Shanta Nursing Institute vs Gangotri Nursing Institute

The most immediate difference between the two is course scope: Gangotri Nursing Institute offers both ANM and GNM, while Shanta Nursing Institute currently offers only the ANM diploma. If you're specifically set on GNM — the longer, hospital-focused nursing diploma — that's a real factor worth weighing, since Shanta doesn't offer that program. If ANM specifically is what you're after, both institutes offer it, and the comparison becomes more about how each one delivers that particular course.

Both institutes describe themselves as BNRC-registered and affiliated to Bihar University of Health Sciences (BUHS), Patna. That's a reasonable starting point of comparability — both are working within the same state regulatory framework rather than one operating under a different or unclear standard. What isn't publicly listed for Gangotri Nursing Institute is INC (Indian Nursing Council) approval status specifically, so that's worth confirming directly with them if it matters to your decision, the same way we'd encourage you to confirm ours.

Geographically, Gangotri Nursing Institute sits on Haspura–Kanap Road in Daudnagar, while Shanta Nursing Institute is based at Jasoiya on the Patna–Aurangabad Road. Both are within Aurangabad district, so for most students in the district, neither option requires relocating outside it — the practical difference comes down to which specific block or route is more convenient from where you live, which is worth mapping out based on your own starting point rather than assuming either one is automatically closer.

On cohort size and day-to-day training structure — how many students per intake, how field postings and skill-lab time are actually scheduled — neither institute's public listings go into much detail, including our own general marketing pages before you speak with admissions directly. This is exactly the kind of thing we'd suggest asking both institutes about directly: how many students are typically in a batch, how early field training starts, and which primary health centres students are posted to. A specific, detailed answer from an institute is more informative than a general one, regardless of which institute you're asking.

Fees are the other major unknown here. Gangotri Nursing Institute's fee structure isn't published in what we could find publicly, and — as covered elsewhere on this site — Shanta Nursing Institute's current fee structure also isn't something we publish without direct confirmation, since it can change by academic year and we'd rather a student get an accurate current figure than a stale one. This means fees genuinely need to be compared by contacting both institutes directly and asking for a complete, itemised breakdown — tuition, lab fees, caution deposit, and any hostel costs — rather than relying on either institute's general marketing.

If you're weighing ANM specifically at either institute, the checklist worth running at both is the same one we'd recommend for any comparison: confirmed INC approval and BNRC registration, a specific description of field-training structure and timing, a complete fee breakdown, and — where possible — an in-person campus visit before committing. Both Gangotri Nursing Institute and Shanta Nursing Institute should be able to answer these directly.

The facts above about the other institute are drawn from its own public listings and website as of 2026. We haven't independently verified every detail — please confirm current information directly with them before making a decision.