Lady Keane College, Shillong

Lady Keane College, established in 1935, is one of the oldest women's colleges in Northeast India, a government institution in Shillong now operating with autonomous status under North-Eastern Hill University. It has served generations of women from Meghalaya and the wider region, with its teaching centred on the arts and sciences and commerce among its offerings. The college holds an A grade from NAAC, and as a government college its fees are among the lowest available. Shillong is a temperate hill capital with a long identity as the Northeast's education town, which keeps the college well supplied with students from across the seven states. It suits women students who want an affordable, established degree close to home in a women-only setting, typically as a base for postgraduate study at NEHU or state services.