Transportation in Almora

Air
Airport is Pantnagar (Nainital): 127 km.

Transport
Nearest Railway Station is located at Ramnagar, 90 km, from where direct trains are available for Delhi, Lucknow and Agra. The Kathgodam station is located at about the same distance. Some of the major trains from Kathgodam are:
Shatabdi Express
Howrah Express (3019/3020)
Ranikhet Express (5013/5014)
Rampur Passenger (1/2 R.K. Passenger and 3/4 R.K. Passenger)
Naintial Express (5308/5307)

Road
Almora is well connected by road to important centres in the region. Some distances:
Delhi (378 km)
Lucknow (460 km)
Nainital (66 km) (via Ranikhet 103 km)
Kathgodam (90 km)
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Kumaun University

Kumaun University, established in 1973 and situated in the heartland of India, has two sprawling campuses ( DSB Campus, NainiTal and Almora Campus, Almora ) and 27 affiliated colleges spread over the whole Kumaun region, that are fast adding a lot of beautiful structures to add to the panoramic and scenic beauty of the surroundings. One more Campus is being developed at Bhimtal to cater the needs of professional, technical and vocational education. Nestled in the lap of nature Kumaun University, under the dynamic Vice-chancellorship of Professor C. P. BARTHWAL, an internationally academician known with a number of international and national distinctions to his credit is playing a pivotal role to impart quality education and excellent research to improve the quality of human values irrespective of caste, creed, gender, religion and region . Excellent teaching and high quality research with the motto of all round development of Mission of the University Uttaranchal with especial emphasis on Kumaun
No. of Campuses 03 (with third campus at Bhimtal )

No. of affiliated Colleges 28

Jurisdiction of the university Whole Kumaun region

Population of the area 28,00,000

Area covered by the university 150 acres

Build-up area of the university 2,20,500 sq. mt

The teaching and research activities are being carried out in both the residential campuses and affiliated colleges of the university and during last three years, untiring efforts have been made to establish the healthy academic atmosphere and to develop the research oriented curriculum enabling the students to follow the part of higher learning. The university being located in the upland hilly area of new state of Uttaranchal, serves the educational needs of the socially and economically weak region. It has developed some highly recognized centers of scientific and social researches and is imparting excellent research and teaching in 27 (23 postgraduate and 4 undergraduate) departments. Freedom of the highest order of research is the main strength of this university. Establishment of Particle Physics, Environmental Geology, and Environmental economics are a few examples for which the university is nationally and internationally known for excellent teaching and research. Research materials are bio-diversity, bio-active principles contained in the Himalayan herbs and other plants, unique ecosystems, minerals, rocks and other geological structures that shape mountain environment and tradition, culture and human adaptation strategies in response to the need and constraints imposed by these massive mountain regions and working environment conducive to think about particles, spectra and structure of matter. These rich facilities show up in our more than two thousand publications in more than hundred research journals. Identification of two departments (Physics and Geology) for DSA and CONSIST under Special Assistance Programme of the University Grants Commission, FIST programme in three departments (Geology, Botany and Forestry), Identification of Department of Physics as Centre of Excellence by U.P. State, winning of two Bhatnagar awards and seven other national and international awards and two FNAs in our university. To generate awareness about environment, economic resources, utility of medicinal plants, human rights, development of tribes, symmetries & conservation and several other socio-economic problems of the region, 10 national and 2 international seminars were organized in the last year. On the basis of excellent research, quality education and clear administration, the university has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council at the four star level.

Source: http://www.kumaununiversity.org/universityprofile.htm

About Nainital

Nainital is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas.

Situated at an altitude of 1,938 metres (6,358 feet) above sea level, Nainital is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina (2,615 m (8,579 ft)) on the north, Deopatha (2,438 m (7,999 ft)) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2,278 m (7,474 ft)) on the south. From the tops of the higher peaks, "magnificent views can be obtained of the vast plain to the south, or of the mass of tangled ridges lying north, bounded by the great snowy range which forms the central axis of the Himalayas."

Nainital has temperate summers, maximum temperature 27 °C (81 °F); minimum temperature 10 °C (50 °F), during which its population increases more than fivefold with an annual influx of tourists predominantly from the plains of Northern India. In the winter, Nainital receives snowfall between December and February with the temperatures varying between a maximum of 15 °C (59 °F) and a minimum of −3 °C (27 °F).

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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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