Campus Life
- The ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh has a beautifully landscaped campus at Himuda Educational Hub, Barotiwala, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh with a built-up area of 2 lakh sq. ft, comprising classroom-cum-lecture halls, laboratories, workshops, computer labs, auditorium, faculty rooms, library, cafeteria, etc.
Central Computer Lab
The Central Computer Lab of The ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh (IUHP) is an essential part of the University’s academic and technological infrastructure. Designed to support teaching, learning, practical training, research, and digital activities, the laboratory provides students and faculty with access to modern computing facilities in a comfortable and technology-enabled environment.
The Central Computer Lab is equipped to support students in developing practical knowledge and hands-on skills relevant to their academic programmes. It provides an appropriate environment for computer-based learning, programming, software applications, academic projects, online learning, research, and other digital activities. The facility also enables students to complement classroom learning with practical exposure and encourages them to make effective use of information and communication technologies.
With its focus on accessibility and academic support, the Central Computer Lab contributes to creating a digitally enabled learning environment at IUHP. Students can utilise the facility for regular academic work, assignments, project development, presentations, research activities, and skill enhancement.
The University continues to strengthen its digital infrastructure to meet the evolving requirements of higher education and to provide students with opportunities to develop the technological competencies required for their future academic and professional careers.
Key Features
- Dedicated computing facility for students and faculty
- Support for practical classes and computer-based academic activities
- Facilities for programming, software applications, projects, and research
- Internet-enabled digital learning environment
- Suitable space for individual and collaborative academic work
- Support for online academic resources and e-learning activities
The Central Computer Lab at IUHP reflects the University’s commitment to technology-enabled education and the development of digitally skilled and future-ready students.
National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
The National Scholarship Portal (NSP) is a flagship initiative of the Government of India that provides a common digital platform for students to access and apply for various scholarship schemes. The portal aims to simplify the scholarship application process and ensure efficient, transparent, and timely delivery of financial assistance to eligible students.
Students of The ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh can explore scholarship schemes available through the National Scholarship Portal and apply for the schemes for which they meet the prescribed eligibility criteria.
The NSP provides a range of services, including:
- Information about various Central and State Government scholarship schemes
- Online registration and scholarship applications
- Application verification and tracking
- Status monitoring of scholarship applications
- Electronic processing and disbursement of scholarship benefits
- A transparent and streamlined scholarship administration process
Students are advised to carefully read the eligibility criteria, application guidelines, required documents, and deadlines applicable to each scholarship scheme before submitting their applications.
How to Apply
National Scholarship Portal (NSP):
Students requiring assistance with the scholarship application or verification process may contact the Scholarship/Student Affairs Office of The ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh.
Note: Scholarship schemes, eligibility requirements, and application dates may vary from year to year. Students should refer to the official National Scholarship Portal for the latest information.
Lift Facility
Accessible and Convenient Vertical Mobility
The ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh provides modern lift facilities within its campus buildings to ensure convenient, safe, and accessible movement between different floors. The facility is an important component of the University's infrastructure and supports the smooth movement of students, faculty members, administrative staff, visitors, and other members of the University community.
The lift facility enables easy access to various academic and administrative areas located on different floors, including classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, administrative offices, libraries, seminar halls, and other student-support facilities. It reduces the physical effort involved in moving between floors and provides greater convenience, particularly for individuals who may have difficulty using staircases.
Promoting Accessibility and Inclusion
The University is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible, and student-friendly campus environment. Lift facilities play an important role in supporting accessibility for persons with disabilities, individuals with temporary mobility limitations, senior visitors, and anyone who may require assistance in accessing different levels of University buildings.
By providing vertical access through lifts, the University seeks to ensure that its academic and administrative facilities remain accessible to a wider section of the University community. This reflects the University's commitment to equal access, inclusivity, dignity, and convenience.
Safe and Efficient Movement
The lift facility provides an efficient means of transportation within multi-storey buildings and helps students and staff move between floors conveniently during their daily academic and administrative activities. Proper use of the facility also contributes to an organized campus environment by reducing unnecessary movement through staircases, particularly during busy hours.
Users are encouraged to follow the prescribed safety instructions while using the lifts and to cooperate with University personnel for their safe and efficient operation.
Supporting the University Community
The availability of lift facilities strengthens the University's physical infrastructure and contributes to a comfortable learning and working environment. Students can conveniently reach their classrooms and laboratories, faculty and staff can access offices and workspaces, and visitors can move through University buildings with greater ease.
The University remains committed to maintaining and improving its campus facilities in accordance with the needs of its stakeholders and to providing an environment that is accessible, safe, comfortable, and conducive to teaching, learning, research, and administration.
Commitment to an Accessible Campus
The Lift Facility is part of the University's broader commitment to developing a barrier-free and inclusive campus. Through accessible infrastructure and continued improvement of campus amenities, the University strives to ensure that every member of its community can participate fully in academic, administrative, and co-curricular activities.
The University welcomes all students, faculty members, staff, and visitors and is committed to providing infrastructure that supports their accessibility, mobility, safety, and overall campus experience.
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)
About Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, aimed at strengthening the bond between higher educational institutions and rural India. The programme seeks to enable sustainable rural development through knowledge exchange, technology transfer, and active community participation.
The ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh, joined UBA as a Participating Institute (PI) in 2025 and has since adopted five villages, working consistently towards socio-economic upliftment, capacity building, and sustainable development through participatory engagement.
Vision
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes, leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India and to drive a paradigm shift in the country's academic and research programs.
Mission
Develop the necessary mechanism and proper coordination among educational institutions, implementation agencies (District administration/ Panchayati Raj Institutions) and the grassroots level stakeholders to enable effective intervention at the field level.
Select suitable rural clusters and effectively participate in the holistic development of these clusters using eco-friendly sustainable technologies and local resources, creating sufficient employment opportunities in the process, harnessing multifarious government schemes, customised use of existing technologies and use of knowledge as per the local needs.
Reorienting the academic curricula and research programs in higher educational institutions to make them more responsive to the needs of the time and to bring in holistic development and enrich knowledge of students about issues of villages/ society.
As a Participating Institution (PI), the ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh is responsible for:
- To identify/ select five villages in consultation with the district collectors for the activities under the UBA.
- Institutions are expected to do field studies, study the implementation of government schemes, and facilitate their better implementation so that they meet their objectives.
- To engage interested faculty members & students, NSS and other bodies of the institutes engaged in community development activities.
- As a selected PI, we should work with the state government, district authorities/ PRIs / other institutions and non-governmental bodies, for arriving at suitable solutions for improving the social and economic well-being of the rural communities.
Our Commitment (Since 2025)
Since joining UBA in 2025, the University has:
- Adopted five villages for sustained engagement:
- Sainswala (191): Block Patta, Panchayat Mandhala, District Solan
- Kalhariwala (193): Block Patta, Panchayat Mandhala, District Solan
- Tipra (195): Block Patta, Panchayat Surajpur, District Solan
- Surajpur (198): Block Patta, Panchayat Surajpur, District Solan
- Haripur: Block Patta, Panchayat Surajpur, District Solan
- Conducted structured surveys and need-based interventions
- Involved students and faculty in field visits and rural immersion activities
- Coordinated with local administrative bodies for effective implementation
