Facts & History

Eastern Christian College was established in the year 1993. It is located at Padum­pukhuri in Dimapur district, Nagaland. Situated near the National Highway-29, it is easily accessible for students from far and near places. It is a co-educational college affiliated to Na­galand University. The college received recognition from the University Grant Commission (UGC) under 2(f) and 12(b) on 28th November, 2006. In the early years, the college was set up on a leased land. On 12th April, 1996, it was shifted to the present campus which is adja­cent to the National Highway-29 and many more buildings have been added since then. The college functioned as a fully affiliated college under North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), however in 1995, the college got its provisional affiliation under Nagaland University. Grad­ually, in 1997-98 the Nagaland University granted affiliation for B.A (pass course) and B.A (honours) in Political Science and English for a period of three years (1997-2000). Subse­quently, in the year 2009-2010, Nagaland University granted provisional affiliation in Sociolo­gy (pass course and honours), introduction of Bachelor of Commerce course, and permission for opening B.A (pass course) for evening session. The college has introduced honours course in Accountancy (B.Com.) in the year 2018, History honours in the year 2020, and Education and Economics in the year 2024. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program will be introduced in the current session 2025. As per UGC guidelines on NEP 2020 and directive from Nagalandf University, the fourth year bachalor with honours will be offered in the fol­lowing departments:- Economics, English, Education, Political Science, History & Sociology. whereas the fourth year bachalor with research will be offered in Education from 2025 - 2026 session.

The College is accredited 'B' grade by NAAC in the year 2021.