Rajiv Gandhi University

Rajiv Gandhi University (formerly Arunachal University) is the leading institution of higher education in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and completed twenty-five years of existence. Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, the foundation stone of the university in February 4th 1984 in Rono Hills, where the current campus is located. Since its inception, it has been the university is seeking to achieve excellence and achieve goals as envisaged in the University Act. The university got the University Academic recognition under section 2 (f) of the UGC in March 28th, 1985 and running from April 1, 1985. It's got a financial recognition under Article 12B of UGC in the 25th March 1994. Since then Rajiv Gandhi University and then the University of Arunachal has carved a niche for itself in the prestigious educational scenario of the country following selected for the University, with the possibility of excellence by a committee of high-level experts UGC among universities in India.

The university has been transferred to the Central University from April 9th 2007 in the notification of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. University site Rono Hills summit on the tableland of 302 acres overlooking the river Dikrong. It is 6.5 km from National Highway 52 A and 25 km from Itanagar, the capital of the state. And it is linked to the campus with the National Highway through Dakrong Bridge.

The educational and research programs of the university is designed to play a positive role in the social, economic and cultural development of the state. The university offers under graduate, and graduate M. Phil and PhD programs. It also provides the Ministry of Education B.Ed.  programme.

There are fifteen of the University colleges. The University provide educational facilities for students from neighboring states, especially Assam. The strength of the students in the different departments of the University and its affiliated colleges steadily.

Actively engaged faculty members in research activities with financial support from UGC and other funding agencies. Since its establishment, it has been punished a number of proposals for research projects from various funding agencies for the University. A number of seminars, workshops and conferences organized administrations. Many faculty members at national and international conferences and seminars that take place inside and outside the country participated. Eminent scientists and prominent university figures have visited and give lectures in various disciplines. The academic year 2000-2001 years of the unification of the University. It took and switch on from an annual to a semester system smoothly and the performance of the students recorded a marked improvement. It has been implementing various curricula designed by the boards of the Supreme Studies (BPGS). VSAT facility installed by ERNET India, New Delhi under the UGC INFONET program, and provides access to the Internet. In spite of infrastructure constraints, the University has to maintain academic excellence. Thoroughly committed to the University of the academic calendar, conducted tests and the results were announced at the appropriate time. Students have been found from the University of positions not only in the state and central government services, but also in different institutions, sectors and organizations. The many students to succeed in the National Eligibility Test (NET).