Regional College of Nursing, the pioneer institute, offering university level nursing education, was established on 3rd October, 1977 under the NEC scheme and direct administrative control of Government of Assam. The College was formally inaugurated on 5th December 1977 by the then Governor of Assam & Meghalaya His Excellency Late L. P. Singh. It was through the tremendous and combined effort of two great personnel Late Dr. J. Mahanta, then Principal cum Chief Superintendent of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital and Mrs. A. Kerketta, the First Principal of Regional College of Nursing that this institution started functioning. Today it has became the pride of North East in the field of Nursing Education. The glorious existence of Regional College of Nursing has contributed to the upliftment of nursing education in the North Eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.