Assam Women's University

Assam Women's University
TypePublic
Established2013 (2013)
ChancellorGovernor of Assam
Vice-ChancellorDr. Ajanta Borgohain Rajkonwar
Location, ,
26°43′06″N 94°11′03″E / 26.718447°N 94.184142°E / 26.718447; 94.184142
Websitewww.awu.ac.in/index.html

Assam Women's University is a public university located in Jorhat, Assam, India. It was established by the Assam Women's University Act, 2013 (XXII of 2013) by the Assam Government.[1][2][3][4]

During the initial set up Assam Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor was appointed as the mentor of the university by the state government.[5]

On 12 September 2019, the Governor of Assam and chancellor of the university Jagdish Mukhi appointed Malinee Goswami as the first vice chancellor of the university.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "State University Assam". University Grants Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Assam CM inaugurates first Women's University in Jorhat". Business Standard. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Three bills for new universities in Assam". The Times of India. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "CM inaugurates Assam Women's University". Assam Tribune. 13 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "AAU appointed mentor of all-women's varsity". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Malinee Goswami appointed new V-C of Assam Women's University". Northeast Now. Retrieved 13 September 2019.