The North-Eastern region of India was known in ancient lore as Kamarupa, with its central city of Guwahati being known as Pragjyotishpura. The Brahmaputra is the lifeline of North-Eastern India. It has its source in the Himalayan ranges of Western Tibet, joins the Padma, which is easternmost branch of the Ganga, and empties together with the Ganga into the Bay of Bengal.

The Brahmaputra Conference consists of :

Located in the East Zone, the conference includes 5 universities spread over Assam, Manipur, and Meghalaya. The cities of Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat and Shillong are directly involved in the competition, with Golaghat, Kaziranga, Kohima, Nagou, Sibsagar and Silchar as neutral sites.

There is an astro-turf field located at Imphal. Doordarshan studios are located at Guwahati.

Watch out for intra-state rivals Guwahati University vs. Assam Agricultural University, and inter-state rivals Guwahati University vs. North-Eastern Hill University. Guwahati University has the potential to achieve National Rankings.

The average distance travelled by the teams in this conference will be 203 km. In the distance grid below, * indicates that the match will be played at a neutral site, and ~ indicates that the value is an approximate distance calculated from the state map.

Name of
University		 Dibrugarh
University		 Guwahati
University		 Manipur
University		 Assam
Agricultural		 N. E. Hill
University
Dibrugarh
University		 - 244* ~250* 111* 384*
Guwahati
University		 284* - 123* 190* 100
Manipur
University		 280* 246* - ~225* 220*
Assam
Agricultural		 89* 138* 123* - 238*
N. E. Hill
University		 284* 100 ~240* 190* -
Average
Distance		 234 182 184 179 236


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