National Institutes
National Institutes or Central Institutes are institutes established by the Government of India and supported by national agencies such as CSIR, ESIC, ICAR, ICMR, DAE,MHRD etc. including the Institutes of National Importance.
Listed below are some of the centrally-funded institutes along with their location.
Number of Institutes increased in each category of CFTI, NIT, IIIT and IIT institutes.
List of National Institutes or Central Institutes
| National Institutes | Location |
| Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Natural Resource) | Mumbai |
| Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar (CIT) (Engineering) | Kokrajhar |
| Central Food Technological Research Institute (Allied Healthcare) | Mysore |
| Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (Engineering) | Pilani |
| Bose Institute | Kolkata |
| Central Drug Research Institute (Allied Healthcare) | Lucknow |
| Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) (Civil Service) | Delhi |
| Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Natural Resource) | Lucknow |
| Central Institute of Psychiatry (Medical) | Ranchi |
| Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) (Civil Service/Engineering) | Pune |
| Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (Natural Resource) | Ranchi |
| Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI) (Applied Science) | Kolkata |
| Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (Natural Resource/Engineering) | Bhopal |
| Central Institute of Educational Technology (Academics) | New Delhi |
| Central Institute for Cotton Research (Natural Resource) | Nagpur |
| Central Institute of Brackish Water Aquaculture (Natural Resource) | Chennai |
| Centre of Advanced Study in Botany (Natural Resource) | Varanasi |
| Central Institute of Fisheries, Nautical and Engineering Training (CIFNET) (Natural Resource/Civil Service/Engineering) | Cochin |
| Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (Applied Science) | Chennai |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) (Medical) | New Delhi, Nagpur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur, Rishikesh, Bilaspur, Guwahati, Rajkot, Jammu, Deoghar, Kalyani, Bibinagar, Mangalagiri, Gorakhpur, Raebareli, Batinda |
| Central Institute of Indian Languages (Academics) | Mysore |
| All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) (Allied Healthcare) | Mysore |
| Central Institute of Fresh Water Aquaculture (Natural Resource) | Bhubaneswar |
| Central Leather Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Adyar, Chennai |
| Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) (Natural Resource) | Nainital |
| Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Avikanagar |
| Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (Natural Resource) | New Delhi |
| Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany (Civil Service) | Lucknow |
| Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (Natural Resource) | Hyderabad |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) (Engineering) | Gwalior, Allahabad, Dharwad, Agartala, Jabalpur, Kanchipuram, Kottayam, Kurnool, Guwahati, Nagpur, Bhopal, Pune, Raichur, Sri City, Surat, Vadodara, Ranchi, Kalyani, Lucknow, Una, Sonepat, Kota, Manipur, Bhagalpur |
| Indian Institute of Management (Business Administration) | Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Indore, Shillong, Kashipur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Trichy, Udaipur, Visakhapatnam, Sambalpur, Nagpur |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (Engineering) | Gwalior |
| Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (Civil Service) | Mumbai |
| Centre for Development Studies (Civil Service) | Thiruvanathapuram |
| College of Defence Management (Defence Service) | Secunderabad |
| ESIC Medical College, Gulbarga (Medical) | Gulbarga |
| Film and Television Institute of India (Entertainment) | Pune |
| Foreign Service Institute (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| Ghani Khan Chowdhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (Engineering) | West Bengal |
| Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (Engineering) | Kanpur |
| Harish Chandra Research Institute (HRI) | Allahabad |
| Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) (Natural Resource) | New Delhi |
| Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) (Natural Resource) | Kolkata |
| Indian Diamond Institute (Natural Resource) | Surat |
| Indian Institute of Architects (Architecture) | Mumbai |
| Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Natural Resource) | Bangalore |
| Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) (Allied Healthcare) | Kolkata |
| Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (Civil Service) | Hyderabad |
| Indian Institute of Coal Management (Civil Service/Engineering) | Ranchi |
| Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) (Engineering) | Shibpur |
| Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) (Civil Service/Business Administration) | New Delhi, Kolkata |
| Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) (Natural Resource) | Bhopal |
| Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) (Civil Service) | Aizawl, Amravati, Dhenkanal, Jammu, Kottayam, New Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Petroleum (Natural Resource/Engineering) | Dehradun |
| Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (Natural Resource/Engineering) | Visakhapatnam |
| Indian Institute of Plantation Management (Natural Resource) | Bangalore |
| Indian Institute of Pulses Research (Natural Resource) | Kanpur |
| Indian Institute of Spices Research (Natural Resource) | Calicut |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (Engineering) | Kharagpur, Kanpur, Bombay, Chennai, Delhi, (ISM), Dhanbad, Dharwad, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Roorkee, Ropar, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar, Jodhpur, Patna, Mandi, Indore, Tirupati, (BHU), Varanasi, Tirupati, Palakkad, Goa, Bhilai, Jammu |
| Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (Tourism) | Gwalior, Nellore, Bhubaneswar, Noida, Goa, Bodh Gaya (Camp), Shillong (Camp) |
| Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Natural Resource) | Pune |
| Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (Indian Lac Research Institute) (Natural Resource) | Ranchi |
| Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (Natural Resource) | Varanasi |
| Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (Natural Resource) | Hyderabad |
| Indian Maritime University (Civil Service / Engineering) | Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkota, Kochi, Visakhapatnam |
| Indian Statistical Institute (Civil Service) | Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) (Civil Service) | Dehradun |
| Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (Academics) | Bangalore |
| Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) (Academics) | Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal, Thiruvanathapuram, Tirupati, Berhampur |
| Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (Civil Service) | Kolkata |
| Indian Institute of Soil Science (Natural Resource) | Bhopal |
| Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) (Engineering) | Thiruvanathapuram |
| Indian Veterinary Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Bareilly |
| Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (Civil Service) | Mumbai |
| Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) (Natural Resource) | Kalpakkam |
| Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) (Natural Resource) | Dehradun |
| Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) (Allied Healthcare) | Gandhinagar |
| Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (Defence Service) | New Delhi |
| Institute of Economic Growth (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| Institute of Food Security (Civil Service) | Gurgaon |
| Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) (Allied Healthcare) | New Delhi |
| Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) (Hospitality) | Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Goa, Jaipur, Shillong, Shimla, Guwahati, Gurdaspur, Bhopal, Srinagar, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Bangalore, Gandhinagar, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Hajipur,Lucknow,Shimla, Kovalam |
| Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (Academics) | Chennai |
| Institute of Physics (Academics) | Bhubaneswar |
| Institute of Rural Management (Civil Service) | Anand |
| Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| International Institute for Population Sciences (Civil Service) | Mumbai |
| Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (Medical) | Pondicherry |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) (Civil Service) | Bangalore |
| King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research (Medical) | Chennai |
| Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) (Physical Education) | Gwalior |
| Malaviya Centre for Peace Research (Defence Service) | Varanasi |
| Marine Engineering and Research Institute (Engineering) | Kolkata |
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (Civil Service) | Kolkata |
| Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (Allied Healthcare) | New Delhi |
| National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (Natural Resource) | Rajendranagar |
| National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Natural Resource) | New Delhi |
| National Academy of Construction (Architecture) | Hyderabad |
| National Civil Defence College (Defence Service/Civil Service) | Nagpur |
| National Dairy Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Karnal (Haryana) |
| National Academy of Customs Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) (Civil Service) | Kolkata, Hindupur |
| National Academy of Defence Production (Civil Service) | Nagpur |
| National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) (Natural Resource) | Lucknow |
| National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) (Medical) | Manesar |
| National Defence College of India (Defence Service) | Delhi |
| National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Nagpur |
| National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Civil Service) | Hyderabad |
| National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (Natural Resource) | Hyderabad |
| National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (Civil Service/Natural Resource) | Jaipur |
| National Institute of Construction Management and Research (Architecture) | Mumbai |
| National Institute of Design (Design) | Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kurukshetra, Jorhat, Bhopal, Vijayawada |
| National Institute of Disaster Management (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) (Computer Application) | Ajmer, Agartala, Aizawl, Aurangabad, Calicut, Chennai, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gorakhpur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, Kohima. Kolkata. Leh, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong, Srinagar, Tezpur |
| National Institute of Fashion Technology (Fashion) | Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Raebareli, Shillong |
| National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology(NIFFT) (Applied Science) | Ranchi |
| National Institute of Homoeopathy (Medical) | Kolkata |
| National Institute of Hydrology (Natural Resource) | Belgaum, Roorkee |
| National Institute of Industrial Engineering (Applied Science) (NITIE) | Mumbai |
| National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) (Engineering) | Thiruvanathapuram |
| National Institute of Malaria Research (Medical) | Delhi, Haridwar, Guwahati, Nadiad, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Goa, Bangaluru, Chennai |
| National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) (Medical) | Bangalore |
| National Institute of Nutrition (Allied Healthcare) | Hyderabad |
| National Institute of Open Schooling | Noida |
| National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) (Natural Resource) | Goa, Kochi, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam |
| National Institute of Ocean Technology (Natural Resource) | Chennai, Nellore |
| National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS) (Academics) | Kolkata |
| School of Planning and Architecture (Architecture) | Vijayawada, Bhopal, Delhi |
| Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (Medical) | Srinagar |
| State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (Civil Service) | Agartala |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) (Civil Service) | Mumbai, Hyderabad |
| Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Academic) | Mumbai, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Tuljapur |
| V. V. Giri National Labour Institute(Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| Variable Energy Cyclotron Center (Natural Resource) | Kolkata |
| National Institute of Animal Welfare (Natural Resource/Civil Service) | Haryana |
| National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Allied Healthcare) | Mohali, Ahmedabad, Raebareli, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Hajipur, Kolkata |
| National Institute of Rural Development (Civil Service) | Hyderabad |
| National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (Civil Service) | Delhi |
| National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) (Academics) | Bhubaneswar |
| National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) (Civil Service / Finance) | Navi Mumbai |
| National Seed Research and Training Centre (Natural Resource) | Varanasi |
| National Institute Of Technical Teachers Training and Research (Academics) | Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai and Kolkata |
| National Institute of Technology (Engineering) | Agartala, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bhopal, Dimapur Nagaland, Durgapur, Goa, Hamirpur, Imphal, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jamshedpur, Karaikal, Calicut, Kurukshetra, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Sikkim, Rourkela, Shillong, Silchar, Srinagar, Surat, Surathkal, Trichy, Tadepalligudem, Warangal, Yupia |
| National Institute of Urban Affairs (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| National Institute of Water Sports (Physical Education) | Goa |
| National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology (NMIHACM) (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| National Power Training Institute (Civil Service / Engineering) | Faridabad |
| National Sugar Institute (Civil Service) | Kanpur |
| National Tuberculosis Institute (Medical) | Bangalore |
| National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH) (Medical) | Kolkata |
| Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) (Physical Education) | Patiala |
| North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) (Engineering) | Itanagar |
| Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) (Academics) | Ahmedabad |
| Punjab Engineering College (PEC) (Engineering) | Chandigarh |
| Raman Research Institute (RRI) | Bangalore |
| Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management(Civil Service) | Nagpur |
| Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (Civil Service/Engineering/Natural Resource) | Rae Bareli |
| Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (Civil Service) | Kolkata |
| Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (Medical) | Lucknow |
| Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology(SLIET) (Engineering) | Sangrur |
| Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (Entertainment) | Kolkata |