Cotton University Alumni Association

Distinguished Alumni

Prof Amar Jyoti Chowdhury

Arun Sarma

Padma Shri (2010), Sahitya Akademi Award (1998), Asam Sahitya Sabha’s Best Playwright Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi (2003), Assam Valley Literary Award (2005)

Prof Arup Jyoti Choudhury

Arup Kumar Goswami

Cottonian: 1981-)

Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court

Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1948)

Rajat Kamal in 1979, 81, 88, 91, 93, Sahitya Academy (1976), and Padma Shri (2001)

Prof Bhabesh Ch Goswami

Late Bhumidhar Barman (1996)

Chief Minister of Assam

Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

(Cottonian: 1940-)

Bharat Ratna awarded in 2019, Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992)

Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1941)

Sahitya Academy Award (1961)

Late Birinchi Kumar Barua (1938)

Sahitya Academy Award (1964)

Prof. B N Goswami, IITM

Brajen Barua (1969)

Rajat Kamal in 1969

Late Debananda Konwar

Governor of Bihar and Tripura (2009-2013)

Dhiru Bhuyan (1963)

Rajat Kamal in 1987

Dipankar Bhattacharjee (1990)

Olympian (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996)

Prof Dibakar Ch Deka

Prof. D N Buragohain

Judge, Gauhati High Court

Late Gopinath Bordoloi

(Cottonian: 1907-)

Bharat Ratna awarded in 1999

Dr. Haliram Deka

Judge

Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma (2021- now)

Chief Minister of Assam

Late Hiteswar Saikia

Chief Minister of Assam (1983, 1991)

Governor of Mizoram (1987)

Homen Borgohain


Sahitya Academy Award (1978) Srimanta Sankardeva Award

Ilias Ali


Padma Shri (2019)

Indira Goswami

Sahitya Academy Award (1983), Jnanpith Award (2000), Principal Prince Claus Laureate (2008)

Jatindra Nath Duara (1909)

Sahitya Academy Award (1955)

Dr Jayanti Chutia

Prof. Jiten Goswami

Padma Shri

Jogendra Nath Hazarika (1979)

Chief Minister of Assam

Sri J. P. Rajkhowa

(Cottonian: 1961-)

 IAS

Prof Kishori Mohan Pathak

Prof Krishna K Handique

Prof Kulendu Pathak

Lakshmi Nandan Bora

Sahitya Academy Award (1988), Saraswati Samman Padma Shri (2015)

Late Mahendra Mohan Choudhury


Governor of Punjab (1973)

Chief Minister of Assam(1970)

Mahim Bora

Padma Shri (2011), Sahitya Akademi Award (2001), Assam Valley Literary Award (1998)

Manojit Bhuyan (1978)


Judge, Gauhati High Court

Monalisha Baruah Mehta (1987)

Arjuna Award

Prof Nani Gopal Mahanta

Omeo Kumar Das

Padma Bhushan (1963)

P Shilu Ao (1963)

Chief Minister of Nagaland

Parvati Kumar Goswami (1973)

Judge, Supreme Court of India

Prof. Ramesh Chandra Deka

(featured in the list of World’s Top 2% Scientists by Elsevier)

Ramesh Chandra Deka, AIIMS

Ranjan Gogoi (2018)

Chief Justice of India

Reema Das (1994)

National Award for Best Film (2018) – Swarna Kamal in 2018

Rita Chowdhury

Sahitya Akademi Award (2008)

Sanjay Kumar Medhi

Judge

Sarat Chandra Singha (1972)

Chief Minister of Assam

Late Sir Syed Muhammad Saadullah (1937)

Prime Minister of Assam before independence

Late Dr. Talimeren Ao (1935)

Captain, Indian National Football Team (1948 Olympics)

Late Trailokya Nath Goswami (1926)

Sahitya Academy Award (1967)

Ujjal Bhuyan

Judge of the Supreme Court of India

Utpal Borpujari (1984)

Swarna Kamal for Best Critics (2003) – Rajat Kamal in 2017

More Alumni Members

This compilation represents a select roster of distinguished alumni from Cotton University (erstwhile Cotton College) and should not be construed as a comprehensive documentation of all notable graduates. The institution has produced numerous eminent personalities throughout its illustrious history who have excelled in diverse fields and contributed significantly to society, many of whom may not be included in this present compilation. The alumni mentioned here may be deceased or living as of the time of compilation, and their status may have changed since then. Photographs of all distinguished alumni were not available at the time of compilation, and efforts to collect and preserve historical photographs of notable alumni continue as part of the organisation’s ongoing documentation process.