Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar

Don Bosco College, located at Jollang in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India, is an undergraduate degree college established in 2002. It is a Catholic institution managed by the Salesians of Don Bosco Educational Society and is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University. It has been described as the first private college established in Arunachal Pradesh. The college is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with a Grade A in its first cycle, achieving a CGPA of 3.13, making it one of the first private colleges in the state to receive this distinction, celebrated on 5 April 2023. Campus facilities include a sports stadium named after former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, inaugurated in March 2021, and a boys' hostel whose foundation stone was laid in July 2021. The college library, called the Dera Natung Library, received a donated "American Shelf" of 118 books from the US Consulate General in Kolkata. The college hosts academic and extracurricular activities, including seminars by its Department of Economics and environmental initiatives with the Arunachal Sociological Forum, and won the Best Institution award at the Arunachal Youth Parliament 2.0 in 2025. Departments include Political Science, Social Work, Commerce, English, History, Sociology, and Economics.