Institute of National Importance

Institute of National Importance, in India is defined as one which serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state. Only a chosen few institutes make it to 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 and some other institutes as "Institutes of National Importance". It is also proposed to add to the list IIMs, IISERs, IIESTs and the new AIIMS under PMSSY scheme of GOI once they are empowered by the Government of India by enacting an act in the Parliament. The admission to these institutes is solely through highly competitive examinations like the CAT/IIT-JEE/JMET/AIEEE/NIMCET etc. The current list of Institutions with INI status are:

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

* Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
* Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
* Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
* Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
* Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee
* Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
* Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati
* Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna
* Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad
* Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar
* Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar

National Institute of Technology (NIT)

* National Institute of Technology, Agartala
* Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
* Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
* National Institute of Technology, Calicut
* National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
* National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
* Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
* Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
* National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
* National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
* Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
* National Institute of Technology, Patna
* National Institute of Technology, Raipur
* National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
* National Institute of Technology, Silchar
* National Institute of Technology, Srinagar
* S V National Institute of Technology, Surat
* National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
* National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli
* National Institute of Technology, Warangal

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

* National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Raebareli

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

* Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Indian Statistical Institute

* Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata,New Delhi, Bangalore

Medical Institutes

* All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
* Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
* Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
* Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational and Research (NIPER)

* National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational and Research Mohali, Mohali
* National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational and Research Hyderabad, Hyderabad
* National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational and Research Kolkata, Kolkata
* National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational and Research Hajipur, Hajipur
* National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational and Research Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad

Others

* Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai
* Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
* Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Barelli