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More than a degree

Life at DBC

Clubs, service, sport and celebrations on a hillside campus at Jollang, in the spirit of Don Bosco: reason, faith and loving kindness.

20
clubs and groups
NSS · NCC
service and cadets
14
events every year
3
hostels
Cultural celebrations
Cultural celebrations
NCC guard of honour
NCC guard of honour
North-East NSS Festival
North-East NSS Festival
Freshers' Day
Freshers' Day
Dera Natung Library
Dera Natung Library
Find your people

Clubs and societies

Run by students with a teacher as guide. Every club gets its own notice board to show its work. Tap a club to read more.

Service and discipline

NSS and NCC

NSS volunteers at a voluntary blood donation camp NSS

National Service Scheme

The college unit of the National Service Scheme builds social conscience, discipline and the dignity of labour, with adult and health education programmes and special camps.

  • Voluntary blood donation camps
  • Cleanliness drives in Jollang
  • North-East NSS Festival
  • Adult and health education, and special camps
NCC cadets marching on the college ground NCC

National Cadet Corps

The college’s NCC Army unit (1st APBn) trains cadets in drill, parades and weapons handling, and opens doors to careers in the defence and paramilitary forces.

  • An Army unit, 1st APBn
  • Drill, parades and weapons training
  • Guided by a Care Taker Officer and an Associate NCC Officer

More ways to serve

  • BEACON · Bosco Extension and Community Network, the home of all extension work: "service to humanity first".
  • Jesus Youth · Faith and values. The group has adopted the Govt. Primary School, Jollang.
  • Bosco Youth Care · Don Bosco’s spirit for good personality and upright citizenship. Open to all.
  • Salesian Youth Movement · Reaching out to the needy and abandoned.
  • Unnat Bharat Abhiyan · Field work with rural clusters, coordinated with NERIST.
  • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan · Cleanliness and hygiene drives.
Games and fitness

Sport on campus

The Sports Club runs the Bosco basketball, volleyball, football and badminton tournaments, and a sports hostel houses students of the residential BPES course.

  • Football stadium with astroturf
  • Basketball court
  • Volleyball court
  • Bosco Gym
  • Sports hostel
New in 2026

Don Bosco Football Academy

Football coaching on the college's own astroturf stadium, new on campus in 2026.

Every year at DBC

Celebrations and events

  • Freshers' Day
  • Graduation cum Felicitation Day
  • Teachers' Day
  • College Week
  • Cultural Day cum Food Fest
  • Pre-Christmas
  • Spiritual Festival
  • Bosco tournaments
  • Theatrical Extravaganza
  • Feast of Don Bosco
  • Workshops and seminars
  • Social service and outreach
  • Job Fair
  • Education Fair

Don Bosco College: College Film 2022

The campus from the air

Ready for work

Skills and careers

BASHS: Bosco's Academy for Soft & Hard Skills

Short courses open to every student

  • Basic Course in Computer
  • Certificate Course in Computer
  • Spoken English
  • Personality Development and Dramatic Skills
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Food and Beverages (Hospitality)

The Career Guidance and Placement Cell brings guest lectures, career programmes and placement news, and the college holds a Job Fair and an Education Fair.

New

Success Point

Coaching for the civil services, UPSC and APPSCCE, on campus. New in 2026.

Political Science at DBC
Looked after

Student support

Don Bosco's way is personal care: no student is left to manage alone.

  • Mentoring

    Every student has a faculty mentor, in groups of 30 or fewer, and meets them three times a semester.

  • Counselling

    Counsellors are available every day for students who need someone to talk to.

  • Health care

    An infirmary with first aid on campus; serious cases go to R.K. Mission Hospital.

  • Emergency preparedness

    An emergency team, with drills and awareness programmes run with the NDRF.

  • Grievance redressal

    A faculty committee and a suggestion box for any genuine grievance.

  • Zero tolerance for ragging

    An Anti-Ragging Cell and Squad, under UGC regulations.

  • Women Cell

    Looks after the welfare of girl students and women staff.

  • Equal opportunity

    Guidance for disadvantaged groups, and no discrimination of any kind.

Day to day

Hostels, canteen and bus

Three hostels

  • Bosco Boys’ Hostel

    On the college campus.

  • Auxilium College Girls’ Hostel

    Belongs to DBC, managed by the Salesian Sisters.

  • MSMI Girls’ Hostel

    Run by the Sisters.

Canteens

Well-furnished canteens serve South Indian, North Indian, Chinese and local dishes.

South IndianNorth IndianChineseLocal

College buses

Three buses for day scholars across Itanagar and Naharlagun, booked for the whole semester.

Routes and fares

Begin your journey at Don Bosco College

Registration for 2027-28 opens in 2027. Talk to the help desk, read the prospectus, or ask DBC anything today.