The Government Champhai College is a government

university college In a number of countries, a university college is a college institution that provides tertiary education but does not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university. The precise usage varies ...

associated with

Mizoram University Mizoram University is a central university under the University Grants Commission, Government of India, and was established on 2 July 2001, by the Mizoram University Act (2000) of the Parliament of India. The President of India is the official ...

, located in

Champhai Champhai (Pron:/tʃamˈpʰaɪ/) is a border town in Mizoram state, in far eastern India. It is the headquarters of Champhai district, one of the eleven districts in the state. It is located on the Indo-Myanmar border and is situated in a strate ...

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...

, in India. Established as a

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in 1971 by the philanthropists of Champhai town and neighboring villages, the founders' objective was providing collegiate education to the students of this remote hilly tribal town near the international border of India with

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

History

Champhai College was initially affiliated to

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assem ...

, then to

North Eastern Hill University North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament. The university is in the suburb of Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya, India. The university has two campuses: ...

in 1973. From 2 July 2001, upon the creation of the Mizoram University that came up in

Aizawl Aizawl (; Mizo: ) is the capital of the state of Mizoram in India. Aizawl was officially established on 25 February 1890. With a population of 293,416, it is the largest city in the state. It is also the centre of administration containing all ...

, the affiliation was directly transferred to the new university. In 1978 the college attained the status of deficit grants-in-aid College under Mizoram Government. The college started degree courses in science in 1997. The pre-university course that was introduced in 1995 has now been delinked and the institute has only under-graduate programmes. The college received UGC recognition under 2f and 12B in 1987.

Departments

Govt. Champhai College has the following departments: * Arts Stream # Department of English # Department of Mizo # Department of Economics # Department of Education # Department of Geography # Department of History # Department of Political Science * Commerce Stream # Department of Commerce * Computer Science # Department of Computer Science - BCA * Science Stream # Department of Physics # Department of Chemistry # Department of Mathematics # Department of Botany # Department of Zoology Champhai college also has facility to learn spoken

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and Burmese under RUSA scheme.

Accreditation

NAAC (National Accreditation and Assessment Council), a body under an umbrella of UGC, has sent peer team on March 23, 2004, to inspect the college under a 9-point scale grading system, in which the college secured 70-75 marks to attain a grade “B”. The accreditation is valid for 5 years, extendable to 2 years.

Campus layout

The college covers an area of (34.94 bighas) of land, located at an elevation of about above mean sea level. The Chief Minister of Mizoram Pu Lalthanhawla recently inaugurated a Multipurpose Hall, Arts & Commerce building, Science & BCA building, Administrative & Library building, Boys Hostel, Guest House and Staff Quarters costing 9 crore rupees.

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