Biswanath College, established in the year 1960 started with the Arts faculty only. At an increasing public demand the Science faculty came into existence with the subjects. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology in the year 1970. Up to 1975 the science stream was confined to Pre-University level only. From the session 1976-77 the two years B.Sc. course was started. Biology, which was a single department viz. Botany and Zoology. Dr. C. Bhagawati, the founder of the Biology department was appointed the Head of the Department of Botany and he is still heading the department successfully.

In 1982 honours course in Botany was started alongwith the Chemistry, G.U. started the Three years Degree Course from 1984 and the Honours course was renamed as major. Two batches in honours and 17 batches in major courses have so far completed their Degree Courses upto 2003. Altogether 26 batches have been awarded the B.Sc. Degree with Botany.

• Dr. Chidananda Bhagawati, M.Sc., Ph.D. (1970- ) Head of the department
• Ratun Sarmah, M.Sc. (1976- )
• Dr. Pradip Kumar Mahanta, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. (1976- )
• Meera Mudoi Bora, M.Sc., M.Phil. (1982- )
• Kulendra Chandra Sarmah, M.Sc. (1982- )
• Amarjyoti Borthakur, M.Sc., LL.B. (1983- )
• Balindra Boruah, M.Sc. (1987- )

• Tikaram Chetry
• Rabi Bhuyan
• Dimbeswar Bora

Botany department is the only department in the college where all the teaching and laboratory staff are servicing against sanctioned post.

Mission, vision and goal of the Botany department:

• Introducing Biotechnology as vocational subject by the year 2005
• Conserving the threatened and endangered plant species by establishing a Botanical Garden in the college campus, building awareness among the people for bio-diversity conservation by organizing popular talks, exhibitions public-hearings, quiz competitions, etc.
• Launching self employment generating programmes, such as training on mushroom cultivation, establishing medicinal plant garden and plantation of valuable timber yielding plant all over the college campus.

• Holding both theory and practical classes regularly for the students having botany as major or general subject in degree course.
• Conducting regular class tests on theory and practical
• Organizing seminars and popular talks on various subjects related to Biology.
• Arranging excursions, local field study and visit to some famous laboratories like DRL, RRL, Orchid Research Station, Tipi (A.P.) etc.

• Freshmen social and Farewell meetings are regularly held in the department with active participation of the students and teachers.
• Picnic cum specimen collection programmes are organized every year jointly by the students and the teachers of the departments.
• All the teachers and the students take active part in various programmes organized by the Botany club and local branch of Assam Science Society.

• The departmental library was established in the year 1981 with a view to helping the students of Major course. Now the library has about 80 books which are regularly utilized by the teacher and students.
• The ‘Botany club’ has been regularly organizing programmes such as plantation of medicinal plants as well as timber yielding plant and cleaning of the college campus.
• The Biswanath Chariali branch of Assam Science Society was established in the year 1969. Dr. C. Bhagawati is the founder Secretary of this branch who is at present the president of the same branch. A.J. Borthakur is actively associated with almost all activities of the Students’ Union and has been Prof-in-charge of various portfolios consecutively for the last 20 years. Being life members of the Assam Science Society, the teachers of the department take active part in various programmes which are aimed at popularizing science among the students and general public. The teachers are also associated with many NGO’s and other socio cultural organizations like Assam Science Writers Association, Abhiyatri, Prastuti etc.
• The department was started cultivation of sugarcane in association with a private party which will enable the authority to earn some money. Moreover, the department is making the project for cultivation of Citronella, Mushrom cultivation, Vermicompost three oil yielding plants which are commercially becoming very much essential in and out side of the state.

Department of Political science was started from the session (1960-61) dated 7th September, 1060. But at that time there was no Political Science subject separately. Because there was Civics, which was a combination of both Political Science and Economics. But later on, Civics was completely out of existence from college syllabus. As independent subjects, Civics was completely out of existence from college syllabus. As a result, Political Science, as a separate subject was started to impart lesions w.e.f. 1961 in Pre-University class with Sri Nishendu Kumar Das, M.A. at the helm of the management of the department. Sri Das was later co-ordinated by Sri Fatik Chandra Hazarika, M.A. both of these dedicated lecturers retired.

• Rajabala Das, M.A. (1970- ) Head of the Department
• Bhabani Prasad Sarmah, M.A. (177- )
• Leena Hazarika, M.A. (1996- )
• Bipul Das, M.A. (2001- )

The department of philosophy of Biswanath College was started alongwith the establishment of the College in 1060. At the beginning it was a one-man department late L.C. Borah was the founding lecturer of the department. In 1968 Late C.K. Sarmah joined as a lecturer in the department. Sri D. Phukan, the present Head of the department, joined in 1986. At present there are two lecturers and one post is lying vacant subsequent to the retirement of Late C.K. Sarmah. Till date, nearly 1000 students passed B.A. with philosophy as one of the elective subjects. Major course was started in the department on 15-07-2001. In absence of the government sanction, the department is yet to be equipped with two more teachers.

Mission, vision and goal:

Philosophy is the science of knowledge and wisdom. The mission of our department is to impart lessons so as to enable the students acquire pure knowledge and wisdom. And this being done, the students will be able to discover the truth, proper thinking and distinct vision.

Philosophy helps the learners to understand clearly the subject-matter of other branches of studies. It clears up the road of science. Philosophy provides information for scientific discoveries. Deep knowledge is essential for day to day activities. So it is an important objective as well as goal of philosophy to give lesson to the students to acquire knowledge and find out the truth to make the society a perfect one. Philosophy provides knowledge and truth about the mystery of life, nature, soul, Almighty and the universe through reasoning, facts and figures, imagination, emotion, and faith etc. At present Philosophy tries to analyze the language used in our ordinary and scientific world.

So, by teaching Philosophy, attempt is made to provide all these matters to students so that in future they may be competent citizens of society with a specific view of making an ideal society and country as well. It may also channelize the sense of virtue among the students.

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The department of Nepali was started in August, 1992 with 76 students in response to the demands from a large number of students of the college and different Nepali Organizations of Biswanath Sub-Division. The then GB of the college resolved unanimously to start the course in graduate level from the session 1991-92, and subsequently the university of Gauhati was appealed to affiliate the subject as MIL course in Arts Stream. The University accorded permission in the session 1993-94 and 1994-95 for introducing the course for the first year and second year students respectively. The temporary affiliation up to TDC second year was accorded in 1994. Soon after this, Govt. concurrence was obtained in 1994. Arun Upadhaya MA, M.Phil. joined the department on October 23rd, 1992 as lecturer. Mr. Upadhaya had to be the loan teacher in the department till the appointment of Hem Kumar Gautam M.A, in January – 1995 in a non-sanctioned post whose appointment was necessitate by the increasing number of classes. The department started teaching Nepali as MIL subject in HS (Arts and Science) level from session 1992-93.

The department’s main objective in HS level is to impart a fair knowledge of Nepali language and literature to students. It is also hoped that some of the students will find Nepali language and literature interesting and worthy of study. Such students will continue to study Nepali literature as an MIL in graduate level. In graduate level, Arts students are trained up in Nepali language and literature so as to enable them to have a fair knowledge of Nepali language and literature. It is hoped that at the end of the course some of them will take up such professions, as Nepali language teachers in various schools and colleges and other Govt. jobs. The future plan of the department is to introduce Major course. But at a time, when the college is experiencing acute financial problems and the govt. is not willing to sanction the second post of the department, it is a matter of great concern whether such a plan would be materialized. Anyway, the department will continue to work hard to impart quality education to the under-graduate students keeping the dream alive to start major course. The department will strive, but not yield.

In addition to normal teaching activities, other departmental activities include seminars, discussions and literacy competitions like recitation, creative writing, etc. The get-together of the students and the teachers is also very interesting and enlightening activity of the department.