Sarada Charan Dey College, Kalinagar, a rural Higher Educational institution situated in the district of Hailakandi of Assam, which is Affiliated to Assam university & Provincialised under Govt of Assam & Accredited by NAAC (1st Cycle). The college started its journey in the year 1993 by some local active and generous people with some noble vision and mission. The college initially started in its own land in a bamboo platted classrooms. After two/three years an R.C.C. building was constructed with the donation received from local M.L.A. The college obtained permission to start classes from Guwahati University in the year 1993. Then in the year 1995 after the inception of Assam University Silchar, the institution came under Assam University as affiliated College. As an affiliated College to Assam University, the institution was granted “Govt. Concurrence” on 30/08/2005. More satisfyingly, the “Assam Venture Institution’s, provincialisation (of services) Act, 2011, amended in 2012” was enforced in the college w.e.f. 1st January 2013. Thereby Services of only 5nos of teaching and 8nos of non-teaching staff had been provincialised. The college could not stand alone to improve the academic atmosphere time to time. However in the year 2021 few more posts of the teachers were provincialised. Since then joint efforts have been taken and trying its level best for satisfactory academic performance besides excelling in various fields including games and sports and cultural activities. In the year 2019, the college received financial aid of Rs. 50 Lakhs from Sate Govt. for the first time. Due to newly constructed building, (proposed three storied building) the office of the college has been shifted which is above the flood level. Regarding Digital classroom, Digital Library, the work is in progress and expecting to be completed within a short period of time.

Where as Kalinagar, with its surrounding areas namely Salchapra, Sripur, Fulbari, Sealtack, Panchgram, Janaki bazar, Chiporsangan, Bakrihawar, is very backward in respect of higher education & these places are situated in the flood effected area, where crips are almost every year devastated by flood, resulting the cause of poverty, for which the people of the locality fail to manage the education of their wards by sending them to towns. Where as most of the people of the locality, who are eager to receive higher education had to go to Silchar, Hailakandi, or Karimganj every day by bus or trains, which are over crowded almost every day and as such are very dangerous for treavelling of young boys and girls fs and this daily journy of boys and girls from home to either of the above named towns and back homes find little time at their disposal for personal study at home. This arrangement for their education has almost a failure for their achievements of their purpose & moreover this daily journey in all weathers tells very heavily upon their health.

So this meeting after a threadbare discussion unanimously resolved to establosh a College in this locality to cater to the growing needs of higher education from the current academic session 1992, and the College be named after the name of Late Sarada Charan Dey, a veteran social worker and patron of learning, to commemorate his sweet memory.

Kalinagar, a vast village comprising with 8 parts, situated at the juncture place of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of Assam. The village came into existence 200 years ago and prior to this, the area was completely depicted with jungles, swamps and beels. Gradually some need-based people from different areas settled and got the jungle be cut to make the land available for their livelihood. River Katakhal was flowing on the eastern side of the village and the river side was selected by the British Govt. for the purpose of construction of P.W.D. Road and Railway line. From the beginning of the 19th century some people took initiative of establishing primary schools and subsequently higher educational arena came into existence. Since the establishment of Janaki Charan Higher Secondary school in the year 1948 it became the pivot of starting higher education in the place. Late Sarada Charan Dey donated three institutions namely J.C.H.S. School in the name of his father, ACGH S School in the name of his brother and Sarojini Primary health Center in the name of his mother. It is a rare example of such donation in the entire Barak Valley. Considering his generosity a meeting was also held on 5th September on his death anniversary to commemorate his sweet memory. All the renowned educationists, politicians and eminent personalities gathered in the meeting. They unanimously resolved to establish an institution of higher education in the name of Sarada Charan Dey College for recognition and dedication for the untering zeal for social work and spread of education in the rural area. A Sponsoring Body was established and college was formally started from the 13 September 1992 in the premises of JCHS School, Kalinagar. The managing committee of Gopal Gobinda Jeus Ashram graciously pleased to donate 5 Bighas of land for the purpose of constructing college building and other infrastructure Accordingly Katcha Shad was constructed to continue the classes in the year 1994 on its original site Sri Gautam Roy, Minister of Govt. of Assam, an architect of Barak Valley and a patron of learning, stressed out for Reserve Fund and another 1 lakh for college building. The other generous public of the locality also extended their gracious donation for which the college has surmounted to the present stage of a full-fledged position.

In the initial stage, Governing Body of the college made necessary correspondences with the Guwahati University. Mr. Deka, Head of the Deptt. Of Zoology, inspected the provision of the college infrastructure on his report, in the college was accorded permission in the year 1993. In the meantime owing to the bifurcation of universities, Assam University came into existence in the year 1994 and as per University Act college was bifurcated under the jurisdiction of Assam University which introduced it soon so that the education process may become need-based and relevant to the present day world developments. Our education system should be restructured in such a way that it may become student-oriented.

1. The main vision of the college is meeting student’s needs by creating an Educational
   Environment in which students can attain a variety of goals and performance leading to the achievement of academic and career goals.
2. To impart quality education for rural and economically backward students to meet new challenges of life and to make them good, self-reliant and capable citizens of the society.
3. To access educational opportunity in line with the needs of the community and help students meet socio-economic and cultural challenges to become active participants in shaping the society.

Our College is inspired by the mission of developing spirit of excellence in both curricular and extra-curricular domain, sound values, ethos of unity in diversity and leadership qualities among the students so that they can compete in global excellence.