Research, Innovations and Extension
Namrup College is one of the premier higher educational institutues in the remote east part of Dibrugarh district of Assam. This institute is siated in a rural areas where no other institutes here having both science and arts stream. Apart from teaching, this institute has created environment for basic reserach and training. Several faculty members were published research papers in reputed journals. Namrup College has received grants from government agencies mainly from UGC (University Grant Commission) for research projects (minor and major research project) and endowment in different times. The Department of Botany, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics, Department of Mathematics, Department of Economics, Department of Sociology, Department of English and Department of Political Science received grants to carried out research. Namrup College condcuts various extension activities in campus and its neighbouring schools and villages. In this cocerned, college organises seminar, workshop, hands on training etc. in different aspects to dessiminate knowledge, information andskills among the students and neighbouring communities. The college has active National Service Scheme (NSS) unit. In addition to these, Health and Sanitation Club, Women Study and Development Cell, Green Life Society, Institutional Biotech Hub, Socio- cultural Development Cell (SCDC), Namrup College Teachers’ Unit (NCTU), Transport Management Committee, Career Guidance and Counseling Cell (CGCC), Women Study and Development Cell (WSDC), Students’ Union- all these bodies and societies contribute significantly to the community development. Namrup College organized cleanliness drives, tree plantation drives, awareness programme, special camps etc. in the neighbouring areas and adopted villages. College observed different days of local, national and international importance like Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti, National Science Day, International Women’s Day, Girl Child Day, AIDS Day, World Environment Day, Wildlife week, Cancer day, etc. to sensitize students and local community on different social issues. College has organized seminars, webinars, popular talks, workshops on the themes related to environment, biodiversity conservation, Entrepreneurship Development, gender equality, computer literacy etc. College has organized different programmes related to Plastic Pollution and various add on courses on Mushroom Cultivation, Vermicompost Production etc.
Namrup College has 05 functional MoU with national and regional institutions, universities etc. and it has organized 20 activities as part of those MoU. conduction of one short term programme, exchange scientific data, seminars/workshops, Faculty development programme, etc. were organized as part of these collaborations.
3.1 Resource Mobilization for Research
Research project and other research and development works carried out by the institution
| Name of the faculty | Department | Title of the project | Funding agency | Scheme | Year of award | Duration in years | Sanction amount (in Lakhs) | Year of completion |
| Dr. Jitu Buragohain | Principal | Native.....plants | UGC | Major Research Project | 2010 | 3 | 3.94 | 2013 |
| Mrs. Firoza Khatun | Botany | Traditional Medicinal plants of upper Assam | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2013 | 2 | 1.2 | 2015 |
| Dr. Padma Acharya | Chemistry | A new strategy......Nitro Compounds | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2013 | 2 | 1.00 | 2015 |
| Dr. Jitu Buragohain | Botany | Establishment of Institutional Level Biotech Hub | DBT | DBT special prog. for NER | 2013 | 3 | 26.50 | 2019 |
| Mr. Rupak Kr. Borgohain | Sociology | Role of Mass Media......at Namrup, Assam | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2015 | 2 | 2.6 | 2017 |
| Mr. Kalyan Gogoi | Political Science | The role of......Assam | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2015 | 2 | 1.4 | 2017 |
| Dr. Mahinder Singh | Mathematics | A Study of ....inhomogeneous Plasma | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2015 | 2 | 2.5 | 2017 |
| Mrs. Utpala Barman Baruah | Physics | Comparative study...frequency | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2015 | 2 | 3.8 | 2017 |
| Mrs. Indira Baruah | Economics | Poverty Eradication...Upper Assam | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2015 | 2 | 1.4 | 2017 |
| Dr. Durga Prasad Gogoi | Physics | Development of ZnO...Cosmetics | UGC | Minor Research Project | 2015 | 2 | 3.95 | 2017 |
| Dr. Jitu Buragohain | Principal | Establishment of Institutional Level Biotech Hub | DBT | DBT special prog. for NER | 2015 | 1 | 4.07 (2nd Inst.) | 2016 |
| Dr. Jitu Buragohain | Principal | Establishment of Institutional Level Biotech Hub | DBT | DBT special prog. for NER | 2016 | 1 | 4.93 (3rd inst.) | 2017 |
| Mr. Jayanta Sonowal | Botany | Establishment of Institutional Level Biotech Hub | DBT | DBT special prog. for NER | 2018 | 1 | 5.24 (4th inst.) | 2018 |
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Dr. Jayanta Sonowal (PI) Mr. Sajidur Rahman (Co-PI) |
Botany Zoology |
DBT-NER Institutional Biotech Hub | DBT | DBT special prog. for NER | 2023 | 3 | 30.27 | Ongoing |
3.2 Innovation Ecosystem
3.2.1 Institution has created an ecosystem for innovations and has initiatives for creation and transfer of knowledge
The main objective Namrup College is to disseminate knowledge, skill and training for the students and neighbouring communities through education and research. Namrup College is situated near a biodiversitically rich region, therefore have ample scope of reserach in biological science and its allied field. College has always encouraged to faculty members to carry out research work with its limited facilities. Several major and minor research projects are already completed by several faculty members. From 2021, college has initiated "IQAC Students Project Grants" for the students of the institute. Under this programme, financial package of Rs. 25000/- for maximum of five merit project proposal with am amount of Rs. 5000/ for each. In 2013, the college got a grant for an Institutional Level Biotech Hub from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India in order to increase awareness on science education, research and practical knowledge and to disseminate basic research. The college has implement this project by conducting workshops, hands-on-training, facilities for basic research etc. In the last five years Institutional Biotech Hub received grant of Rs. 5.24 lakh from DBT, Govt. of India to conduct its regular activities. Besides these, department wise basic research environment has been created through different grants received from UGC, DBT. RUSA etc. Now the college has developed the basic infrastructure facilities for research, training, innovations and transfer of knowledge.
3.2.2 Workshops/seminars/conferences including on Research Methodology, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and entrepreneurship conducted by the institutuion
Namrup College organises seminars, workshops, hands-on-traning, webinar in different issues. Some of such activites were sponsored by external agency like UGC, DBT, etc and some are self-finaced.
| Name of the seminar/workshop | Funding agency | Sanctined Amount (In Lakh) | Date and Year |
| National Seminar on "Higher Educational Institutions of Rural and Backward Areas of Assam: Challenges and Remedies | NAAC | 11th & 12th June 2013 | |
| Human Rights: Ethics & Values in Northeast India | UGC | 26th & 27th March 2015 | |
| Currents Trends of Biological Research: Challenges and Prospects | UGC | 1.2 | 29th & 30th June 2016 |
| Workshop on "Dr B.R.Ambedkar’s Ideas of Annihilation of Caste and Abolition of Untouchability" | UGC | 26th March 2018 | |
| Workshop on "Mushroom Cultivation, Quality Production and Commercialzation" | DBT | Part of Biotech Hub Activity | 27th to 29th November 2018 |
| Applications of Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry for the upliftment of Rural Economy | DBT | Part of Biotech Hub Activity | 8th January 2019 |
| National Webinar on "Intellectual Property Rights" | Self | 0.015 | 20th August 2020 |
| Scientific Approach of Goat Farming and its Allied Topics: A way of Entreprenuership Development | Self | Free of cost | 3rd August 2021 |
3.3. Research publication
As an outcomes of these, college faculty mebers publihes reserach papers, book chapters, edited books etc. Some of research publications of Namrup College faculties are--
2. Analysis of water quality status in Bordoibam Bilmukh wetland ecosystem of Assam, India
4. Asomiya Narir Dikdorshanat Ghor Jeuti Aalosonir Bhumika: Ek Bilsekhanatmok Adhyayon
6. Madhya Yogor Patabhumit Rochit Deolangkhui Upanyasyat Kuko Sangskriti Somol
9. Wave loads by an oscillating water column in presence of bottom-mounted obstacle in the channel of finite width