He said this while attending the opening ceremony of the first academic session of Nagaon Medical College at Nagaon today. The medical college has 100 MBBS seats. Sarma said that for the first time in 75 years of independence, academic session of three medical colleges has started on a single day in the state. The inauguration of the first year courses of Nagaon, Nalbari and Kokrajhar medical colleges has marked the beginning of a new era in the medical education in Assam.