Institutes of National Importance

Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of Parliament of India, an institution which “serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state”.

Institutes of National Importance receive special recognition, higher autonomy and funding from the Government of India.

List of Institutes of National Importance

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 July 2022

S. No.	Name of Institute	City	State/UT	Name of Act
1	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 and their subsequent amendments
2	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh
3	Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
4	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram	Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu
5	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool	Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh
6	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad	Dharwad	Karnataka	The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017
7	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
8	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani	Kalyani	West Bengal
9	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota	Kota	Rajasthan
10	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam	Kottayam	Kerala
11	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
12	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Senapati	Senapati	Manipur
13	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra
14	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune	Pune	Maharashtra
15	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand
16	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat	Sonepat	Haryana
17	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City	Sri City	Andhra Pradesh
18	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
19	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una	Una	Himachal Pradesh
20	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara	Vadodara	Gujarat
21	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala	Agartala	Tripura
22	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	Bihar
23	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
24	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Raichur	Raichur	Karnataka
25	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat	Surat	Gujarat
26	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017
27	Indian Institute of Management Amritsar	Amritsar	Punjab
28	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Bangalore	Karnataka
29	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Bodh Gaya	Bihar
30	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Kolkata	West Bengal
31	Indian Institute of Management Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
32	Indian Institute of Management Jammu	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
33	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur	Kashipur	Uttarakhand
34	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	Kozhikode	Kerala
35	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
36	Indian Institute of Management Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra
37	Indian Institute of Management Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
38	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand
39	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	Rohtak	Haryana
40	Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur	Sambalpur	Odisha
41	Indian Institute of Management Shillong	Shillong	Meghalaya
42	Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur	Paonta Sahib	Himachal Pradesh
43	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
44	Indian Institute of Management Udaipur	Udaipur	Rajasthan
45	Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
46	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur	Berhampur	Odisha	National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 and its subsequent amendments
47	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
48	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal
49	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali	Mohali	Punjab
50	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune	Pune	Maharashtra
51	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
52	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh
53	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	Shibpur	West Bengal
54	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 and its subsequent amendments
55	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
56	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	Kozhikode	Kerala
57	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur	Durgapur	West Bengal
58	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	Hamirpur	Himachal Pradesh
59	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	Jaipur	Rajasthan
60	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar	Jalandhar	Punjab
61	National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
62	National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra	Kurukshetra	Haryana
63	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra
64	National Institute of Technology, Patna	Patna	Bihar
65	National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	Rourkela	Odisha
66	National Institute of Technology, Silchar	Silchar	Assam
67	National Institute of Technology, Srinagar	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir
68	National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand	Srinagar	Uttarakhand
69	Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat	Surat	Gujarat
70	National Institute of Technology, Karnataka	Surathkal	Karnataka
71	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
72	National Institute of Technology, Warangal	Warangal	Telangana
73	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
74	National Institute of Technology, Agartala	Agartala	Tripura
75	National Institute of Technology, Goa	Farmagudi	Goa
76	National Institute of Technology, Puducherry	Karaikal	Puducherry
77	National Institute of Technology, Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
78	National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya	Shillong	Meghalaya
79	National Institute of Technology, Mizoram	Aizawl	Mizoram
80	National Institute of Technology, Manipur	Imphal	Manipur
81	National Institute of Technology, Nagaland	Dimapur	Nagaland
82	National Institute of Technology, Sikkim	Ravangla	Sikkim
83	National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh	Tadepalligudem	Andhra Pradesh
84	National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh	Yupia	Arunachal Pradesh
85	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 and its subsequent amendments
86	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad	Dhanbad	Jharkhand
87	Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh
88	Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
89	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra
90	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
91	Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad	Dharwad	Karnataka
92	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Gujarat
93	Indian Institute of Technology Goa	Farmagudi	Goa
94	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
95	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana
96	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
97	Indian Institute of Technology Jammu	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
98	Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan
99	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
100	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal
101	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
102	Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh
103	Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad	Palakkad	Kerala
104	Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Patna	Bihar
105	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand
106	Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	Ropar	Punjab
107	Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh
108	School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	School of Planning and Architecture Act, 2014
109	School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
110	School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
111	University of Allahabad	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	University of Allahabad Act, 2005
112	Visva-Bharati University	Santiniketan	West Bengal	Visva-Bharti Act, 1951
113	Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act, 1964
114	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda	Bathinda	Punjab	All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956′ and its subsequent amendments
115	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
116	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
117	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar	Bibinagar	Telangana
118	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar	Deoghar	Jharkhand
119	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh
120	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan
121	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri	Mangalagiri	Andhra Pradesh
122	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra
123	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani	Kalyani	West Bengal
124	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
125	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna	Patna	Bihar
126	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli	Raebareli	Uttar Pradesh
127	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
128	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh	Rishikesh	Uttarakhand
129	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research	Pondicherry	Puducherry	Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research Act, 2008
130	National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences	Bangalore	Karnataka	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore Act, 2012
131	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act 1966
132	Footwear Design and Development Institute	Multiple Campus		Footwear Design and Development Institute Act, 2017
133	Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017
134	National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	National Institute of Design Act, 2014 and subsequent amendment
135	National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
136	National Institute of Design, Assam	Jorhat	Assam
137	National Institute of Design, Haryana	Kurukshetra	Haryana
138	National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
139	Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh	Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act, 2014
140	Rajendra Central Agricultural University	Samastipur	Bihar	Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Act, 2016
141	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act. 1998 and subsequent amendment
142	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
143	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur	Hajipur	Bihar
144	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana
145	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal
146	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali	Mohali	Punjab
147	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	Raebareli	Uttar Pradesh
148	Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Act, 2011 and subsequent amendments
149	Regional Centre for Biotechnology	Faridabad	Haryana	Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act, 2016
150	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Act, 1980
151	Kalakshetra Foundation	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Kalakshetra Foundation Act, 1993
152	Nalanda University	Rajgir	Bihar	Nalanda University Act, 2010
153	National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021
154	National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli	Sonepat	Haryana
155	National Forensic Sciences University	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020
156	Rashtriya Raksha University	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	Rashtriya Raksha University Act, 2020
157	Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda	Jamnagar	Gujarat	Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Act, 2020
158	Indian Statistical Institute	Kolkata	West Bengal	India Statistical Institute Act, 1959
159	New Delhi International Arbitration Centre	New Delhi	Delhi	New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
160	Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Jais	Raebareli	Uttar Pradesh	Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act, 2007
161	Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development	Kanchipuram	Tamil Nadu	Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Act, 2012