Regional College of Nursing, Guwahati was established on 3rd October, 1977.

Its affiliated to Gauhati University.

at Assam under the scheme of North Eastern Council (NEC) and direct administrative control of Government of Assam. It was through the tremendous and combined effort of two great personnel Late Dr. J. Mahanta, then principal *** superintendent of Guwahati Medical College & Hospital and Mrs. A. Kerketta, the first principal of Regional College of Nursing that this institution has started functioning.

Today it has became the pride of North Eastern states in the field of Nursing education. The glorious existence of Regional College of Nursing has contributed to the upliftment of nursing education in North East states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.

The college was formally inaugurated on 5th December 1977 by then Governor of Assam & Meghalaya Shri L.P.Singh. The college started functioning in the administrative building of Guwahati Medical College on the top of Narakasur Hill and students are provided practical area for their clinical learning in Guwahati Medical College.

It is only other day in the month of February 2006 college shifted to newly constructed building near the Doordarshan T.V. tower. Initially the institution runs only a B.Sc. Nursing course of four years duration with 30 student intake per year.