Saraighat College, Kamrup was established on 21st July, 1981. It is one of the premier and only institution of Higher Education in the region of greater Changsari area.

The college is affiliated to Gauhati University, Guwahati and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with "C+" Grade.

The collee is recognized by the University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, on 24th October, 2008 accepted its registration under the section 2(f) Category and on 13th April, 2009 accepted the registration of this college under the section 12(B) Category.

The college was brought under the Deficit "Grants-in-Aid" system on 25th March, 1998 and the "Government Provincialized" status on 13th April, 2009.

During its more than three decades old journey, this institution has been striving untiringly to spread the ray of learning and education amongst the rural population that surrounds it.

In this relentless service to the people, Saraighat College has so far experienced various hazards and challenges and successfully overcome the same. From its very inception this institution has been working with a missionary zeal and laid great stress to educate students of socio economically marginalized condition and took special care to enroll girls in it. With 116 students and a small contingent of 8 teachers along with 2 non teaching staff this institution came into operation on 21st July, 1981.

Initially, it was only an institution of intermediary Arts Courses. With the advancement of time, due to laborious philanthropic activities of the founding teaching and non-teaching staff and the enthusiastic cooperation of some local personalities, this institution became a full fledge Arts College.

The college offers two years Higher Secondary Courses in Arts stream under Assam Higher Secondary Educational Council (AHSEC), Guwahati and three years Degree Courses in Arts stream under Gauhati University, Guwahati.

It also offers some Career Oriented Courses / Add On Course. Besides this, the college is running a Study Centre of Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOPU), Guwahati.

Vision:

The Saraighat College will be a leader in the integration of

• Teaching and learning
• Advancement of the knowledge base through research and scholarship
• Leadership in service and outreach

Further, the college will be a leader in preparing professionals who provide leadership and exemplary educational and related services to improve the lives of individuals in a changing and complex global scenario.

Mission:

• To help prepare outstanding educators, scholars, and researchers, and to advance the profession of education, as broadly defined, through research on the art of teaching and learning, the application of both traditional and modern approaches in understanding the problems, the effective uses of technology, and the analysis and development of leadership and educational policy
• It aims to carry forward the process of spreading of knowledge in an inclusive manner that would produce generations of well educated people even from the marginalized sections of population of our society

Goals & Objectives:

• To impart higher education (Post Matric) to the students of this institution under the guidance of qualified teachers
• To provide the right kind of leadership in all walks of life; to identify lifted youth and help them develop physical fitness, powers of mind and cultivating  
• in them right interests, attitude moral and intellectual values
• To strive to promote equally and social justice and to reduce social and cultural differences through diffusion of education
• To foster in the teachers and students and through them in society in general, the attitudes and values needed for developing GOOD LIFE in individual and society
• To seek and cultivate new knowledge to engage vigorously and fearlessly in the presence of truth and interpret old knowledge and belief in the light of new needs and discoveries