Provider tier
Institutes of National Importance
Declared by an Act of Parliament. The strongest standing available in Indian higher education.
Disclosure. We run one of the programmes described on this site — the IICT and IIPM online MBA. It is deliberately excluded from the tiers below, which are ordered by statutory standing, something we neither control nor hold ourselves. Ours is here, labelled, so you can weigh it against everything else yourself.
This is a statutory designation, not a ranking or an accreditation. An institute holds it because Parliament conferred it. Where such an institute runs an online or executive programme, the standing question is settled before you ask it.
What this tier means for you
- Standing is conferred by statute and is not in doubt.
- Where they run online programmes, these are usually certificates or diplomas rather than degrees.
- Fees are typically the highest of any route.
- Check very carefully what is actually awarded — the name of the institute is not the name of the award.
24on the register
7%of all 337
20states covered
Usually a diplomawhat it awards
All 24from the AISHE register
U-0267Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, GwaliorMadhya PradeshU-1016INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABADGujaratU-1001INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AMRITSARPunjabU-1014INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALOREKarnatakaU-1006INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BODH GAYABiharU-1012INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDOREMadhya PradeshU-1009INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KASHIPURUttarakhandU-1013INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODEKeralaU-1008INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOWUttar PradeshU-1017INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT RAIPURChhattisgarhU-1003INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT RANCHIJharkhandU-1015INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ROHTAKHaryanaU-1002INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SAMBALPUROdishaU-1005INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SIRMAURHimachal PradeshU-1000INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TIRUCHIRAPALLITamil NaduU-1010INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT UDAIPURRajasthanU-1007INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT VISAKHAPATNAMAndhra PradeshU-1004INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, JAMMU AND KASHMIRJammu and KashmirU-1019INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, KOLKATAWest BengalU-1018INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, NAGPURMaharashtraU-1011INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, SHILLONGMeghalayaU-1283INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,MUMBAIMaharashtraU-0989NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENTHaryanaU-1317NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT -THANJAVURTamil Nadu
A listing is not a recommendation. These institutions appear on the AISHE register in this category. Whether a particular one is currently running an online MBA, and whether it was entitled to do so for your intake year, is something only the institution can confirm. The checks to run →
Institutes of National Importance on the register, by state. Relevant only if this tier ever asks you to sit an examination in person.
The numbers
| State | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 8.3% |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 8.3% |
| Haryana | 2 | 8.3% |
| Maharashtra | 2 | 8.3% |
| Odisha | 1 | 4.2% |
| West Bengal | 1 | 4.2% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 4.2% |
| Gujarat | 1 | 4.2% |
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 4.2% |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1 | 4.2% |
| Punjab | 1 | 4.2% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 4.2% |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 4.2% |
| Kerala | 1 | 4.2% |
| Meghalaya | 1 | 4.2% |
| Bihar | 1 | 4.2% |
| Jharkhand | 1 | 4.2% |
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4.2% |
| Karnataka | 1 | 4.2% |
| Rajasthan | 1 | 4.2% |
24 of the 24 in this tier record a state.