Assam Don Bosco University is a state private, non-profit,

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research university located in

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, India. The university was founded on 29 March 2008, by the

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(SDB) and executed by the Don Bosco Society,

Azara, Guwahati Azara is a locality in the western part of Guwahati. Geography Located about from Guwahati Airport, it is surrounded by the localities of Borjhar and Jalukbari, and bounded by Dipor Bil to its east. Location Azara Post Office (establishe ...

. The university was officially established through the Assam Don Bosco University Act, 2009, on 9 January 2009 and created under the Assam Private Universities Act 2007.University
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in the

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. The

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serves as the

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. It is ranked by

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as the best private university in

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. ADBU has been awarded the accreditation rating of "A Grade" by

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History

The university was set up as a response to the educational needs of the people of

North-East India Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, M ...

by an educational society -Salesians of Don Bosco. Ever since the establishment of St. Anthony's College at Shillong in 1934, the Salesians have set up and run higher educational institutions in North-East India. * The first graduate courses in Technology and Engineering (BTech) was started at Azara on 11 August 2008; * Assam State Government passed the 'Assam Don Bosco University Ordinance, 2008' on 3 December 2008; * Formal inauguration of the university on 6 December 2008 by Assam State Chief Minister, Shri Tarun Gogoi; * 'Assam Don Bosco University Act, 2009' was published in the Gazette of Assam on 12 February 2009; * The university started its first post-graduate course in Computer Science (MCA) at Azara on 20 August 2009, followed on 27 August by the second postgraduate course in Management (MBA) at Don Bosco Institute of Management at Kharghuli. * On 8 December 2010 the university began On-Line and Distance Education www.dbuglobal.com. * The first batch of 33 graduates in Business Administration (MBA) was awarded their degrees on 9 June 2011. * On 26 July 2011 the university inaugurated another course in Civil Engineering (BTech). * 23 August 2011 saw the launch of two new postgraduate programmes: Social Work (MSW) and Technology (M Tech). 22 doctoral students started research in eight disciplines (Ph.D.) on the same day. * The first Convocation of the university was held on 19 September 2012.

Programmes and facilities

Assam Don Bosco University offers academic programmes in Engineering, Management, Social Sciences, Applied Sciences, Life Sciences, Research and Distance/Online Learning. The first Constituent College of Don Bosco University is Don Bosco College of Engineering and Technology (DBCET) now known as ADBU Azara Campus. The Central Library system runs on open sources software Koha and

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. Community Engagements is strong feature of the university. To make community engagement an integral part of education, the university have introduced a mandatory course in Service Learning for all the students of the university. The course gives department specific theoretical input of 30 hours for all the students, followed by planned and supervised engagement by the students with communities (200 hours for UG students, 180 hours for PG students).

Recognition, accreditation and ranking

The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India and accredited by the

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(NAAC), India. The university is also approved by the

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(DEB), India,

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(AICTE) and

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(PCI). ADBU is a recognized member of the

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(AIU), India,

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(IAU), France and Salesian Institutions of Higher Education (IUS). Assam University was ranked 151-200 band in the overall category by the

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(NIRF) of 2021.

Partner universities

The university has established collaborative arrangements with universities and institutions in India and around the world through Memorandums of Understanding (MoU). The following are some of the partners of the university: *

Royal University of Bhutan The Royal University of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་འཛིན་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་སྡེ་; Wylie:'' 'brug rgyal-'dzin gtsug-lag-slob-sde''), founded on June 2, 2003, by a royal decree, is the n ...

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Awards

Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHW) 2022 – Ranked in Gold Band
– R World Institutional Ranking
Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2022
(#1 in Northeast India)
Indian Institutional Ranking Framework
(IIRF) 2022 (#1 in Assam)
National Institutional Ranking Framework
(NIRF) Ranking 202. Ministry of Education, Government of India (Only Pvt. University in Northeast India)
Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements
(ARIIA) Ministry of Education, Government of India
Institution’s Innovation Council
(IIC) – Ministry of Education, Government of India *Asia Pacific Award 2020 – Most Engaged University of the Year
FICCI University of the year
– 0–10 years of existence
DQ = CMR Dataquest
– Top Pvt. University, North East India Zone
Winner Smart India Hackathon 2019
– Ministry of Education, Government of India
Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020
– #46 and #53 in UN_SDG 15 and 6

References

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Guwahati Faculty

External links

University website

DBU Online education website
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