About Us Rabindranath Tagore University is a Public State University located at Hojai Hojai district Assam The university is established through the Rabindranath Tagore University Act XXXIV of which was passed by the State Legislature of Assam in The Act was approved by the then Governor of Assam on October It was created by upgrading Hojai College established on July a general degree college situated in Hojai district Assam It was named after Sri Rabindranath Tagore in the first Asian non-European Nobel Laureate in Literature an Indian polymath who was active as a poet writer playwright composer philosopher social reformer educationist and painter during the age of Bengal Renaissance The UGC has recognized Rabindranath Tagore University as an institution ldquo empowered to award degrees as specified by the UGC under section of the UGC Act by conducting courses through its own departments its constituent colleges and or through its affiliated colleges in regular Read More