Assam Down Town University was established through the Assam Down Town University Act, 2010 in the state of

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, India in 2010. The university is located in Panikhaiti,

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, the capital of Assam. The campus is based out of a 42 acres campus overlooking the

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, only 12 km from the Assam State Secretariat, Dispur; the capital complex of the state of Assam. Starting from its humble beginning the campus now provides over 60+ courses and has a total of over 8000+ students from 10 Indian States as well as

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and also from

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

History

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 The ''Assam Gazette'' is a public journal of the Government of Assam published weekly by the Department of Stationery and Printing. As a public journal, the ''Gazette'' prints official notices from the government. The gazette is printed by the ...

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 Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India is established in 2009 as per The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Act, 2007. The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences is the only Health ...

, Govt. of Assam.

Campus

The Assam Down Town University campus is located in Sankar Madhav Path, Gandhi Nagar, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam India. The university has two seminar rooms and one auditorium equipped with the latest audiovisual for meetings, fatuity presentations and discussions. The seating and its capacity of the Seminar rooms hall are 250 and 300 in Auditoriums. Conferences, seminars, workshops, guest lectures, cultural events are regular features at AdtU. The university also has a huge in-campus amphitheater.

Organisation and administration

Governance

Narendra Nath Dutta is the Chancellor of Assam Down Town University. Narayan Chandra Talukdar is the Vice Chancellor of Assam Down Town University. Bandana Dutta is the Dean of Studies of Assam down town University.

Faculties

* Faculty of Paramedical Science * Faculty of

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

* Faculty of

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

* Faculty of

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at th ...

and

Social Science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

* Faculty of

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, natio ...

and

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

* Faculty of

Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links healt ...

* Faculty of

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, scie ...

Academics

Academic 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

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(ITDC) to offer a degree course in hotel management and industrial training.

Recognition and approvals

Assam Down Town University is recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC) and approved by

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 M ...

Pharmacy Council of India The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is the statutory body under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It is constituted under the Pharmacy Act, 1948. The Council was first constituted on 4 March 1948. Dr. Montukumar Patel ...

(PCI) and

Indian Nursing Council Indian Nursing Council is a national regulatory body for nurses and nurse education in India. It is an autonomous body under the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, constituted by the Central Government under section 3(1) ...

(INC).

Assam down town University swimming pool

The university is maintaining the SIRO Certificate by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Sports

The campus provides indoor and outdoor facilities for table tennis, pool, volleyball ground, badminton court, cricket ground, football ground, swimming pool, gym, etc. in the premises.

Online courses

Assam Downtown University offers online learning programs for students and teachers. It has signed an MOU with

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References

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