Hi Folks, I have created a custom table in a database and I have created a model in Models folder.

InstitutionsList.cs ---Model

using Umbraco.Core.Persistence;
using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.DatabaseAnnotations;

namespace EDEN_MVC_PROJECT.Models
{
    [TableName("customInstitutions")]
    public class InstitutionsList
    {
        [Column("id")]
        [PrimaryKeyColumn (AutoIncrement = true)]
        public int Id { get; set; }
        [Column("name")]
        public string Name { get; set; }
        [Column("state")]
        public string State { get; set; }
    }
}

I have created a controller - InstitutionsListController.cs

using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Umbraco.Core.Persistence;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
using EDEN_MVC_PROJECT.Models;


namespace EDEN_MVC_PROJECT.Controllers
{

    public class InstitutionsListController : SurfaceController
    {
        [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult ReadInstitutions()
        {
            var db = ApplicationContext.DatabaseContext.Database;
            IEnumerable<InstitutionsList> institutions = db.Query<InstitutionsList>("Select * from dbo.customInstitutions");
            return View("InstitutionsList",institutions);
        }
    }
}

and I have created a view InstitutionsList.cshtml

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<IEnumerable<InstitutionsList>>
@using EDEN_MVC_PROJECT.Models;

@{ Layout = "EDENFeaturePageLayout.cshtml";
}
@{
    foreach (var inst in Model)
    {
        <p>@inst.Name</p>
    }
}

I am getting error while getting data back from the table into view. It is complaining that

Cannot bind source type Umbraco.Web.Models.RenderModel to model type System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[[EDENMVCPROJECT.Models.InstitutionsList, EDENMVCPROJECT, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]].

please help me out, I have also tried using partial views but it's giving me same error. I read lot of forums but no one has written how to write html views.