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Introduction to Institute of National Importance- 15-Feb-2014
Higher Education in India is one of the largest and oldest systems of higher education found anywhere in the world.
As of now there are over 320 Universities, of which nearly 131 are of Affiliating Universities. Besides there are deemed universities, institutions of national importance, institutes and over 15500 colleges. Together they offer a wide range of degree and diploma programs across the length and breadth of the country.
The higher education system in India includes both private and public universities. Public universities are supported by the Government of India and the state governments, while private universities are mostly supported by various bodies and societies.
Universities, deemed universities and institutions of national importance are largely autonomous institutions entitled by law to design, develop and offer programs which they consider relevant and appropriate for the national needs,
Established by an act of parliament, these institutions of high recognition obtain such a grand recognition status of Institute of National Importance (INI). Apart from receiving special recognition and funding, these institutions serve as a pivotal role in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state.
Only a chosen few institutes come under this coveted list and are usually supported by the Government of India or even international institutes to develop centers of excellence in research, academics, and other such elite schools of education.
In India, all of the IIT, NITs, AIIMS, NIPERs, ISIs, IIITs, IISc, IISER, AIIMS, NISER, SPA, NIFT, CSIR, National Law Universities and few more institutes fall within the bracket of Institutes of National Importance.
The admission to these institutes is solely through highly competitive examinations like the CAT/IIT-JEE/JMET/AIEEE/NIMCET etc.
List of Institutes of National Importance:
1 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) - Totally 16 institutions
2 National Institutes of Technology (NIT) - Totally 30 institutions
3 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) - Totally 4 insitutions
4 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Totally 1 institute
5 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Totally 1 institute
6 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Totally 5 institutions
7 All India Institute of Medical Sciences
8 National Law Universities Totally 17 universities
9 Other Medical Institutes Totally 4 medical instituions
10 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Totally 7 institutes
11 National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Totally 1 institute
12 School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Totally 3 institutions
13 National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Totally 1 insitutions
14 National Institute of Design (NID) Only 1 , with extensions at 2 places
15 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Totally 1 institute
Others:
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (Totally 1 institute)
Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad (Totally 1 institute)
Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai (Totally 1 institute)
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (Totally 1 institute)
Proposed insitutions:
National Institute of Design, Kurukshetra, Haryana.
National Institute of Design, Jorhat, Assam.
National Institute of Design, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
National Institute of Design, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
