The Department of Philosophy started with pass course since the inception
of the college in the year 1956. The honours courses in Philosophy in
the College started in mid sixties. Shri Satyen Kar, a pioneer in establishment
of the College, was the first teacher in the department. “A small young
man with a great personality” served the department as one of the founder
teachers with utmost care and dedication. Shri Bidit Das joined the
College and helped the department profusely in its formative years along
with Late Shri Haran Chandra Bhattacharjee (a student of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan,
former President of India), an employee in the erstwhile NEFA and Shri
Amal Kr. Sen. Shri Biraj Bhusan Dutta, Dr. Subir Bijoy Sen Gupta and
Shri Ranjit Kumar Deb served the department effectively for long years.
Shri Dutta retired in 1985 as the Head of the Department and sadly,
expired last year (October 2005). In 1983, Dr. S. B. Sengupta was transferred
to the Department of English. Shri R. K. Deb was a popular Tabla player
of Shillong besides an effective teacher of Philosophy and Education
and he retired on 31st July, 2000 as Head of the Department.

The present department of Philosophy consists of four members:

All the teachers in the department have proficiency in research activities
and have a number of publications (research papers, articles and guide
books) to their credit while Dr. Biswas is a gifted classical singer.
Teachers-students interaction in the department is very intimate, and
consequently the performances of the students in the various examinations
of Board and University are consistently good.