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| North India Higher Education |
| With a proud head, North India stands tall in the map of India. One of the most diverse regions of the nation reflects various cultures, traditions, languages, and values. |
| North India, shaped like two lungs and a throat, is India’s largest region. Beginning with the panhandle of Jammu and Kashmir - the Heaven of Earth, which sets India apart from the rest of Asia by the supreme continental wall of the Great Himalayas towards North, it expands further towards other states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh. To its west is the Thar Desert, shared between North India, Pakistan, and Aravalli Range, beyond which lies the state of Gujarat. North India is a loosely defined region which is also known as Uttar Bhārat/Aryavarta or Shumālī Hindustān. The rich culture of North India is pre-dominantly rooted since Indo-Aryan traditions and customs, with assimilation from other neighboring cultures. |
| With visually and environmentally delighted hill stations in North India- like Gulmarg, Srinagar, Nainital, Shimla- North India’s tourism industry stands one of the major industries. Delhi, the Capital of India, is also an important commercial capital in Asia for its excellent industrial output. Major industries in Delhi include Telecommunication, Tourism, Hotel, Information Technology, Media, and Banking. Delhi’s large consumer market and abundance of skilled labors has attracted foreign investments. Unlike Delhi, Punjab has fair industrial output, yet a very predominant agrarian economy. The industry and infrastructure of Punjab is based on Sugar, Dairy, and Cotton Textile industries. To add on to it, Uttarakhand, being nested in the foothills of the Himalayas, houses a lot of mineral resources, which balances North India’s industrial contribution to the nation, and makes it industrially diverse piece of land. Hence, the wide range of career prospects exists here! |
| Education in North India is dominated by Delhi, the NGO hub, with remarkable literacy rate of 86.34%. The well reputed educational institutions in the city attract students from different parts of India and the neighboring countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, who enroll themselves in varied categories of subjects such as humanities, technology, management, and mass communication. Some exemplary educational institutes such as Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) and Universities like Delhi University and Punjab University are educational assets to the region. Likewise, Jammu and Kashmir too, despite of political and communal issues over a long period of time post independence of India, is mushrooming in terms of education with various engineering, medical, and industrial training institutes. Representing the rich cultural and traditional legacy, the state of Punjab encourages education coupled with a strong cultural base for all round personality development and quality education. |
All in all, with 140 odd universities and hundreds of colleges/institutes catering to various fields of academics such as Medical, Engineering and Technology, Research and Development, Management, Designing and Multimedia, Mass Communication, and Architecture, North India becomes a preferable region to study for emerging students aspiring to pursue their dreams. So come, grab the opportunity to explore this beautifully gifted place which is rich, not only in terms of natural sceneries, but also for the career prospects it holds! |
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