From the Desk of Principal
It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you to the official website of Chilarai College. Established in 1973, the college came into being as a result of the unwavering support and steadfast determination of those noble personalities who had the vision, dream and the commitment to set up an institution for higher education in the remotest part of Western Assam. Named after the 16th Century’s greatest warrior scholar Biswa Mahabir Chilarai of Koch Dynasty the college has emerged as beacon of grass root empowerment and a potential tool of social engineering among mostly the economically challenged communities in the western region of Assam. Brought under the deficit grant-in-aid system in the year 1987 and enlisted under UGC Act of 2(f) and 12(B) in the year 2001 the college has successfully completed its 2nd cycle of NAAC Assessment and Accreditation in 2015 with Grade B .
VISION
The college was established in 1973 with a vision to make higher education accessible to the students of different underprivileged sections of the society. The college envisions making its students explore their innate potentialities through knowledge and to enable them responsible citizens. The motto of our college as inscribed in its logo is “ Vidyaya tu Pramuchyate” which means “ Liberation comes from Knowledge”. Keeping this in tune, the college has been striving hard to disseminate quality higher education to the students and to make them grow as socially responsible citizens of our nation.
MISSION
The mission of the college is to empower the socio-economically disadvantaged communities of the western part of Assam. The college offers available facilities to students to fulfil their dreams. The mission of the college covers the following aims:
- To make quality education accessible to the students from underprivileged sections
- To inspire and guide the learners for continuous efforts towards excellence.
- To introduce innovative techniques to make teaching-learning process more effective.
- To sensitize the students towards emerging issues like gender & environment issues, human rights.
- To make the students exposed to co-curricular and extra-curricular activities through active participation.
- To motivate the students to develop sense of mutual respect, cooperation, togetherness along with maintaining the ideals of Unity in Diversity.
- To engage the students in community services.
CENTRE FOR ETHNIC STUDIES AND RESEARCH (CESR)
Established on 21st June, 1998 , the Centre for Ethnic Studies and Research (CESR) of Chilarai College, Golakganj has been committed to explore cultural potentials of the vibrant and colourful cultural traditions of Western Assam. The centre was registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. The college through the centre has been the cultural ambassador for promoting the vibrant and colourful performing traditions, folk arts and other cultural attributes of ethnic communities. The CESR of the college has been taking initiatives to sensitize the students and the faculties about the richness of indigenous knowledge system of the region. Initially, some committed faculties of the college envisioned to set up the centre with a view to exploring the cultural repositories of the region embedded in oral traditions of the Rajbangsi community. Since inception, the centre has been a leading source of inspiring and motivating the faculties to pursue research on folk theatre, folk and performing arts, myth, legends and folk tales, translation studies, local language etc.
FOLK MUSEUM
The in-house Museum of Chilarai College was founded in 2004 and at present, it houses a plethora of artefacts displaying the cultural heritage of diverse communities of Western Assam. The museum was developed by the college to showcase the vibrant and colourful cultural elements and heritage of the region. Objects preserved here can be classified under different heads: ethnographic objects and anthropological objects. Objects like bamboo crafts, musical instruments, basketry, metal objects, jewellery, textiles, masks, terracotta etc. The valuable artefacts displayed in the Museum include a few rare pieces of Koch coinage or coins of Koch dynasty, originally called “Narayani Mudra” which was introduced by Nara Narayana. The museum has been under the supervision of department of Assamese and History.
In near future, the museum will be committed to showcasing the ethno-cultural heritage of diverse communities of North-eastern parts of India.
Objectives: 1. To upgrade the museum for showcasing ethno-cultural heritage of
