Dera Natung Government College was established at Itanagar on the 6th day of september,1979, in order to seek and cultivate new knowledge, provide the right kind of leadership in all walks of life, provide the society with competent men and women, strive to promote equality and social justice and to reduce social and cultural differences through diffusion of education, and to foster in the teachers and the students, and through them in society in generally, the attitude and the values needed for developing good life individuals and society

• Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, is the second institute of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
• DNGC is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University and accredited by NAAC with B++ Grade

Department

• Department of English
• Department of Hindi
• Department of History
• Department of Economics
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Geography
• Department of Education
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Botany
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Physics
• Department of Mathematics

Extracurricular Activities

• National Service Scheme (NSS): The College has one unit of NSS with 200 volunteers. The wing undertakes regular activities as well as special camp during every session. It also adopts a nearby village as model village and undertake various community development works in the village
• National Cadet Corps (NCC)
• Rovers and Rangers
• Environment Awareness Club