The then prime minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao, chaired the opening of the university.

Land was acquired at Napaam, a suburb, which is about 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Tezpur, area totalling 262 acres (106 ha).

Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rava (Rabha) donated an ancestral estate of 2500 bigha of land received from the British government in favour of the peasants.

[citation needed] The university campus is at Napaam about 15 km east of Tezpur, the headquarters of the Sonitpur district of Assam.

Napaam is an urban area surrounded by people of diverse caste, religion and language.

ASTC and private buses run daily between Tezpur and some other major places like Guwahati (ISBT, Lokhra), Bongaigaon, North Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, etc.

Dekargaon Railway Station offers a link between Tezpur and to other parts of Assam.

The School of Humanities & Social Sciences provides education as well as diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs related to humanities and social sciences in the following departments: The School of Management Sciences provides education as well as diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs related to business management in the following departments: The School of Engineering offers courses in engineering and technology.

The main feature of this festival is the lecture, where the doyen of Indian science and mathematics are invited as speakers.

Also, many other events including NERLSE (North East Regional Level Science Exhibition) both for UG and PG level, Thalamus the school quiz, Cerebrum the open science quiz, Theatrix the Sci-fi movie screening and other numerous departmental events are organized during the festival.

[16] "SAMPARK... the interface" is the annual national-level B-school event of the Department of Business Administration, organized mainly by the students with active support from the faculty members.