Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies entails the journey of women studies in Tezpur University. The establishment of this new subject ‘Women Studies’ indeed has been a new identity within the existing disciplines. Women Studies is a self conscious determination to show that both the form and the content of the existing knowledge is related to the unequal distribution of social power between men and women. North –east India being a region of diversities, positions women differently in terms of race, class, ethnicity and sexuality.

This politics of difference is a major proposition in the current times as it calls into question ideas of immediate and transparent personal experience and face to face community interaction. At present ,the center has a fundamental obligation of disseminating women studies scholarship and also to be an active participant in politically- oriented dialogue. It is our pleasure to record our sincere gratitude to the University for its unstinted support at every stage of its evolution and development.

It’s my pleasure to note that Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies is making a new conjecture by starting a Masters Programme in Women Studies. The centre has been striving since more than a decade with women issues via teaching, research and community activities. The women issues being the prime agenda of the Government of India and the society, the centre has acquired the strength and the force to confront the challenges. Through research, documentation and action the centre is trying to give a new direction to the university education.

The discipline of Women Studies is an intellectual space for women’s experiences and knowledge. The students learn to confront gender-biases and hopefully become assets for the society. The students, faculty members, community members and various other stakeholders are immensely benefitted by the sensitization, awareness and motivation programmes offered by the centre.

I hope that our Women Studies centre within the higher education embodies its concern for women’s equality and development in future also.