A brief Introduction
That the government had put thrust in the expansion of education was evident by the creation of the post of DPI alongwith that of the Director of Land Records – the first two posts created by the British government. Col. Keatings had been given the charge of education as the first Director of Public Instruction (DPI); however it was Mr. Cunningham who had served in the post most effectively for 32 years. Educationists who served in the post since the beginning are:
| Directors of Public Instruction (Pre-Independence) * | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sl. | Name | From | To |
| 1 | Col Keatings ** | 1874 | 1879 |
| 2 | (Information not available) | 1879 | 1886 |
| 3 | Dr. William Both | 1886 | 1902 |
| 4 | Mr. H. Sharp | 1902 | 1912 |
| 5 | Mr. J.R. Cunnighem | 1912 | 1934 |
| 6 | Mr. Robartson | ||
| 7 | Mr. G.A. Small | 1934 | 1942 |
| 8 | Dr. S.C. Roy | 1942 | 1943 |
| 9 | Mr. A. Lais | 1943 | 1944 |
| 10 | Shri H. Sen | 1944 | 1945 |
| 11 | Shri S.N. Sen | 1945 | 1946 |
| 12 | Shri Probhod Sanyal | 1946 | 1947 |
| (** First Chief Commissioner of Assam, and In-charge of DPI.) | |||
| Director of Public Instruction (Post-Independence) * | |||
| 13 | Sri Probhod Sanyal | 1947 | 1948 |
| 14 | Sri Radha Das I/C | 1948 | |
| 15 | Dr. Surya Kr. Bhuyan | 1948 | 1949 |
| 16 | Shri Uma Goswami | 1949 | 1951 |
| 17 | Sri Dibakar Goswami | 1951 | 1954 |
| 18 | Dr. H.C. Bhuyan | 1954 | 1960 |
| 19 | Shri Suresh Ch. Rajkhowa | 1961 | 1968 |
| 20 | Sri Gopal Ch. Barooah | 1968 | 1970 |
| 21 | Sri Uma Kanta Sarma | 1970 | 1972 |
| 22 | Sri Mazahar Islam I/C | 1972 | |
| 23 | Dr. Kali Nath Sarma I/C | 1972 | |
| 24 | Sri Rajendra Mohan Goswami | 1973 | 1975 |
| 25 | Sri Bishnu Dev Sarma | 1975 | 1979 |
| 26 | Md. Asraf Ali | 1979 | 1981 |
| 27 | Dr. Sailaja Nanda Bharali | 01-01-1981 | 30-11-1985 |
| (* List courtesy Dr. S. N. Bharali, Ex. DPI.) | |||
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