working as self-employed persons.

The college has the following infrastructural facilities. Administrative Block Departmental Staff Common Rooms with Departmental Libraries. Spacious and well-equipped class rooms. Separate Common Rooms for boys and girls. A Central Library. Well-equipped Laboratories in the Departments of Education, Statistics and Functional English. Students' Union Office. Computer Centre. Weaving Centre. Play Grounds. Multi Gym Club. Canteen. Drinking Water Treatment Plant. Bicycle/Scooter Sheds & Car Parking facilities. Women's Hostel An Auditorium is under construction. Besides, there are arboreal culture and farming.

FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS

Library Reading Room Spacious Play Grounds Canteen Laboratories Computers Internet Purified Drinking Water Remedial Coaching for Minority Students Career Counselling Common Rooms Scholarships Spoken English Coaching Multigym Club Yoga Centre Book Bank Women’s Hostel

The college has a fully computerised library with a good number of books (both text and reference) on various subjects to meet the needs of the students as well as that of the teachers. Daily Newspapers and selected journals are also regularly subscribed. The reading room of the library provides ample facilities for reading to a large number of students as well as teachers. Reprographic facilities are also available in the library. The Reading Room attached to the library is of immense use to the students as well as the teachers of the College. The Library cum Reading Room cum Conference Hall in its final stages of construction is full of promise for all with its spaciousness and its state-of-the-art facilities.

Working hours: 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. on all working days.                             

Rules for the Library:

The students are provided with Borrower Cards. These cards are strictly non-transferable. The cards must be surrendered at the end of the session.

One Borrower Card is issued to each student of H.S. class / TDC (General) class and he / she can borrow one book at a time. Two Borrower cards are issued to each student of Major subject and he / she can borrow two books at a time.

No student is allowed to keep a book for more than 10 days in any case. A fine of 50 paise will be imposed for each day for book / books retained beyond the specified time. However, borrowed book / books, if returned before the expiry of the specified date, may be re-issued for a period of another 10 days.

Any book lost, or damaged must be replaced by the borrower. If the book is one of a series and cannot be obtained singly, the whole set must be replaced by the borrower.

Book Bank:

The college has a Book Bank for helping the poor students with necessary texts and reference books.

COLLEGE UNIFORM :

It is compulsory for the students of the college to wear uniform as prescribed below.

Students are required to maintain a high standard of discipline by adhering to the rules and regulations of the college. Any of the following acts by a student shall be considered as a major offence against discipline and shall make him / her liable for stern disciplinary action. Involvement in ragging in the college campus. Resorting to violence of any kind. Adoption of unfair means in the examinations. Disobedience to and indecent behaviour with any members of the teaching/the non - teaching staff of the college. Damaging, defacing or devaluing any college property.

Disciplinary Committee: