Education in Uttarkhnad

Uttarakhand has educational institutions of major importance to India and the world. It is home to the oldest engineering college in Asia, the Indian Institute of Technology at Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee). Other universities of prime importance include the G. B. Pant University in Pantnagar,Gurukula Kangri University in Haridwar, Faculty of Engineering and Technology,Gurukula Kangri University, Kumaun University in Nainital and Almora, Doon University in Dehradun and the H.N.B. Garhwal University in Srinagar. The later two were founded in 1973 as part of the upsurge of regional sentiment that led to Uttarakhand statehood.

Historically, Uttarakhand is believed to be the land where the Vedas and the Shastras were composed and the great epic, the Mahabharata, was written. Rishikesh is widely considered the Yoga capital of the world.

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