Himachal Pradesh is a northern Indian state with an abundance of natural beauty. The State's Hamirpur District is regarded as one of India's most literate districts.
The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Univesity Shimla, Institute of Himalayan Bioresources Technology (IHBT, CSIR Lab), Palampur; The National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur; Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una; Central University Dharamshala, APG (Alskh Prakash Goyal) Shimla University; The Bahra University (Waknaghat, Solan); The Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technologies Baddi; The Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, Eternal University, Sirmaur & Chitkara University Solan are a few of the Sate's Pioneering Universities.