About The Department

Department of Philosophy is one of the initial departments of D.R. College which was established in 1949. The founder teacher of this department was Late Jadunath Saikia, who was  a prominent lawyer of Golaghat. he rendered his honorary service till 1951. Late Laksmi Narayan Bharati joined this department as a lecture in 1951. He rendered his service to the department only for a few months.  From 1956 to 1959, Lakhi Das worked in this department as a lecturer. In 1958, Dr. Kalicharan Das joined D.R. College as the principal, who also happened to be the Head of the Department as he was an M.A in philosophy. Later on he joined Gauhati University as a Reader and retired from that University as a Professor. In 1959, Lakhi Das left D.R. College and Robin Sarma was appointed as a lecturer in the department. Robin Sarma also left this college in 1961 and Purnakanta Gohain was appointed in the said post. In 1962, Prafulla Sarma Tamuly joined this department and Purnakanta Gohain became the Head of the Departent. Under the able leadership of Purnakanta Gohain, this department deserved to open Honours classes in the year 1978. The first honours graduates of the department were late Anjali Devi, Sanjibani Sarma, Purnakanta Bora and Lokeswar Bora.

            Dr. Paresh Chandra Dutta joined the department in 1981 as the 3rd faculty member. In 1986, Ms. Anjali Devi was appointed as the 4th faculty member. Prafulla Sarma Tamuly retired in 1994 and Gayatri Sarma Tamuly was appointed in his post in 1995. In 1997 Purnakanta Gohain retired and Dr. Paresh Chandra Dutta become the head of the  of department. In 1998 Paban Ch. Dutta Joined the department as the 4th faculty member.

Dr.paresh Ch. Dutta retierd as Associate Professor from the department in 2016.The post remained vacant for about five years and Ms.Bandana Kathar joined the said post as Assistant Professor in 2021.After sudden and sad demise of Anjali Devi in 2019,Ms. Silpeesikha Pathak joined the department as Assistant Professor in 2020.

Plan and programmes:

The department has some ambitious plans and programmes for the upliftment of student and teachers for the next three years.

• Proposed to invite visiting faculty from other institution twice in a year.
• Proposed to open a centre for Gandhian Peace Studies.
• Proposed to compile a collection of articles on Contemporary Western Philosophy.
• Proposed to compile a collection of articles on Contemporary Indian Philosophy.
• Departmental seminar among students of the district once in a year.
• An all Assam Essay Competition on Philosophical issues.
• An Art Competition among the students up to H.S Classes. (District Level)
• Propose to publish a departmental journal.
• Propose to open a photo gallery in the departmental room.

Any Other:

          The department has forged ahead with a brilliant and competent teaching staff. Faculty members of this department are constantly engaged in research and other academic and social activities. Dr.P.C.Dutta, Head of the Dept. is the President of SAAS,a regd. Socio-academic NGO of Golaghat, Assam. He has been publishing articles in various dailies and periodicals. Anjali Devi has published several books on philosophy meant for degree students. Gayatri Sarma Tamuly and Paban Ch.Dutta are also brilliant teachers generating contributions for the growth of the department. The latter has also obtained an additional degree of B.Ed in his career.