Pachhunga University College
With the opening of master's degree courses in Mizo, philosophy and life sciences, it became the first postgraduate college in Mizoram.
[2] The college is named in honour of Pachhunga, a leading businessman and politician, who funded its initial management in 1962.
The permanent campus, occupied since 1965, is situated in College Veng, a locality at the eastern end of Aizawl.
For its conservation of forests, it received the Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards in 1995, a national award for pioneering and innovative works in afforestation and wasteland management, from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
[3] In 2021, the DBT awarded the college its first DBT-Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research programme (DBT-BUILDER).
In 2022, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council classified it as "A+" grade with a CGPA of 3.37, the highest score in northeast India.
By then, a philanthropic entrepreneur Pachhunga, known as the "most prosperous Mizo businessman" or "the wealthiest man in Mizoram", was made chairman of the board.
[7] At the behest of Ingty, Brother Godfrey Danis, who at the time was headmaster of St. Paul's High School, became the first but temporary principal.
The faculty were volunteers and originally comprised a team of Christian missionaries including John Meirion Lloyd, Helen Lowry, Gwen Rees Roberts (Pi Teii) and Father O'Brien, along with educated natives such as Rita Neihpuii, Sangliana, and Malsawma.
The affiliation was transferred to a newly established North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), on 19 April 1979.
; modern equivalent of higher secondary) with five subjects such as English, Civics, Geography, History and Logic.
[10] As of 2022, there are 11 bachelor's degree courses in arts and humanities: English, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Mizo, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration and Sociology).
PUC also received UGC Community College Scheme in 2015 from which Diploma in Mushroom Cultivation course is offered.
[14] Two UGC-funded courses, Mizo Cultural Studies and Performing Arts, and Human Rights, were introduced in 2018.
There are 71 supporting staff including Assistant Registrar, Section Officer, clerks, peons, drivers and cleaners.
Annual programme includes Green Mizoram Day, Cleanliness Drive, and Mass Blood Donation.
Research and Instrumentation Centre, Zoological Museum, and Advanced Biotech Hub are at located within Life Science Building.
A free-access Internet Resource Centre, the first of its kind in Mizoram, was established under NER FIST of the Department of Science and Technology.
[24] In the midst of the political and social agitation in Mizoram (the Mizo National Front uprising), the original library, along with five high schools in Aizawl, was completely burnt down on 4 November 1981.
Since 2020, it uses RFID Management System provided by Rapid Radio through which fully-functional self-servicing digital platforms are available.
The Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change also had funded research projects on fish diversity and campus conservation.
[29] The third cycle of NAAC assessment in 2022 gave A+ grade with a CGPA of 3.37, the highest score in northeast India.
[41][42] This service has been officially recognised and awarded by the Department of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of Mizoram.
Since 1994, the college had developed mass blood donation programme as an annual event, mostly in commemoration of the establishment day.
[43] It also won first prize under the category of educational institution jointly awarded by MSACS and AVBD at the World Blood Donor Day on 14 June 2018.
[44] PUC introduced a policy for promoting the social and educational development of small villages in Mizoram in 2012.
The former President of India Pranab Mukherjee had endorsed the policy and advised other institutions to follow suit.
[45] The villages adopted are: Pachhunga University College Alumni Association (PUCAA) was established in 2007, with P.L.
On 14 November 2011, the Principal Tawnenga launched it as a commemoration of cultural harmony and as promotion of ethnic awareness among the students and employees.
Part of the programme, Laisuih Award is given to an individual who has made influential contribution to Mizo literature, particularly through music.
