Institutes of National Importance

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Who gives & How the Institutes of National Importance are defined?

The title Institutes of National Importance is given by an act of Parliament means Parliament of India defines any institutes in India as National Importance Institute.

Definition of National Importance Institutes: Any institutes "serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state".

Benefits of having the title of Institutes of National Importance: These institutes receive special recognition and funding from the Government of India.

Acts defining Institutes of National Importance in India

Architecture: Schools of Planning and Architecture declares Institutes of National Importance through an act "School of Planning and Architecture Act, 2014".
Design: National Institutes of Design are declared Institutes of National Importance through an act "National Institutes of Design Act, 2014"
Engineering: In this category, there are 3 types of Institutes of National importance. They are defined below.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - IITs are declared Institutes of National Importance through the act "Institutes of Technology Act, 1961" & its subsequent amendments.

National Institutes of Technology (NIT) - NITs are declared Institutes of National Importance through the act " National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act 2007".

Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) - IIITs are declared Institutes of National Importance through the act " Indian Institutes of Information Technology,(Public-Private-Partnership) Act 2017".& their subsequent amendments.
Management: Indian Institutes of Management(IIM) are declared Institutes of National Importance through an act "Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017" & its subsequent amendments.
Medicine: All India Institutes of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) are declared Institutes of National Importance through the act "All India Institutes of Medical Sciences Act, 1956" & its subsequent amendments.
Pharmacy: National Institutes of Pharmaceuticals Education & Research (NIPER) are declared Institutes of National Importance through the act "National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998" & its subsequent amendments.
Science: Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER) are declared Institutes of National Importance through the act "National Institutes of Technology Science Education and Research Act, 2007".

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Engineering

Institutes of National Importance in Engineering
Rank	Institute Name	City	State	Founded Year	Type	Specialization
19	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology	Jalandhar	Punjab	1987	NIT	Engineering
22	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology	Shibpur	West Bengal	1856	-	Engineering
75	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	1919	IIT	Engineering
76	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	1926	IIT	Engineering
77	Indian Institute of Technology	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	2016	IIT	Engineering
78	Indian Institute of Technology	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	2008	IIT	Engineering
79	Indian Institute of Technology	Bombay	Maharashtra	1958	IIT	Engineering
80	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	1963	IIT	Engineering
81	Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad	Dharwad	Karnataka	2016	IIT	Engineering
82	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	2008	IIT	Engineering
83	Indian Institute of Technology Goa	Farmagudi	Goa	2016	IIT	Engineering
84	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam	1994	IIT	Engineering
85	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	2008	IIT	Engineering
86	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	2009	IIT	Engineering
87	Indian Institute of Technology Jammu	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	2016	IIT	Engineering
88	Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	2008	IIT	Engineering
89	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	1959	IIT	Engineering
90	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal	1951	IIT	Engineering
91	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	1959	IIT	Engineering
92	Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh	2009	IIT	Engineering
93	Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad	Palakkad	Kerala	2015	IIT	Engineering
94	Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Patna	Bihar	2018	IIT	Engineering
95	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand	1847	IIT	Engineering
96	Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	Ropar	Punjab	2008	IIT	Engineering
97	Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	2015	IIT	Engineering
101	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	Jaipur	Rajasthan	1963	NIT	Engineering
102	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	1960	NIT	Engineering
103	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	1961	NIT	Engineering
116	National Institute of Technology, Agartala	Agartala	Tripura	1965	NIT	Engineering
117	National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh	Tadepalligudem	Andhra Pradesh	2015	NIT	Engineering
118	National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh	Yupia	Arunachal Pradesh	2010	NIT	Engineering
119	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	Kozhikode	Kerala	1961	NIT	Engineering
120	National Institute of Technology, Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	2010	NIT	Engineering
121	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur	Durgapur	West Bengal	1960	NIT	Engineering
122	National Institute of Technology, Goa	Farmagudi	Goa	2010	NIT	Engineering
123	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	Hamirpur	Himachal Pradesh	1986	NIT	Engineering
124	National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	1960	NIT	Engineering
125	National Institute of Technology, Karnataka	Mangalore	Karnataka	1960	NIT	Engineering
126	National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra	Kurukshetra	Haryana	1963	NIT	Engineering
127	National Institute of Technology, Manipur	Imphal	Manipur	2010	NIT	Engineering
128	National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya	Shillong	Meghalaya	2010	NIT	Engineering
129	National Institute of Technology, Mizoram	Aizawl	Mizoram	2010	NIT	Engineering
130	National Institute of Technology, Nagaland	Dimapur	Nagaland	2010	NIT	Engineering
131	National Institute of Technology, Patna	Patna	Bihar	1886	NIT	Engineering
132	National Institute of Technology, Puducherry	Karaikal	Puducherry	2010	NIT	Engineering
133	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	1956	NIT	Engineering
134	National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	Rourkela	Odisha	1961	NIT	Engineering

135	National Institute of Technology, Sikkim	Ravangla	Sikkim	2010	NIT	Engineering
136	National Institute of Technology, Silchar	Silchar	Assam	1967	NIT	Engineering
137	National Institute of Technology, Srinagar	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	1960	NIT	Engineering
138	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	1964	NIT	Engineering
139	National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand	Srinagar	Uttarakhand	2010	NIT	Engineering
140	National Institute of Technology, Warangal	Warangal	Telangana	1959	NIT	Engineering
153	Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat	Surat	Gujarat	1961	NIT	Engineering
159	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra	1960	NIT	Engineering

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Information Technology

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Information Technology
Rank	Institute Name	City	State	Founded Year	Type	Specialization
7	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	1997	IIIT	Information Technology
23	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	1999	IIIT	Information Technology
24	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala	Agartala	Tripura	2018	IIIT	Information Technology
25	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	Bihar	2017	IIIT	Information Technology
26	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	2017	IIIT	Information Technology
27	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	2005	IIIT	Information Technology
28	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	2007	IIIT	Information Technology
29	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool	Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh	2015	IIIT	Information Technology
30	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad	Dharwad	Karnataka	2015	IIIT	Information Technology
31	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam	2013	IIIT	Information Technology
32	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani	Kalyani	West Bengal	2014	IIIT	Information Technology
33	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota	Kota	Rajasthan	2013	IIIT	Information Technology
34	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam	Kottayam	Kerala	2015	IIIT	Information Technology
35	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	2015	IIIT	Information Technology
36	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Manipur	Imphal	Manipur	2015	IIIT	Information Technology
37	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra	2016	IIIT	Information Technology
38	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune	Pune	Maharashtra	2016	IIIT	Information Technology
39	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand	2016	IIIT	Information Technology
40	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Raichur	Raichur	Karnataka	2019	IIIT	Information Technology
41	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat	Sonepat	Haryana	2014	IIIT	Information Technology
42	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City	Sri City	Andhra Pradesh	2013	IIIT	Information Technology
43	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat	Surat	Gujarat	2017	IIIT	Information Technology
44	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	2013	IIIT	Information Technology
45	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una	Una	Himachal Pradesh	2014	IIIT	Information Technology
46	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara	Vadodara	Gujarat	2013	IIIT	Information Technology

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Management

**Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Management**
Rank	Institute Name	City Name	State Name	Founded Year	Type	Specialization
47	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1961	IIM	Management
48	Indian Institute of Management Amritsar	Amritsar	Punjab	2015	IIM	Management
49	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Bangalore	Karnataka	1973	IIM	Management
50	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Bodh Gaya	Bihar	2015	IIM	Management
51	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Kolkata	West Bengal	1961	IIM	Management
52	Indian Institute of Management Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	1996	IIM	Management
53	Indian Institute of Management Jammu	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	2016	IIM	Management
54	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur	Kashipur	Uttarakhand	2011	IIM	Management
55	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	Kozhikode	Kerala	1996	IIM	Management
56	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	1984	IIM	Management
57	Indian Institute of Management Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra	2015	IIM	Management
58	Indian Institute of Management Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	2010	IIM	Management
59	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand	2010	IIM	Management
60	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	Rohtak	Haryana	2010	IIM	Management
61	Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur	Sambalpur	Odisha	2015	IIM	Management
62	Indian Institute of Management Shillong	Shillong	Meghalaya	2007	IIM	Management
63	Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur Paonta Sahib	Sirmaur	Himachal Pradesh	2015	IIM	Management
64	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	2011	IIM	Management
65	Indian Institute of Management Udaipur	Udaipur	Rajasthan	2011	IIM	Management
66	Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	2015	IIM	Management

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Medicine

**Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Medicine**
Rank	Institute Name	City Name	State Name	Founded Year	Type	Specialization
2	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda	Bathinda	Punjab	2019	AIIMS	Medicine
3	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	2012	AIIMS	Medicine
4	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	2012	AIIMS	Medicine
5	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar	Bibinagar	Telangana	2019	AIIMS	Medicine
6	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar	Deoghar	Jharkhand	2012	AIIMS	Medicine
7	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	2019	AIIMS	Medicine
8	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	2012	AIIMS	Medicine
9	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri	Mangalagiri	Andhra Pradesh	2018	AIIMS	Medicine
10	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra	2018	AIIMS	Medicine
11	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani	Kalyani	West Bengal	2019	AIIMS	Medicine
12	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	1956	AIIMS	Medicine
13	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna	Patna	Bihar	2012	AIIMS	Medicine
14	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli	Raebareli	Uttar Pradesh	2013	AIIMS	Medicine
15	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	2012	AIIMS	Medicine
16	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh	Rishikesh	Uttarakhand	2012	AIIMS	Medicine
99	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry	Pondicherry	Pondicherry	1823	-	Medicine
141	National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Bangalore	Bangalore	Karnataka	1847	-	Medicine
145	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Haryana	1962	-	Medicine
152	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	1973	-	Medicine

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Pharmaceutical Education

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Pharmaceutical Education
Rank	Institute Name	City Name	State Name	Founded Year	Type	Specialization
109	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	2007	NIPER	Pharmaceutical Science
110	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam	2008	NIPER	Pharmaceutical Science
111	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur	Hajipur	Bihar	2007	NIPER	Pharmaceutical Science
112	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	2007	NIPER	Pharmaceutical Science
113	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal	2007	NIPER	Pharmaceutical Science
114	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali	Mohali	Punjab	1998	NIPER	Pharmaceutical Science
115	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	Raebareli	Uttar Pradesh	2007	NIPER	Pharmaceutical Science

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Sciences

**Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Sciences**
Sr. no	Institute Name	City Name	State Name	Founded Year	Type	Specialization
1	Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	2010	-	Sciences
2	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur	Berhampur	Odisha	2016	IISER	Sciences
3	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	2008	IISER	Sciences
4	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal	2006	IISER	Sciences
5	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali	Mohali	Punjab	2007	IISER	Sciences
6	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune	Pune	Maharashtra	2006	IISER	Sciences
7	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	2008	IISER	Sciences
8	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	2015	IISER	Sciences

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Architecture, Arts and Culture, Ayurvedic Medicine, Biotechnology and Design

Institutes of National Importance in Specialization - Architecture, Arts and Culture, Ayurvedic Medicine, Biotechnology, Defence Studies, Agricultural Science, and Design
Sr. no	Insitute Name	City Name	State	Founded Year	Type	Specialization
1	Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh	2014	-	Agricultural Sciences
2	Rajendra Central Agricultural University	Samastipur	Bihar	1905	-	Agricultural Sciences
3	Footwear Design and Development Institute	Noida	Uttar Pradesh	1986	-	Applied Science
4	School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	2008	SPA	Architecture
5	School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	1941	SPA	Architecture
6	School of Planning and Architecture, Vijaywada	Vijaywada	Andhra Pradesh	2008	SPA	Architecture
7	Kalakshetra Foundation	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	1936	-	Arts & Culture
8	Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda	Jamnagar	Gujrat	2020	-	Ayurvedic Medicine
9	Regional Center for Biotechnology	Faridabad	Haryana	2009	-	Biotechnology
10	Rashtriya Raksha University	Gandhinagar	Gujrat	2020	-	Defence Studies
11	National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujrat	1960	NID	Design
12	National Institute of Design, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	2019	NID	Design
13	National Institute of Design, Assam	Jorhat	Assam	2019	NID	Design
14	National Institute of Design, Haryana	Kurukshetra	Haryana	2016	NID	Design
15	National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh	Vijaywada	Andhra Pradesh	2015	NID	Design
16	University of Allahabad	Pryagraj	Uttar Pradesh	1887	-	General
17	Vishva Bharti University	Santiniketan	West Bengal	1921	-	General
18	New Delhi International Arbitration Center	New Delhi	Delhi	2020	-	International Arbitration
19	Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	1918	-	Language Studies
20	Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	2016	-	Petroleum Energy
21	Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Energy	Jais	Uttar Pradesh	2007	-	Petroleum Energy
22	Nalanda University	Rajgir	Bihar	2010	-	Social Science
23	Indian Statistical Institute	Kolkata	West Bengal	1931	-	Statistics
24	Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	1993	-	Youth Affairs

Some Proposed Institutes of National Importance

National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management. Kondali, Sonipat, Haryana
Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology. Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
National Council of Educational Research and Training. New Delhi
Indian National Defence University. Gurugram, Haryana
Homi Bhabha National Institute. Mumbai