GIRIJANANDA CHOWDHURY UNIVERSITY

Girijananda Chowdhury University (GCU) is a private university located in Guwahati, Assam, established by a cabinet decision of the Assam Legislative Assembly under Assam Act XLVII of 2022. It operates under the aegis of the Shrimanta Shankar Academy (SSA) Society, a social organization promoting the teachings of Shrimanta Shankar Dev. The university was formed through the merger of the Girijananda Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT) and the Girijananda Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (GIPS), and received UGC approval under section 2(f) on 24 November 2022. Its main campus is at Azara, Guwahati, spanning 20 acres, with a constituent campus at Dekargaon, Tezpur, covering 66 acres. The Governor of Assam serves as Visitor, with Prof. Jayanta Deka as Chancellor and Prof. Kandarpa Das as Vice Chancellor. GCU began academic operations in 2023-2024 as a Multidisciplinary Teaching-Intensive University, offering programmes through schools of Engineering and Technology, Management and Commerce, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Allied Health Sciences, and a Centre for Legal Studies. Its B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) and B.Pharm programmes are NBA-accredited, and it holds approvals from AICTE and PCI. It is the first university in North-eastern India to establish a fully-functional AICTE-IDEA Lab.