The Sunrise Institute of Management and Sciences (SIMS) is going to introduce job-oriented career courses from the next year.
The institute offers courses like Bachelor in Business Administration, Bachelor of Computer Application, Bachelor of Hotel Management, BSc in Medical Microbiology, BA and MA in Journalism and Mass Communication, MSc in Microbiology and diploma in hotel management and mass communication.
The admission in all these courses has almost been completed and classes have begun, said SIMS director Dr Yogender Singh Chauhan on Monday.
Chauhan said, "It is one of the pioneer institutes committed to impart best training and instructions in professional courses."Students belonging to disaster affected districts of Uttarakhand were given up to 15 per cent discount during admission this year.
Free counseling is provided by faculty to enhance cognitive attributes of students, he added.
To bring out broad cognitive and non-cognitive personality in students, workshops, seminars, symposiums and group discussions are part of routine activities in the institute.
Chauhan said that SIMS is known for excellence in academics. Besides, quality education, the institute believes in all around development of students, for which personality development programme is conducted and emphasis is given towards students' participation in extra curricular activities.
The Institute chairman Pawan Chaudhary said: "We are committed to extending world class, scientific, professional and managerial education and train youth by honing professional skills."
The chairman said that SIMS is dedicated to the cause of developing research and development in academics related to business administration, mass communication, hotel management, medical microbiology and other professionally viable and practical courses.
This institute is recognised by Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun under ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
According to him, qualified faculty in all programmes will bring out professional ethics and competence in students.
To enhance the basic research culture, training attitude and optimistic activities in the field of hospitality, communication, medically oriented microbiology and biotechnology and all other allied professional areas pertaining to students are given impetus.
The institute has a reputation for both research and teaching in synchronisation with latest and modern research and interaction process.
The focus is on further enhancing the quality of professionalism in various courses undertaken at institute while higher courses in management and sciences could be conducted in the future.
The new lab for microbiology and hotel management is facilitating research to match with any institute of repute.
Director Chauhan said that SIMS is capable of providing all possible opportunities and facilities to student community towards the potential involvement in corporate culture.
The institute's approach will benefit the student and bring in socioeconomic development.
He further said, "The essence of education is that the information leads to knowledge and knowledge must lead to wisdom. "Our education should not only emphasise on access to knowledge but must also uphold the richness of our culture and values supported by time honoured discipline. As a responsible citizen, it is our duty to ensure that education should stimulate all aspects of human intellectual potential," he said.
The library of the institute has more than 300 books, journal magazines and newspapers to cater to the needs of students and faculty.
The library also has an e-library section, which extends the facility to faculty and students to be at par with the students of the world.
The internet facility is made available to every student to access any academic and other ideas regarding the subject of requirement to keep updated with latest researches and new strategies being practiced.
For imparting knowledge in hi-tech environment, the campus is inter-connected through a highly secured network, where hundred PCs are inter-connected to the internet through a dedicated internet connection.
The campus has computer centre that provides computing facilities comprising of the latest machines linked to the wide range of software, communication and print services.
The campus is fully wireless and students in every programme can access internet any time. latest software is used to enable work on data analysis web technologies and software designing.
The internet enables close on-line interaction between faculty and students for online interaction.
He further said that the institute has separate hostels for boys and girls.
In addition to this, institute provides conveyance facility to students while regular tours and excursions are conducted to refresh the minds of students and faculty.