Considering the yearning of this locality in respect of higher education, the people of this area decided to start a Degree College at Lakhipur Town in the name of Satindra Mohan Dev, the illustrious son of Barak Valley and as a result of this noble idea, this Degree College named Satindra Mohan Dev College (popularly known as S.M. Dev College) was established on 25.03.1995. The Governing Body of the college obtained its registration from the Registrar of Societies, Assam as per the norms of the Assam University, Silchar. The college was formally inaugurated on 27.07.1995 under the President-ship of Sri Dinesh Prasad Goala, the then Minister of P.H.E, Government of Assam, and President of the Governing Body.
The original owner of the land of the college was the late Chitta Ranjan Sheel. The area of land measures 3(three) bighas & 3(three) chattaks. As he had none to inherit him, he before his demise, handed over the land to the Lakhipur Town Committee with a request to utilize it for some noble purpose. Accordingly when the proposal to establish a Degree College was taken, the Lakhipur Town Committee Authority was kind enough to donate the land for the College. Sri Kalyan Chandra Dey, the then Chairman of the Lakhipur Town Committee, executed the deed and handed over the land to the College authority.
The College is situated at Lakhipur Town under Cachar district surrounded by a good number of Tea Gardens about 32 km from Silchar Railway Station and 61 km from Silchar Airport. The latitude of Lakhipur, Assam, India is 24.7902 degrees N and the longitude is 93.0189 degrees E. In order to cater to the need for Higher Education of the students of this locality, this Degree College was a basic need for the people. The College has been imparting education to the students coming from the Tea Garden areas in particular and has been able to achieve its objectives to a great extent. This is the only Degree College at Lakhipur Town where students coming from the Tea Gardens & its surrounding areas as well as students from other backgrounds in the locality, can hope to receive an education.
The College was permitted by the Assam University, Silchar to start its classes in the year 1995. Initially,the college was started with the Arts Stream. In the 2013–2014 academic session, the Commerce wing of the College was opened. The college obtained Temporary Affiliation for Arts & Commerce Stream from the Assam University, Silchar. During the Session 2020–2021, the college was provincialised under the Assam Venture Educational Institutions (Provincialisation Of Services) Amendment Act, 2018.
At present the college has two Assam type full brick walled RCC
building and two multi-storied building having the following
dimension and plinth area.
1) Assam Type RCC Building No.-1-
(Teachers Common Room)- L-27.25 ft. X B-25.75 = 701.6875 Sq.
Ft.
2) Assam Type RCC Building No.-2-
(Class Room) L- 106 ft. X B- 32 ft. = 3392 Sq. ft.
3) RCC Building No. -3-
The construction work of the Ground floor of the multi-storied
building having the plinth area of 4732 Sq. ft. and a part of the
1st floor of the multi-storied building having the area of the
1400 Sq. ft. has already been completed.(Class rooms, Office
rooms, Principal’s chamber)
4) RCC Building No. -4- (Library)- Ground floor of the library
building having the plinth area of 1470 Sq. ft. has been
completed.
The college is bounded by boundary wall in all sides. The
building contains besides Class Rooms, Library, Principal’s
chamber, Teacher’s Common Room and Office room etc.
To bring an overall improvement in the society by imparting quality higher education ( Value baesd and skill based education) to make our students responsible , knowledgeable and competent citizens of society
Sandra Mohan Dev College was established with a mission to impart quality higher education for all sections of the Society especially to the socially, economically and educationally disadvantage students of the rural areas and Tea Garden Labourers communities.
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