Objectives & Missions

The K. K. Handiqui Library was established to cater to the needs of the students, teachers and research scholars of the University. It not only helps in supporting the classroom instructional programmes of the University, but also unfolds the horizon of knowledge in regard to the different research programmes carried out by the University.

Our mission is to set high standards of excellence in the preservatioin of knowledge and serve as an effective instrument of development and change for the state of Assam and the rest of the country by passing on faithfully and comprehensively the cultural, scientific and technological experiances of mankind accumulated over the millennia, thereby ensuring the continuity and advancemet of human civilization.

History of the Library

The Gauhati University Library started its functioning in 1948 at Chandmari (now known as old University Colony) and then shifted to Room No.1 of the Arts building and accommodated in the present building in 1962. In 1982 the Gauhati University Library was renamed as K. K. Handiqui Library after the death of its first Vice Chancellor Professor K. K. Handiqui an Orientalist of world fame.