Year of establishment : 1901
Location : 2nd Floor, Manik Chandra Barooah Administrative Building        
E mail : [email protected]

History : The Department of Sanskrit, Cotton College is one among the few departments with which Cotton College started functioning in the year 1901. Prof. Paresh Nath Lahiri was the first Head of this Department. During 1907-08, the subjects Assamese and Bengali were taught as separate subjects in this Department and the teachers of this Department took classes of Bengali also. This Department has the distinction of being one among the first six Departments of Cotton College that offered Honours course (now called ‘Major) in the B.A. Classes from the session 1913-14 under Calcutta University. The Post-Graduate Course in Sanskrit Department under Gauhati University was started in 1992.

Courses offered : HS Course Three year Degree Course (B.A) Two year (four Semester) Post-Graduate Course (M.A.) One year Diploma in Cultural Studies (Self-financing)

Specialization in M.A.: Literature (Kavya)

Faculty Members :

Name : Dr. Suresh Chandra Bora
Designation : Head & Selection Grade Lecturer
Educational Qualification : M.A., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Literature (Kavya)
Contact Number : 9435045005, 2631206 (Res)
Email : [email protected]

Name : Sri Arun Sarma
Designation : Senior Lecturer
Educational Qualification : M.A., Sahityashastri, Kavyatirtha
Area of Specialization : Literature (Kavya)
Contact Number : 9435544728
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Binima Buzarbaruah
Designation : Senior Lecturer
Educational Qualification : M.A., LLB, B.Ed., Ph.D., Vyakarana Shastri
Area of Specialization : Literature (Kavya)
Contact Number : 9864501698, 2573279 (Res)
Email : [email protected]

 Name : Ms. Bagmita Sandilya
Designation : Lecturer
Educational Qualification : M.A., Certificate in French Language
Area of Specialization : Philosophy (Darshanam)
Contact Number : 9954116609
Email : [email protected]

Office Staff Member :

1. Sri Dibakar Das

Former Faculty Members :

Facilities : The Department has one Seminar Library with 136 books and is well equipped with modern audio-visual teaching aids like OHP etc. It has got 1 computer having round the clock internet connectivity. It has got Photocopying facility too. This Department is a part of the multimedia Language Laboratory established in the college with a fund provided by the University Grants Commission under CPE Scheme to facilitate the learning of Sanskrit language besides some other languages so that the students can develop effective communication skills in these languages.

Research Journals Subscribed by the Department :

• Surabharati : the annual research journel of the department of Gauhati university, Guwahati 
• Mahapurusa –Jyoti : The annual research journal , published by Shrimanta Sankaradeva Sangha , Nagaon , Assam
  
  Activities : The Department of Sanskrit organizes National Seminars, Guest Lectures and Talks by well known scholars from time to time. The Department under the banner of a forum called ‘Suravanee Samsad’ also organizes educational tours, field study-cum-seminar and brings out its wall magazine entitled “Saswati” annually.
  
  

Recognized Ph. D. Guides of the Department :