Most prominent member in the family of Arya Vidyapeeth – a chain of educational institutions starting from primary level to post-graduate level that was born out of the missionary zeal and relentless efforts on the part of a team of visionaries, the prominent worker being Late Giridhar Sarma.

Arya Vidyapeeth College is one of the premier educational institutions of not only Assam, but also of the entire North East India as well. Late Giridhar Sarma, a visionary, renowned academician and litterateur of repute, established the College on 29 July, 1958, thus realizing his dream project to set up an ideal educational institute from the primary to post graduate level.