Jorhat, the nerve centre of the Indian tea industry, is surrounded by splendid tea gardens. Jorhat has various institutions. The world renowned Teklai Experimental Centre where research is carried out to find new varieties of tea and to determine the therapeutic effects of green tea is situated here.

The Regional Research Laboratory, which is also in Jorhat, conducts investigations on plants, herbs and soil. The Assam Agricultural University, the Technical School, etc. also attract a number of students and researchers from all over the country.

Jorhat can serve as a base to visit a large number of places of tourist interest, such as the famous Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary which harbours the one-horned Indian rhinoceros and Majuli, the largest island on the Brahmaputra which houses numerous satras or monasteries. The Nambar Forest reserve, famous for its rejuvenating hot spring, is just 60 km from Jorhat.