New Delhi: Institutes of National Importance (INI) are premier educational institutes in India.  Institutes of National Importance receive special recognition and funding from the Government of India.  INI status is conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of Parliament of India.

 These institutions “serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state”.  As per All Indian Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2019-20, there are 127 institutes enjoy the tag of  Institute of National Importance or INI.

These INIs include 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT); 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIM);  30 National Institutes of Technology (NIT); 17 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT); and 7 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), etc.

Type  Number Of Institutes

AIIMS    8

IIIT          17

IIM         20

IISER      7

IIT           23

NIT         30

OTHERS                19

SPA        3

Total      127

 There are more than two lakh eight hundred students have enrolled in various programmes in all 127 INIs.