Institutes of National Importance

Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of Parliament of India, an institution which "serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state".  Institutes of National Importance receive special recognition and funding from the Government of India. 

Acts
 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research was declared as Institute of National Importance through Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Act, 2010. 
 All India Institutes of Medical Sciences are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012. 
 Indian Institutes of Technology are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961. 
 National Institutes of Technology are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. 
 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology was declared as Institute of National Importance through Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act, 2007. 
 Four Indian Institutes of Information Technology are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the Indian Institute of Information Technology Act, 2014.  11 more were declared through The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017. 
School of Planning and Architecture are declares as Institutes of National Importance through the School of Planning and Architecture Act, 2014. 
National Institute of Design is declared as Institution of National Importance through the  National Institute of Design Act 2014. 
 Footwear Design and Development Institute is declared as Institute of National Importance through the Footwear Design and Development Institute Act, 2017. 
 Indian Institutes of Management are declared as Institutes of National Importance through the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017. 
 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) is recognised as Institute of National Importance along with  IITs  and  NITs  through NITSER(A) Act 2014. 
 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was declared as Institute of National Importance through Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959. 

Institutes of National Importance

Proposed Institutes of National Importance (INIs)
 National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM)
 Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT)
 National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
 Indian National Defence University (INDU)
 Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) 
 National Institutes of Design in Amaravati and Kurukshetra. 
 All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Madurai. 
 Gujarat Ayurved University in Jamnagar. 

See also 
Institutes of Eminence, another scheme of excellence in India
 Ivy League, a formal grouping of elite private universities in the United States
 Imperial Universities, a grouping of elite older universities in Japan
 Russell Group, a formal grouping of advanced universities in the United Kingdom
 Golden Triangle (English universities), a group of universities in Oxford, Cambridge, London
 SKY (universities), a group of prestigious universities in South Korea
TU9, alliance of nine leading Technical Universities in Germany
 Double First Class University Plan, a scheme for improving 42 top universities of China

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