Department of History

Founder Head (HoD): Prof. S. Dutta

The Department of History has completed 38 (Thirty Eight) years of its existence in May 2018. Since its inception it has been successfully implementing its mission of providing quality and innovative education and carrying out research activities with thrust on innovation. Prior to the present location, the Department had been functioning since 1980 in Jawaharlal Nehru Government College at Pasighat, which was taken over by the erstwhile Arunachal University (now Rajiv Gandhi University) in 1988 from the Punjab University. Now the Department offers M. Phil. & Ph. D. programmes on regular basis along with the Postgraduate programme. Apart from conventional areas it is giving special emphases on the studies related to border trade, British tribe relations, East and South East Asian Studies, North East India, Religious History, Women Studies, Buddhist Studies, Traditional Institutions and Oral Traditions.

The prominent members who have contributed to the growth of the Department during its various phases are :

Prof. T.Mibang (former V.C.), Prof. J.L Dawar, Dr. P.K. Mandal, Mr. Ramachanran, Prof. Pritish Acharya and Prof. B. Tripathy.

Official email id of department: hod.history@rgu.ac.in

A Two Day National Seminar on Border Communities of Central Arunachal Pradesh 29-30 March 2019.