Higher Education System

The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions is headed by a Chairperson who has been a Judge of the Delhi High Court and two members to be nominated by Central Government.

The English and Foreign Languages University (or EFLU), formerly the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL), is a Central University in India. Its main campus is located in Hyderabad.

The Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), and the related National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) are a group of premier science education and research institutes in India. The institutes were created by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

University of Allahabad is the oldest among all central Universities in India. The University of Allahabad, informally known also as Allahabad University is a public central university located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The state with the most private universities in India is Rajasthan with twenty five private universities.

Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Human Resource Development that oversees higher education in India.

The Indian Institute of Science was the first institute in India to be granted deemed university status, on 12 May 1958.

The Osmania University (OU) is a public state university located in Hyderabad, India, and founded in 1918. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is the first Indian university to have urdu as a medium of instruction.

Kendriya Vidyalaya is a system of central government schools that have been instituted under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (sometimes also referred to as Matscience) is a research centre located in Chennai, India.

Among the states, Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of deemed universities with 29.