About The Departments

The department of MIL was established in the year 1962 with three subjects Assamese, Hindi and Bengali. The classes were then taken in the premises of Cotton College. After a few years, the department shifted to the main campus of Gauhati Commerce College. Post period of 1967, the departments of MIL and Assamese were divided into individual departments. From 2019 inB.com semester system CBCS was started and in the CBCS system, MIL syllabus was revised and came to be known as BCM Hindi and BCM Bengali. In BCM Hindi and BCM Bengali syllabus the literature part was replaced by Business Communication. Since then these two subjects have been a part of the B.com degree course taught by the respective teachers of the department. The department engages in making the students proficient in Hindi and Bengali along with developing their communication skills. Constant Care is taken to brush up their writing skills as well. The department also takes up MIL papers for the Higher Secondary course. Currently there are two faculties in the department, one member for each of Hindi and Bengali papers. Some of the distinct programmes and events conducted by the Department includes: 1. A Discussion on “Transaction between Cultures: the business of Translation” moderated by Prof Santanu Phukan, jointly organized by the Departments of MIL &English, supported by the IQAC, Gauhati Commerce College, held on 24th June 2022. A Special Talk on Yoga (with Demonstration) organized by GCC Yoga and Wellness Centre, in association with Department of MIL & Department of English, Resource person Srijut Bireswar Dutta held on 27th June 2022.