Rupahi College

About the college:
Rupahi College, located along the Rupahi-Laokhowa road at a distance of 14 kilometers from the District head quarter Nagaon, was established in 1981. The Socio-economic disadvantaged and marginalized people of all communities mainly of linguistic and religious minority communities inhabiting the vast rural hinterland bordering the Laokhowa Wild Life Sanctuary and the mighty Brahmaputra in the North-West of Nagaon aspired to have a college of their own. A few leading citizens and social workers of the area zealously pursued this cherished aim of educating the disadvantaged rural youth and specially women folk of the area getting a feel of the beacon light of higher education. Their endeavors led to the establishment of the college on 10th August, 1981. It developed as a single faculty Arts college with ten departments of studies, bringing under its fold both the H.S. and degree courses. It was brought under Deficit Grant-in-aid system by the Government of Assam in 1996. The college got UGC recognition under section 2f & 12B in 5 May/ 2008. The college was accredited by NAAC with Grade C+ in 2004. In its report it appreciated the college authority, Staff, Students, Alumni, Guardians and public of the locality in their role of developing the only institution of higher education in the area. Seeing the vast potentiality of the institution, it is wished by the NAAC team that the College will have a promising future provided if all wings connected to the college come together in true spirit and dedication for its development. The college volunteered to be assessed by NAAC, Bangalore for its 2nd cycle and submitted its SSR for the purpose. The NAAC Peer Team visited the college on 15th to 17th October 2015 for validating the Self Study Report and awarded ‘B’ grade with 2.63 CGPA on 15th November 2015. As per suggestion of NAAC the College opened MA in Arabic in 2016, B.Sc (Major & General) in 2017 followed by B.Com in 2018. In 2020 the College opened B.Voc in two courses like Medical Laboratory Technician and Food Processing & Quality Management.

Vision
To translate the goals and ideals of the aspirants into reality by making the College a center for excellence in modern higher education and providing ample opportunities to the socioeconomically disadvantaged and marginalized linguistic and religious minority communitiesinhabiting in its catchment areas to have access to higher education and vocational education at an affordable price.

Mission:
To enhance mutual understanding and cooperation among the stakeholders throughcollective efforts for providing quality and need-based education to the students, the Collegehas adopted the following policies:
1. To bring about social change through modern education especially to girlsstudents
2. To enhance the moral and ethical values among the students
3. To make the students marketable through skill development programs
4. To make the students self-dependent through vocational courses like B.Voc
5. To provide access to higher education to employed, housewives etc. throughRegular PG and distance education like IDOL and KKHSOU
6. To provide ample opportunity for women education through Home scienceMajor, MA in Arabic, B. Voc, Science stream and commerce stream for their vertical mobility in the society
The College has fulfilled the following recommendations suggested by the Peer Team for Quality Enhancement of the Institution during 2nd cycle visit:
1. Science and Commerce subjects at under graduate level as well as post graduate course in somedisciplines should be introduced in the college.
2. Full automation of the college library is needed.
3. Wi-Fi facility should be strengthened and ICT enabled teaching-learning processes be introduced.

4. Measures should be taken to improve communication skills of students in Hindi and English.
5. Hostel should be made functional for both boys and girls.
6. Facilities should be provided to physically challenged students.
7. Canteen, mess, parking and sports facilities should be upgraded as per modern standards.
8. Better medical facilities be provided to students, teaching and non-teaching staff.
9. Vehicle facility must be provided to students since they come from very remote areas.
10. Proper ‘Skill Development Centre’ be established to help the self-employment of rural youth.