MALIGAON (1968) C-1969
St. John Bosco Patron
Guwahati Archdiocese
Don Bosco Tech. School
Maligaon
Guwahati – 781 011, Assam
(0361) 2570459 House
2674125 Rector
2570252 NFT
99574 76153 Fr. Elias Kerketta
94357 33540 Br. Angelus Tete
Members
Fr. Cherukareth Raphael Administrator
Fr. Kerketta Elias VR, PP
Fr. Abraham Kannattu Rector & HM
Br. Tete Angelus Inch. Workshop, Cs
Convent :
FMA – St Mary’s Convent
(0361) 2570533
History
Situated 11 kms. away from the city of Guwahati, on the outskirts of Guwahati Municipal Corporation, Don Bosco Technical School, Maligaon, provides technical education to hundreds of boys every year.
The first Salesian presence at Maligaon began with Fr. Joseph Dalbroi on the 31st of May 1968. It was the desire of the Salesian superiors to open this technical school with a boarding to house 120 boys and some 80 day scholars. Twelve acres of land was obtained in Gotanagar, Maligaon, by the society. A part of the land was given to the Salesian Sisters to open a school. Low lands were leveled and Assam type of buildings were put up for workshops, class rooms, dormitory, chapel, kitchen, etc. The technical school, opened at Guwahati in 1926, was shifted to Maligaon in 1968.
On 9th August 1968, Fr. Mario Porcu took over from Fr. Dalbroi as supervisor of the buildings. The official opening of the technical school at Maligaon was on the 3rd of February 1969 and Fr. Mario was appointed as its first rector. From the beginning, the centre became a technical school cum aspirantate. In the year 1982, the aspirants were taken to the new pre-aspirantate at Umran. The house had started with a technical school and night school, which was discontinued. The practice of taking day scholars too was stopped soon. With a decision of 1983, the centre was turned into a residential high school for Catholic boys with the objective of forming future leaders.