Overview
A new kind of university for a new India.
A UGC-recognised State Private University in North Sikkim, Orchid is India's first value-driven, skill-based, intergenerational university. We blend education with employment through our SEEL Framework and a Learn While You Earn model.
Orchid University is a recognised State Private University established under the Orchid University Act No. 06 of 2024 (Sikkim Gazette No. 316) and recognised by the University Grants Commission under Section 2(f). We position ourselves as India's First Value-Driven, Skill-Based Intergenerational University, guided by a single promise: Skilled to Lead. Rooted to Serve. Connected to Succeed.
Everything we do is built on the SEEL Framework — Skilling, Education, Employment and Livelihood. Rather than treating a degree as the end of learning, we treat it as the bridge to a career. Through our signature Learn While You Earn model, Day One career readiness and an Industry as Campus approach, students gain real work experience while they study.
What makes Orchid different
- Work-integrated degrees co-designed with an 800+ industry partner network
- Affordable, inclusive admissions open to learners across India
- Ten schools spanning engineering, business, health, science and agriculture, hospitality, design and media, the liberal and fine arts, heritage sciences, and wellness and vocational studies
- Continuous and executive learning for working professionals and lifelong learners
From our campus in Upper Singhik Malling, Mangan District, North Sikkim, we are working to widen access to quality higher education and to raise India's Gross Enrolment Ratio. Orchid is not simply a place to earn a qualification — it is an ecosystem where education, employability and purpose grow together, generation after generation.