Government Girl's Polytechnic, Almora

Government Girl's Polytechnic, Almora, was established in 1987. It is one of the leading technical institutions in this picturesque town of Almora, Uttarakhand. This is an affiliated college spread over a spacious area of 10 acres in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas. This institute is AICTE-approved, continuously serving young minds in the field of technical education for more than three decades.

The total student enrollment for Government Girl's Polytechnic is 160 and faculty strength is 9. The polytechnic is installed with infrastructural facilities that are state of the art, which help in the all-round development of the students. A library set at the central position of the campus holds many stocked books to work as a learning base for the budding technicians and engineers.

The institute takes pride in its high-technology IT infrastructure with high-end computers, the latest software interlinked through high-speed internet. This facility houses different department-based laboratories in Programming, Multimedia, RDBMS, Internet & Networking, and PC Software labs.

The institution also provides students with Electronics Engineering specialized laboratories for Basic Electronics, Digital Electronics & Microprocessor, Communication Engineering, and Instrumentation and these facilities makes sure to provide hands-on experience for the students, filling the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application.

Government Girl's Polytechnic, Almora, offers a wide range of diploma courses. All of them are three-year full-time courses, with the exception of the Diploma in Modern Office Management and Secretarial Practice , which runs for a duration of two years. At present, the strength of students taking up the four diploma courses being conducted by the institute is 152, and each class accommodates 30 students.

Particular programmes offered under this school include the Diploma in Information Technology, Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering, Diploma in Electronics Engineering, and the Diploma in Modern Office Management and Secretarial Practice. All these courses are designed in such a way that they would arm the students with modern skills and knowledge for survival in this fast-paced technological revolution.

Degree Name Total Number of Seats Diploma in Information Technology 30 Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering 30 Diploma in Electronics Engineering 30 Diploma in Modern Office Management and Secretarial Practice 30 The admission procedure at Government Girl's Polytechnic, Almora is solely done based on the score and ranks of the students appearing in the Uttarakhand Joint Entrance Examination Polytechnics, Uttarakhand JEEP .

The Uttarakhand JEEP is conducted by the Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education Roorkee, UBTER every year at the state level. This examination has an aim to provide admissions to the candidates who wish to pursue polytechnic in different government and private technical institutes in the state of Uttarakhand.