Sharda Group of Institutions (SGI), Agra

The Sharda Educational Trust was formed in 1995, by a group of leaders from industry, trade and academia with the avowed objective of providing "Professional Education to meet Global Challenges". Post the liberalization of economic policies, as signs of economic growth & economic renaissance became visible & it also become increasingly evident that the transition into a globalized knowledge economy would need an ever larger number of technically & professionally qualified youthful manpower, who are groomed to respond to the changing needs of trade & business, and that a new class of educational institutions equipped to provide the right mix of inputs, was needed with the intellectual competence to select, educate, train and develop students to meet this national demand of industry & trade. The Sharda Educational Trust was therefore formed as an educational initiative in response to these trends and started off with its first venture in 1996 by establishing the "Hindustan College of Science & Technology; located on National Highway Two (NH#2) between Agra & Mathura with an initial student strength of 160.

Today a little over a decade later as the economy grows rapidly at a healthy rate and India is emerging as a hub for IT, Software, Telecom, R&D, Design; Automobile & components manufacturing, & core industries of Steel, Cement ....etc. & EPC, Health Care & Pharma & Several offshore & outsourced business operation in ITES, KPO's; the demand for the knowledge professional, team leaders & managers has been increasing at a phenomenal rate. By establishing bench marks in academic excellence and holistic grooming of students, to meet the career challenges in an increasingly globalized economic conditions - the Sharda Educational Trust earned a goodwill by delivering the promised performances and by adopting best practices & systems. Thus in a short span of 11 years it has grown into a conglomerate of 14 colleges; operating from four large self owned campuses with a student strength of over 12,000 students, collectively known as the Sharda Group of Institutions or popularly as SGI (pronounced discreetly as S.G.I.) offering graduate & post graduate courses in 36 professional disciplines covering engineering & technology, management studies computer studies & IT, Medical, Dental, Para medical & Nursing & allied sciences; Pharma; & education. The Group is the Largest Educational entity in North India today, and occupies a premier position and good will; won largely by earning the respect and trust of the students & parents, who are the customers of its operational services. SGI Colleges are also held in esteem by the corporate world of trade & industry; who are the customers of its product value addition-and increasingly more & more front running companies are sourcing their entry level professional manpower needs from these colleges. No wonder that the group is expanding almost @ 25% annually thus becoming the fastest growing group of educational institutions; a growth driven by the trust in its promised performances and past best practices.

In addition a 500 beds, Multi specialty, Sharda hospital is functioning since 2006 (to be raised to its full capacity of 1200 beds in phases) both corporate Hospital and a support for Medical/Paramedical Courses.

All the SGI Colleges carry the necessary statutory and regulatory approval/affiliations. Engineering & Management courses are approved by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) and affiliated to U.P. Technical Univ., Lucknow (except BBA & BCA Courses, which are in affiliation with the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Univ., AGRA or CCS Univ., Meerut: PGDM is an autonomous course approved by AICTE). BDS is approved by Dental Council of India. Four of the SGI colleges have approached the University Grants Commission. Ministry of HRD, for grant of Deemed to pave the way for greater autonomy & flexibility in course and curriculum design; national and international alliances & creation of superior level of excellence in its unending pursuit of providing,best in class, educational services. The university status is likely to be granted in 2008-09 session.

Currently it has four compuses at Agra , Mathura and Grator Noida and has the undermentioned colleges:-

Mathura Campus :- (26 Km. stone NH-2, Farah-Mathura)

* Hindustan College of Sicence & Technology (HCST) estd.1996
* Hindustan Institute of Management & Computer Studies (HIMCS) Estd. 1997

Agra Campuses (Two Campuses):-

* Anand Engineering College (AEC) estd. 1998
* BMAS Engg. College (BMAS) estd. 1998
* Anand College of Education (ACE ) est. 2004
* Anand College of Pharmacy (ACS) estd. 2006
* Hindustan Institute of Technology estd..2005

Greator Noida Campus :-

* Hindustan Academy of Education Research & Trg. - HAERT-2006
* Hindustan Institute of Management (HIMS-2007)
* Hindustan Institute of Dental Sciences---2006
* Hindustan Institute of Allied Health Sciences & Research (HIAHSR)-2008
* Hindustan Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (HIMSR)-2008
* Sharda School of Nursing - estd. 2006

SGI Tower,
Agra-Mathura highway-NH-2,
Agra-282002

Tel : +91-562-2853241

Fax : + 91-56 -2850274