Himalayan University had celebrated its Annual Sports Meet 2017 on 1-Dec-2017 to 4-Dec-2017 where Shri Tapir Gao, BJP President (State) of Itanagar had visited the occasion as Chief Guest with Shri Tapuk Taku, Minister of Tax & Excise as Guest of Honor where they directed the students to study hard and to do best in their career and awarded the students with medals and trophies. Around 400 students participated in the games including Long Jump, High Jump, Football and Badminton. The main vision of conducting annual sports day is to invite the students and all faculty members to get introduce with each other through the mode of games and cultural activities. In order to provide easy access and quality educational resources to the students of Arunachal Pradesh, Distance Education Bureau of University Grant Commission has granted approval to Himalayan University for offering 5 programmes – BA, B.Com, MA(History), MA (English), M.Com through Distance Education mode for January 2020 session vide notification F. No. 1-11/2019 (DEB-I) dated 30-12-2019. This is the first State Private University in the State of Arunachal Pradesh to be bestowed with the responsibility of reached the unreached and geographically challenged. This step should help integrate the North East Region with the mainland; one of the initiatives of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. Himalayan University offers degree programs in all major disciplines including undergraduate and postgraduate education. Himalayan University has the following academic departments: