B. P. Chaliha College, Nagarbera was born in an auspicious moment in the year 1972 in the sylvan setting of Nagarbera, embraced by the sweet flowing river Jaljali on the eastern side and a vast expanse of green field on the western side. The College was aptly named after the Ex-Chief Minister Late Bimala Prasad Chaliha, an iIIustrious son and an architect of modern Assam. The College is situated on the south west corner of Kamrup district, presently extending its grasp over two other neighboring districts - Barpeta and Goalpara. In addition to catering to the need of higher education in Kamrup district, it also promotes knowledge and skill among the vast mass of socio-economically disadvantaged people of greater Nagarbera area. The College strives to achieve excellence in every possible human endeavour. The College was brought under Grant-in-Aid system on 01-09-1979. Another feature was added to its glory when Science stream was introduced in 1985. At present the College is a full fledged one with both Arts and Science stream of fering major courses in fourteen different subjects at graduate level. From this session a new department of Computer Science will start functioning offering B.Sc. with Computer Science. Apart from catering to the usual learning programmes of both H.S. and Three Years Degree courses under A.H.S.E.C. & G.U. the College has arranged to impart ocational Courses and Master Degree Programme in different subjects like English, Assamese, History , Political Science, Education under the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) programme of G.U.