Arya Vidyapeeth College has been conferred with the “Autonomous status” by the UGC for ten years with effect from 2022-23 academic session. The College is the 5th College in the state of Assam to be conferred with the status. IQAC of the College invited Prof. Nani Gopal Mahanta, Hon’ble Advisor to the Education Department, Govt. of Assam on 1st June, 2022, for delivering a talk on “Challenges of Autonomous Colleges”. First of all, Prof. Mahanta congratulated the College fraternity for achieving the autonomy status. He spoke on different challenges the College might have to face as an Autonomous Institute. He emphasized on providing quality education to students of the state as well as the entire North eastern states. He promised to provide all kinds of help from the Government for maintaining high standard as stipulated by the UGC. At the end, Prof. Mahanta participated in an interactive session.