The North Lakhimpur College is the oldest and a premier institution of higher education on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river in upper Assam. It was established in 3rd July'1952 at North Lakhimpur, which was recognized as a backward and remote area. The college was a fruit of the efforts and untiring zeal of a core group of far sighted persons in particular and the people of this vast region in general. The onus of the college is to throw light of modern education and to help developing human resources. However, its objective is not only to impart quality education to the youth, which would enable them to step forward, compete and withstand the rigours of time but also to keep open all the windows for noble thoughts to enlighten the institute. It wants to ensure all round academic and intellectual development of the students by giving them the concept of purity of knowledge. North Lakhimpur College is, therefore, built around the principle of benevolence providing the students and teachers as many ingredients of perfection as possible within its limitations.

            The college had a modest beginning but it has been attaining maturity through steady progress in the last five decades by adding new elements and expanding itself in the possible spheres. However, the college is affiliated to Dibrugarh University and runs under the grant in aid (by the govt) system. Its activities are subjected to and regulated by the norms and rules of the university and the state govt. The progress and programmes of the college, therefore, depend more or less on them leaving a very limited scope for the college to act within its parameter. In spite of such constraints the college stands out with its own characteristics features.

                        North Lakhimpur college stresses on the need to accommodate itself with the basic facilities and proper infrastructure to create a congenial academic atmosphere. It is situated in a spacious and pollution free campus having various teaching departments, administrative building, hostels, well equipped and furnished laboratories, canteen, playground etc. within it. The facilities of library and book bank, scholarship, pure drinking water, career guidance cell, health care and other support services are also offered to the students.

                        The college offers major (honours) courses almost in all customary subjects in the Arts and Science streams and all together it has nineteen departments. Presently the college accommodates nearly one thousand students in the under graduate courses and it receives inter state students also.

            The contribution of the college is not merely confined in academics. Its presence is marked in the fields of art, literature, music, drama, games and sports etc.  A number of its present and former teachers and students have earned fame for their notable achievements in their fields. In order to ensure facilitation of extra and co-curricular activities departmental forums and organizations like the student union, N.C.C., N.S.S. etc. are formed for the students. The college has developed the philosophy of its obligation towards the society and arouses the students to meet it through above activities and through value based education.

                        The basic characters of North Lakhimpur College include the fact that it always looks forward with a vision and elements of innovation. That is why the college played a pioneering role in introducing vocational and professional courses like Sericulture, Electronics and Computer Science. In fact, it was the first college in Assam to introduce the subject of Electronics in the undergraduate course