NIM - Nehru Institute of Mountaineering

hi all.

i am new to this site, find this thread interested because i too want to do the basic course from either HMI of NIM, but don't know which is better or it doesn't matter.

one more problem, how to get this one month leaves from office(i work with one of the PSUs), and getting leave for one month is difficult as i have just started my career.

Hi Sachin,

If you have the provision of availing special CL like other govt organisations, then you can use it for the Basic course.

Cheers

hi anindya

i will try to manage the leaves, but tell me about the courses in these institute. which institute is better. how to know about the availability of seats.

I have never gone for trekking, is it OK to start with the Basic Course.

The Basic course is physically demanding and generally it is advisable that the individuals should be well versed with long treks with extra heavy load on their back.

You can give yourself 6 months / 1 year for preaparetion. Anyway, the waiting list at NIM is supposedly 4-5 months long

I applied for Basic mountaineerin but they have enrolled me for Sept. batch!!
I have to do the basic course before june.
Will any other institute like HMI, or DMAS manali have vacant seats now for the april or may batch??
anybody has any idea??

Possibly, the HMI or DMAS might know?

Any place will do!
i think HMI should be better..
how bout JIM in J&K??
Sumbody has posted DMAS is not quite good.. is it true?

Sorry, I was being rude. Welcome to the site and good luck finding a suitable course.

First try calling NIM & explain your situation... also request them to adjust you in earlier batch if possible.If this doesn't work out then call HMI & inquire them about availability of seats before applying.If you are unable to get confirm seat here as well then only consider remaining options DMAS Manali & JIM in J&K.

I did BMC from DMAS last year. I strongly advice you against it. There is over enrollment and overcrowding situation with too many people line up at the limited number of rockfaces. Even with a routine that requires waking up at 4am, you will still get only one at best two attempts at everything. What is the achievement after the hard work of waking up early 4am for the first 15 days? A picnic style casual once over effort is the best you will manage. If you call they will fib and say they only take 40 students, when you reach there you will find 85 ...

Everything suffers due to this over crowding even th basecamp experience.

Regards

i tried looking up the site for NIM but could not find the duration of the BMC. Would anyone happen to know the duration and NIM calender perhaps?

Welcome to IM njoshi ,have a look @
http://nimindia.org/nim/courses/training_programme.aspx
for BMC duration and NIM calender.

@swapnil excellent, thanks for the help appreciate it

ok. now i know this might be silly to some, but i have tried to courier all forms ( for one of their courses) required to NIM at the address at the website... and guess what!
It was returned by the courier company after 3 weeks saying it could not be delivered for lack of being able to find the address. and no one picked up the phone at NIM, despite the package having reached Uttarkashi.

Would welcome any solutions to my little problem. Looking at attending the course in Sept or Oct, but not sure how to deal with this problem of sending them the form in the first place!

Life Monger. Hi & Weclome to Indiamike.
Send the forms by Speed Post or Regisered A.D.

Ronak.