Amrapali Institute - Lamachaur
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. Appreciating the difficulties faced by the youth of the area and also due to the paucity of suitable professional
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institutes, the Management decided to set up the Amrapali Institute at Haldwani
Haldwani
Haldwani is a city, which along with its twin township of Kathgodam forms the Haldwani-Kathgodam municipal board in Nainital District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand....
, the gateway to the Kumaun region. The aim of the Institute
Institute
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is to provide and promote Graduate and Post Graduate level quality professional education for the needy new generation and future executives. It is the first affiliated and approved Institute in the Kumaun region offering Management, Computer science, and Hospitality Services courses beginning at the introductory level.
The Amrapali Institute is already attracting students from all over the country and from diverse strata of society
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, creating a vibrant composite community in the campus. According to some, in its 5 years of existence, the School carved out a niche for itself in the academic and intellectual life of Uttaranchal and nearby communities. The Institute has separate hostels for boys and girls.
The Amrapali Institute is affiliated with "Kumaun University
Kumaun University
Kumaun University is headquartered in Nainital, India. The university was established in 1973 under the UP State Act. It has two campuses, in Nainital and Almora, and 27 affiliated colleges spread over the Kumaun region...
, Nainital""Uttarakhand Technical University
Uttarakhand Technical University
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, Dehradun". Kumaun University awards degrees for all the courses run by the Institute...
The MBA, MCA & BHMCT programmes are duly approved by the "All India Council for Technical Education" (AICTE), Ministry of HRD, Government of India
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, New Delhi
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. The Master in Library
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& Information Science
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., BBA, BCA, programmes are approved by Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttaranchal and are run as per University directives. The Bachelor of Education programme is approved by National Council for Teacher Education, Jaipur
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. The Campus of the Institute is spread over an area of 19 acres (76,890.3 m²) of land with an impressive building which is located at Lamachaur, 12 km away from Haldwani
Haldwani
Haldwani is a city, which along with its twin township of Kathgodam forms the Haldwani-Kathgodam municipal board in Nainital District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand....
on the Haldwani - Ramnagar Road. The Campus site is named 'Shiksha Nagar' and consists of all Departments and Administrative Buildings such as the library, computer centre, hostel, play fields, etc. A route chart may be of help for those wanting to visit the institute for the first time.
The Institute believes that the quality of educational programs and services should not be measured by the hours that a student sits in a classroom, but rather through the evaluation of student learning and other student outcomes.
Institute
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offers quality undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs and educational services that support the student from entrance to graduation and into the workplace.
To evaluate student learning outcomes, the Institute utilizes authentic assessment, which allows students to demonstrate their skills through the completion of real world, professional projects. In the real world problems are not simple and seldom do they have one “right” answer. Students experience the complexity of real world problems and can learn to select an appropriate approach to a problem that has more than one solution. Authentic assessment is integrated into the learning by defining the standards of performance that can be used to nurture the learner's development of the knowledge
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and skills required in the 21st Century workplace.
External links
- http://amrapaliinstitute.ac.in/Amrapali Institute
- http://www.kumaununiversity.ac.inHaldwaniHaldwaniHaldwani is a city, which along with its twin township of Kathgodam forms the Haldwani-Kathgodam municipal board in Nainital District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand....