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Colleges in India · ShikshaSphere

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Colleges
in India

Every institution on AISHE's register — what it is, who runs it, which university it answers to, and its NAAC grade where it has one.

68,747Institutions36States & UTs51,520Affiliation known7,973NAAC assessed

What this list covers. All 68,747 institutions on AISHE's register — 51,831 colleges that sit under a university and 16,916 standalone institutions (polytechnics, nursing, teacher training, paramedical and the rest). Of these, 7,973 have been assessed by NAAC — so a college with no grade shown is one NAAC has not assessed, not one we are missing a grade for.

Kind of institution

Under a university 487 Standalone 231

Affiliated College344 PG Center / Off-Campus Center72 Autonomous College44 Recognized Center27

Who runs it

Central Government317 Private Un-Aided56

Private Aided (Government Aided)

State Government40

University6

Local Body1

Education loan available PM Vidyalakshmi

Accreditation

Assessed by NAAC 7,973

A++ 38 A+ 36 A 21 B++ 14 B+ 7 B 12 C 7

Current Lapsed

State

Tamil Nadu73 Kerala49 Maharashtra44 Karnataka36 Madhya Pradesh30 West Bengal27 Uttar Pradesh24 Delhi23 Telangana19 Assam18 Punjab14 Rajasthan14 Gujarat13 Odisha11 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu9 Goa8 Haryana7 Andhra Pradesh6 Puducherry6 Jammu and Kashmir6 Manipur6 Himachal Pradesh5 Chandigarh5 Uttarakhand4 Chhattisgarh4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands4 Meghalaya4 Arunachal Pradesh3 Bihar3 Tripura3 Mizoram2 Lakshadweep2 Jharkhand2 Nagaland1 Sikkim1 Ladakh1

487 colleges foundUnder a university ✕Education loan (PM Vidyalakshmi) ✕Clear allAccreditation Name Newest assessment

Namgyal Institute of Tibetology

Gangtok district · Sikkim

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 2019

Nandha College of Pharmacy (Inst. Code - 051), Erode

Erode district · Tamil Nadu

Affiliated College · Private Un-Aided · est. 1992

Natesan Institute of Co-Operative Management

Chennai district · Tamil Nadu

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1954

National Centre for Diseases Control

Central district · Delhi

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1909

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research

South Goa district · Goa

Recognized Center · Central Government

National Fire Service College

Nagpur district · Maharashtra

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1956

National Forensic Sciences Academy Pune

Pune district · Maharashtra

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 2022

National Forensic Sciences University Dharwad Campus

Dharwad district · Karnataka

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government

National Forensic Sciences University Goa Campus

South Goa district · Goa

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 2021

National Forensic Sciences University Guwahati Campus

Kamrup Metro district · Assam

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 2023

National Forensic Sciences University, Bhopal Campus

Bhopal district · Madhya Pradesh

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · University

National Forensic Sciences University, Tripura Campus

West Tripura district · Tripura

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government

National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health

Kottayam district · Kerala

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1974

National Institute for Mentally Handicapped

North 24 Parganas district · West Bengal

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1986

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons WITH Intellectual Disabilities Regional Centre Noida

Gautam Buddha Nagar district · Uttar Pradesh

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1984

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons WITH Visual Disabilities

Chennai district · Tamil Nadu

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1988

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities Divyangjan

Hyderabad district · Telangana

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1984

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons With Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan), Dehradun

Dehradun district · Uttarakhand

Affiliated College · Central Government

National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped Fkat Bi, B-102 Vasundhara CHS Plot No 13-14 Sector 8 Kharghar Navi Mumbai 410 210

Raigad district · Maharashtra

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1987

National Institute of Ayurveda Panchkula

Panchkula district · Haryana

PG Center / Off-Campus Center · Central Government · est. 2023

National Institute of ELIT, REC, Kozhikkode

Kozhikode district · Kerala

Affiliated College · Central Government · est. 1989

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Imphal

Imphal East district · Manipur