Institute of Vocational Studies

The Institute of Vocational Studies (IVS) is the main campus of the Awadh Group of Institutions, situated at Awadh Bhawan FC-31, Institutional Area, Sheikh Sarai-II, New Delhi, India. The campus spans about one acre of land. IVS is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University under the name Institute of Vocational Studies. The institution traces its origins to the Awadh Centre of Education, established in 1995 to improve educational quality for all, including socially backward and minority communities. In 1999, the group started the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine & Allied Sciences (IRMAS), followed by the establishment of the Institute of Vocational Studies in 2003–04. IVS offers a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme, a two-year undergraduate professional degree preparing students to become school teachers, recognized by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), the Ministry of Human Resource Development, and approved by the Directorate of Higher Education, Government of NCT of Delhi. The institute was nationally accredited with an 'A' grade by NAAC in 2011. It also offers the Elementary Teacher Education (ETE) programme, a two-year diploma course.