Government Lawngtlai College is the only institute of

higher education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

Lawngtlai district Lawngtlai district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. History Prior to the arrival of the British in the late 19th century, the area which became Lawngtlai District was ruled by local chieftains, whose zones of control w ...

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

northeast India Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the country. It comprises eight States and ...

. It was established by public demand in 1980 in

Lawngtlai Lawngtlai is a town located in the southern part of Mizoram, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Lawngtlai district and is home to the Pawi people, also known as the Hakha Chin people in Myanmar. Lawngtlai celebrates a v ...

. It became a government college under the

Government of Mizoram The Government of Mizoram ( Mizo: Mizoram Sawrkâr) also known as the State Government of Mizoram, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Mizoram and its 11 districts. It consists of an execut ...

in 1988. The college is a branch member of the

Mizoram College Teachers' Association The Mizoram College Teachers' Association (MCTA) is a governmental, non-political and non-profit organisation for college teachers under the Government of Mizoram, India. It was established by a conference of college teachers on 7 September 1979 ...

, and the Red Ribbon Club of the Mizoram State AIDS Control Society.

History

Government Lawngtlai College was established by the people of

Lai Autonomous District Council The Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) is one of the three Autonomous District Councils in Mizoram state in north-east India. It covers the Lawngtlai and Sangau subdivisions of the Lawngtlai district. It is an autonomous district council f ...

in 1980. It was upgraded to deficit status on 1 July 1988. It was originally affiliated to the

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 ...

, but the jurisdiction was transferred to

Mizoram University Mizoram University is a central university established on 2 July 2000, by the Mizoram University Act (2000) of the Parliament of India. The President of India is the official Visitor, and the Governor of Mizoram acts as the Chief Rector as per M ...

, when the university was established in 2001. It is recognised by the

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Location

Government Lawngtlai College is located in the southern region of Mizoram, 300 km away from

Aizawl Aizawl (, American English, US: , British English, UK: ; Mizo language, Mizo: ), formerly known as Aijal, is the capital city and the most populous city of Mizoram, India. It is also the third largest city in northeast India. It is situated ato ...

, the capital city of the state. The college is ideally situated on a hillock within Lawngtlai town. It has an approach road of 700 m (approximately) branching off the main National Highway No. 54.

Departments

*Department of English *Department of History *Department of Geography *Department of Education *Department of Political Science *Department of Economics *Department of Public Administration *Department of Sociology *Department of Mizo

References

External links

* {{Mizoram University Universities and colleges in Mizoram Colleges affiliated to Mizoram University