Gauhati University of North-East India Studies (GUINEIS) was founded on 1st February of 2010. The institute is mandated to facilitate, support and promote inter-and-multi-disciplinary discourse and research on issues relating to the North-East of India and disseminate the output for the benefit of all stakeholders including policy makers. The Institute is housed in a building named after the eminent historian Professor HK Barpujari.

It has classrooms, a library and lecture hall and computer and internet facilities for use by students and faculty. The Institute also houses a digital studio equipped with audio-visual recording facility.

1. The Institute runs a one-year (two-semester) PG Diploma Course on Creative Writing and Translation (PGDCWT) with an intake capacity of 20. The syllabus of programme was revised in 2016 and then in 2019.
   
   
2. An inter-and-multi-disciplinary one-year (two-semester) MPhil programme in North-East Studies was started from 2019. The intake capacity for this annual research programme is 15. The basic eligibility to appear in the entrance examination for the programme is a postgraduate degree, which may be in any discipline. The first semester of the programme is reserved for a regular course-work. 
   
   
3. Documentation and preservation of the rich cultural heritages of the Northeast India is attempted at the digital studio of the institute. Primarily meant for documenting and conserving the rich cultural heritages of the region, the facility is available for use by other departments of the university for relevant academic purposes.
   
   
4. The institute organizes seminars, workshops, symposia and lecture programmes. 
   
   
5. It publishes an annual peer-reviewed research journal titled GUINEIS Journal.  
   
   
6. It provides short term attachment opportunities to research scholars of eminent educational institutes of India and abroad.

GUINEIS Journal, the annual peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research journal of the institute, is accessible at Gauhati Univetsity's Journal website. Click on the image above to go to the journal website.