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Assam Homeopathic College, Nagaon

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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
Prof. Dr. A. Kumar

Campus
  
Sub urban

Established
  
1968

Undergraduates
  
250 (approx)

Location
  
Haibargaon, Nagaon, Assam, India

Assam Homoeopathic Medical College And Hospital, Nagaon is located in Nagaon, Assam. The institute was established in the year 1968. It is the first homeopathic medical college of North East India.

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History

The college was started on 15 August 1968 in the Haiborgaon Girl's High School, Haiborgaon, Nagaon. After a piece of land had been donated by Meghraj Agarwalla, later on was shifted to Haibargaon, Nagaon. The foundation stone of the present building was laid on 29 November 1972 by Dr. Jogesh Mahanta the then Principal of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. In 1978, the college became the first homoeopathic teaching institution in Assam to have been recognised by the Board of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Assam. On 1 July 1988, the college has been undertaken by the Director of Medical Education, Planning & Research, Assam.

From the year 1968 the college was offering homoeopathic Diploma course (DHMS) and from 2000 Degree course (BHMS) in homoeopathic Medicine has been introduced. The college is under Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences since 2011.

Academics

The college offers 5 and a half year Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery(BHMS) degree course under Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences. In 2016, the admission into this college is based on Assam Combined Entrance Examination(Assam-CEE) conducted by Dibrugarh University The intake capacity of the college is 50 students per batch.

References

Assam Homeopathic College, Nagaon Wikipedia