The department of Assamese, Duliajan College is one of the important department of the College. The department as a whole has substantially extended their service to the College in the field of teaching and management of the college. As a compulsory subject ‘Assamese’ included in curriculum since the day of establishment of the college. The department has provided major or honours courses from the year 1983. Over the years, the department has produced many brilliant students. Many creative and culturally sound students have succeeded to establish themselves already.
Professor Biren Chutia was one of the founder faculty of the department. Besides teaching, he has served the institution as Vice-Principal and Principal respectively. Professor Gopi Tamuli, Brajen Nirmalia, Bina Bordoloi, Dr. Hiteswar Bordoloi and Aichena Buragohain have also served the department as faculty. All the mentioned faculties have contributed to the department as well as college and the society in different fields.
Dr. Deepak Gogoi was another dynamic faculty of the department. Unfortunately he passed away suffering from incurable disease.
Dr. Satyakam Borthakur has served the department from August, 2000 to April, 2009. Currently he is serving as Professor in the department of Assamese, Dibrugarh University.
Professor Phulajyoti Saikia, Dr. Chitrajit Saikia, Dr. Moonmi Konwar and Dr. Bobby D. Langthasa, Dr. Lakhyajit Buragohain has been serving as regular faculty in the department currently. Amongst them, Dr. Chitrajit Saikia is serving as Head of the Department.
Jyotshna Sonowal, Ranjita Sarma, Dr. Bornali Borah, Paresh Khanikar, Bornali Gogoi, Lunamoni Gogoi, Rushika Chetia and Bidyawati Boruah have served the department as contractual teacher.
The department has been serving honous, non-honours and HS courses over the years.
The departmental library is one of the important assets of the department. The library preserving many valuable books, journals and magazines related to literature, language and culture. Uruli, and Ankur are the names of the annually published wall magazine and hand written magazine respectively. Pradipti is the printed magazine of the department. The department also arranged Seminars, Workshops, Group Discussions, Lectures and many other literary and cultural events time to time.
The department also providing one year diploma course in Sanskrit Language Learning. As a Add-on Course, the department is going to introduce a thirty hours certificate course on Recitation as a form of Performing Art from August, 2023 onwards.
Minor research projects and field study based research works are done by the faculty members and the students of the department.
Some self written books and edited books are published by the faculties of the department. Many literary and research based articles are also published in different journals, magazines and newspapers by the faculties of the department.