Way back in 1919, Dr. F.M. North, an American missionary, conceived the idea of developing some educational \/ vocational institutes in India to train the marginalized young people for their upliftment.\u00a0\u00a0 It was in 1926 that Dr. F. M. North\u2019s vision came into action and Ingraham Institute on 40 acres of land in a small village of Bekhrabad 2 km \u2013 from the Ghaziabad town was purchased.\u00a0\u00a0 A Teacher\u2019s Training School and a small dispensary was started on this land.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1949, a Technical Department was started by Rev J.W. Finny.\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. G.C. Pace the First Principal \/ Director of Ingraham Institute, after serving from 1926 to 1950 handed over his charge to Dr. J. N. Hollister who in 1953 was replaced by Mr. Henry Lacy an American.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the fall of 1958, Mr. H.A. Lacy, handed over the Directorship of the institute to Mr. Douglous Pickett, who in 1963 established a High School affiliated to U.P. Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n