Institutes of National Importance
An 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 any other international institutes to develop centers of excellence in research, academics, and other such elite schools of education. In India, all of the IITs, NITs, AIIMS, NIPERs[citation needed], ISI and some other institutes as Institutes of National Importance. It is also proposed to add[citation needed] 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 through highly competitive examinations like the IIT-JEE/JMET/AIEEE/NIMCET/GATE etc. The current list[1] of Institutions with Institutes of National Importance status are given below.
Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
- Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
- Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
- Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
- Indian Institute of Technology, Punjab
- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
- Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
- Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
- Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
National Institutes of Technology (NIT)
- 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
- National Institute of Technology, Agartala
- 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, Surathkal
- National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST)
- Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur (from the Academic year 2011-12 onwards)
Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
- IIM Calcutta
- IIM Ahmedabad
- IIM Bangalore
- IIM Lucknow
- IIM Kozhikode
- IIM Indore
- IIM Shillong
- IIM Ranchi
- IIM Rohtak
- IIM Raipur
- IIM Kashipur
- IIM Tiruchirappalli
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, Pondicherry
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore [2]
Others
- Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
- Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bangalore
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, Punjab
- Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai
- Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
References
- ^ [1] The Institutes of National Importance
- ^ http://news.oneindia.in/2010/10/21/nimhans-gets-national-importance-statues.html
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