Dera Natung Government College,Itanagar,is the second institute of Higher education in Arunachal Pradesh.Initially housed in Govt. Higher Secondary School Building,it began
it's educational pursuits in the evening shift with four one-man departments of English, Hindi, Economics and History and with a handful of students.Within a short span
of time, the college made stupendous and splendid progress.It shifted to it's own massive building complex in it's permanent site in 1986. Located centrally in the Vivek Vihar sector
of the town with a beautiful natural environment,surrounded on three sides by the river Ganga and the fourth side by a hillock;it has an area of 80 acres of land. Since it's
inception it had been imparting education in both Day and Night shifts till 1990 when the night shift was abolished.
The college remains well connected by road throughout the year with the rest of the country by the National Highway No.52 A through Banderdewa check post.The nearest railway
station is Harmutty, at a distance of 40 Kms. and the airport is Lilabari at a distance of 75 Kms.
The college is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University(Formerly Arunachal University),Rono Hills,Doimukh,Itanagar,Arunachal Pradesh.
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