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Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public
higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after comple ...
institution in India by an act of
Parliament of India The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...
, 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 The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...
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Common Acts


Architecture

Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPA) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the 'School of Planning and Architecture Act, 2014' and its subsequent amendments.


Design

National Institutes of Design The National Institutes of Design (NIDs) are a group of autonomous public design universities in India, with the primary institute, founded in 1961, in Ahmedabad, with extension campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. The other NIDs are locat ...
(NID) are declared as Institution of National Importance through the 'National Institute of Design Act 2014' and its subsequent amendments.


Engineering and Technology

* Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 and its subsequent amendments. *
National Institutes of Technology The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Scienc ...
(NIT) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (original name: National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007; renamed by amendment of 2012) was enacted by the Parliament of India to declare India's National Institu ...
and its subsequent amendments. *
Indian Institutes of Information Technology Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of 26 interdisciplinary technology-based- engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. Five of them are established, funded and managed ...
(IIIT) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the 'Indian Institute of Information Technology Act, 2014' and the 'Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017' and their subsequent amendments. * Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) was declared as an Institute of National Importance in 2014, when the erstwhile Bengal Engineering and Science University converted to a central institution.


Food Technology

National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management - Kundli (NIFTEM-K) is a higher education institute operating under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI). It offers academic curriculum in food technology and ...
(NIFTEM) and
Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), formerly Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), is an academic institution with Institute of National Importance (INI) status, func ...
(IIFPT) are declared Institutes of National Importance through the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021.Parliament passes bill to declare 2 food tech institutes as institutes of national importance
Outlook, 26 July 2021.


Management

Indian Institutes of Management The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busines ...
(IIM) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 and its subsequent amendments.


Medicine

All India Institutes of Medical Sciences The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. These institutes h ...
(AIIMS) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the 'All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956' and its subsequent amendments.


Pharmacy

National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) are a group of national level institutes of pharmaceutical sciences or Pharmacy school in India. The Government of India has declared the NIPERs as Institutes of National Imp ...
(NIPER) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the 'National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998' and its subsequent amendments.


Science

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are a group of premier public research institutions in India. The institutes were established by the Government of India through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHR ...
(IISER) are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the amendments in the
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (original name: National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007; renamed by amendment of 2012) was enacted by the Parliament of India to declare India's National Institu ...
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Institutes of National Importance


Summary statistics

As of July 2021, there are 161 Institutes of National Importance under various Acts of Parliament. These INIs include: 23
IITs The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are central government owned public technical institutes located across India. They are under the ownership of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. They are governed by the Instit ...
, 15 AIIMSs, 20 IIMs, 31 NITs, 25 IIITs, 7 IISERs, 7 NIPERs, 5 NIDs, 3 SPAs, 2 NIFTEMs, 5 Central universities, 4 Medical research institutes, and 14 other specialized institutes.


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Proposed Institutes of National Importance (INIs)

The following institutes have been proposed as INIs through a bill: *
National Council of Educational Research and Training The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India which was established in 1961 as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies Registration Act. Its he ...
*
Indian National Defence University Indian Defence University (IDU), formerly Indian National Defence University (INDU) is a defence service university set up for the affiliation of training academies of union government defence servants working under the Government of India. T ...
* Homi Bhabha National Institute * Indian Institute of Forest Management * Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology


See also

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* Imperial Universities, a grouping of older universities in Japan * Russell Group, a formal grouping of universities in the
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* Golden Triangle (English universities), a group of universities in
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* SKY (universities), a group of universities in
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* TU9, alliance of nine leading Technical Universities in
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* Double First Class Universities, group of elite universities in China *
Institutes of Eminence Institutes of Eminence (IoE) is a recognition scheme for higher education institutes in India, set by the University Grants Commission in 2017. The plan encompasses twenty institutions, 12 of which have already been declared Institutes of Emine ...


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