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Roorkee Adventist College is a Seventh-day Adventist institution of higher learning located near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is regarded as the church's flagship provider of higher education in North India and forms part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist education system, the second largest Christian school system in the world. The institution was founded in 1927 by F. H. Loasby as a pioneer missionary school, later serving as a training school for mission workers in the North-Western Union. Its curriculum expanded over time to meet growing demand from students in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. In 1942, under Pastor E. R. Streeter, it gained recognition from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the Southern Asia Division as a Division Co-Educational School. It was later recognized as a Junior High School in 1961 and upgraded to a High School under Dr. E. A. Streeter. In 1971, it affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, offering ICSE and ISC examinations. In 1989, under Dr. Edwin R. Dass, it became an Inter College. In 2001, the Adventist Accrediting Association allowed its upgrade into a higher education institution, and in 2003 it was renamed Roorkee Adventist College, offering degree programs affiliated with Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand.