Students come from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds representing almost only every part of India. In addition to Indian students, ther are students from SAARC countries like Sri Lanka,Nepal and Bangladesh who add to the cultural diversity.
With such a cultural diversity and talent, student life is most vibrant and engrossing. Students have access to in-door and out-door sports facilities and a gym. A common room in the hostel provides access to TV and magazines and news papers. The students organize a large number of cultural events throughout the year which includes debates,sports matches and cultural programmes.
Students regulate their own mess arrangements through a mess committee which comprises of student members from different batches.
Routine medical diagnostic facilties are also available to students through the Institute’s doctors who visit the campus.
The University has its origin in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College and Research Institute, Solan established in 1962 with its affiliation to Panjab University, Chandigarh. The College was raised to the status of Post-graduate College visitor medical insurance in 1965 when it introduced M.Sc.(Agriculture) programmes in some important subjects. With the establishment of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) in 1970, its affiliation changed to HPU and thereafter it became Agriculture Complex of HPU, Shimla in July, 1971.
Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi is an autonomous, non profit making institution constituted as a public charitable trust for teaching, research and consultancy visitor medical insurance in the areas of ecology and environment. The Institute has the appropriate technology for the transfer of knowledge in the areas of ecology and environment in general and environmental engineering, impact assessment, pollution monitoring and control, systems analysis, wildlife conservation, environmental communication, ecological education and environmental laws in particular.