Assam Down Town University

Assam Down Town University
Motto "Encouraging Success"
Type Private
Established 2010 (2010)
Chancellor N.N. Dutta
Vice-Chancellor Amarjyoti Choudhury[1]
Location Guwahati, Assam, India
Affiliations UGC
Website www.adtu.in

Assam Down Town University was established through the Assam Down Town University Act, 2010[2] in the state of Assam, India in 2010. The university is located in Panikhaiti, Guwahati, the capital of Assam. The campus is based out of a 42 acres campus overlooking the Brahmaputra River, only 12 km from the Assam State Secretariat; the capital complex of the state of Assam.

Starting from its humble beginning the campus now provides over 50 courses and has a total of over 3000 students from 10 Indian States as well as Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.

The university was established by the down town Charity Trust, which is promoted by Down Town Hospital Limited.[3] The group has been in education and training since 1993.

History

A view of the Assam down town University from another hill-top.

The educational journey of the group had begun way back in 1993 with the establishment of the down town school of nursing, the first private nursing school of North East. In 1997 the group started the paramedical institute, giving diplomas in various allied health streams.

Down town Charity Trust had applied to the Assam Government for granting University status to its education programmes in Panikhaiti in early 2009. As per the provisions of the Assam Private Universities Act. 2007, the trust has successfully achieved a University Status for the educational project at its Panikhaiti Campus, vide Assam Gazette No.LGL.9/2010/11 Dated 29 April 2010, making it the second Private University in the state of Assam.

In 2009 the trust started the down town college of allied sciences, offering around 12 allied health degrees, under Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Govt. of Assam.

Campus

The Assam down town University, campus is located in Sankar Madhav Path, Gandhi Nagar, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam INDIA. The site is spread on a sprawling hilly, green campus of over 50 acres overlooking the Brahmaputra.

Programmes

The university offers, multiple bachelor and master program, from engineering to hospitality to allied health sciences to Pharmacy.

It has signed a memorandum of understanding with the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) to offer a degree course in Hotel Management and Industrial Training.

All graduate and undergraduate programmes at Assam down town University are offered under the following:

  • Engineering
  • Management
  • Pharmacy
  • Nursing
  • Allied Health
  • Paramedical
  • Hospitality
  • Skill Development
  • Ph.D

The university got approval from DEB- Distance Education Bureau under UGC, via Letter No. 1105-1109 in the year 2013 to offer programs in distance mode.

Currently the university is running the following programs in distance mode:

  • Bachelors in Business Administration Program (3 years) (12 specialisations)
  • Masters in Business Administration Program (2 Years) (5 specialisations)
  • Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (3 Years)

References

  1. ↑ "Vice Chancellor :: Assam Down Town University". adtu.in. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "University". www.ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  3. ↑ "Assam down town University: The Leading University of north-east India". www.adtu.in. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
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