Cachar is an administrative district in the state of Assam and the district has the city of Silchar as its headquarters. The official language of the district is Bengali and the district is spread over an area of 3786 km2. In addition to Bengali people, the district acts as the home for people from other communities like Khasi, Kuki and Mizo with minority strength.

The district also acts as a home for number of colleges and the names of government colleges offering education in the district of Cachar in the state of Assam are given below;

Medical College:

• Silchar Medical College & Hospital, Silchar

Engineering College:

• National Institute of Technology, Silchar

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

• Cachar College, Silchar

• Gurucharan College, Silchar

• Haflong Government College, Haflong, North Cachar

• Women’s  College, Silchar

Some of the details regarding these government colleges in the district of Cachar in Assam are given below:

Medical College:

Silchar Medical College & Hospital, Silchar came into existence in the year 1968 and the college was previously affiliated to the Guwahati and then with Assam University and at present it is offering medical education with affiliation from the Srimanta Sankardeva University of Health Sciences located in Guwahati. The college is approved by the medical council of India to admit 100 students per year for the MBBS Course. The college also offers MD and MS in the following subjects:

• MD in

o Pathology

o Anaesthesiology

o Radiodiagnosis

o Psychiatry

o Medicine

• MS in

o Orthopaedics

o Surgery

o Ophthalmology

o Obstet. & Gyne.

o ENT

Engineering College:

National Institute of Technology, Silchar came into existence in the year 1967 in the name of Regional Engineering College, Silchar and the institute was upgraded as NIT in the year 2002. The institute offers the following courses at the UG and PG levels:

• Bachelor of Technology in

o Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

o Computer Science & Engineering

o Electronics & Communication Engineering

o Electrical Engineering

o Mechanical Engineering

o Civil Engineering

• Master of Technology in

o VLSI

o Power System Engineering

o Design & Manufacturing Engineering

o Thermal Engineering

o Transportation Engineering

o Earthquake Engineering

o Geotechnical Engineering

o Water Resource Engineering

• Master of Science in Applied Chemistry

Admission to UG courses are done based on AIEEE score, while for PG courses admission is done based on the GATE score secured by the candidates.  The institute also offers Ph. D courses for which admission is done on the basis of NET/GATE Score.

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

Cachar College, Silchar came into existence in the year 1960 and the college offers intermediate, UG and career-oriented courses with affiliation from the Assam University, Silchar. The college offers UG courses in arts, science and commerce streams of education.

Gurucharan College, Silchar is popularly called as G.C. College and this college came into existence in the year 1935. This college is also affiliated to the Assam University and it offers degree courses, PG courses and diploma and certificate courses in different subjects under the faculty of arts, science and commerce. The college also offers higher secondary course in these disciplines.

Haflong Government College, Haflong, North Cachar is also affiliated to the Assam University offering education under arts, science and commerce faculties under the UG level.

Women’s College, Silchar came into existence in the year 1963 and the college offers higher secondary course in arts & commerce stream and three-year degree course in arts stream of education. The college also offers several other self-financing courses as diploma or certificate courses.

In addition to these colleges, there are also several other colleges run by Government of Assam offering quality education in the district of Cachar.