| Institute | Location |
| 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 |
| All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) (Allied Healthcare) | Mysuru |
| Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) (Natural Resource) | Nainital |
| Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany (Civil Service) | Lucknow |
| Bose Institute | Kolkata |
| Central Drug Research Institute (Allied Healthcare) | Lucknow |
| Centre of Advanced Study in Botany[12] (Natural Resource) | Varanasi |
| Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) (Civil Service) | Delhi |
| Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) (Computer Application, Electronics) | Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Noida, Patna, Pune, Silchar, Thiruvananthapura |
| Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (Engineering) | Pilani |
| Central Food Technological Research Institute (Allied Healthcare) | Mysuru |
| Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (Applied Science) | Kolkata |
| Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (Engineering Research) | Durgapur |
| Central Institute for Cotton Research (Natural Resource) | Nagpur |
| Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (Natural Resource Engineering) | Bhopal |
| Central Institute of Brackish Water Aquaculture (Natural Resource) | Chennai |
| Central Institute of Educational Technology (Academics) | New Delhi |
| Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Natural Resource) | Mumbai |
| Central Institute of Fisheries, Nautical and Engineering Training (CIFNET) (Natural Resource/Civil Service/Engineering) | Cochin |
| Central Institute of Fresh Water Aquaculture (Natural Resource) | Bhubaneswar |
| Central Institute of Indian Languages (Academics) | Mysuru |
| Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (Applied Science) | Chennai |
| Central Institute of Psychiatry (Medical) | Ranchi |
| Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Natural Resource) | Lucknow |
| Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) (Civil Service/Engineering) | Pune |
| Central Leather Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Chennai |
| Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar (CIT) (Engineering) | Kokrajhar |
| Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (Natural Resource) | Ranchi |
| Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (Natural Resource) | Hyderabad |
| Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Avikanagar |
| Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (Natural Resource) | New Delhi |
| Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| Centre for Development Studies (Civil Service) | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (Civil Service) | Mumbai |
| College of Defence Management (Defence Service) | Secunderabad |
| Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Social Science) | Pune |
| ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Gulbarga (Medical) | Kalaburagi |
| Film and Television Institute of India (Entertainment) | Pune |
| Forest College and Research Institute (FCRI), Hyderabad[13] | Hyderabad |
| FDDI (Institute of National Importance) | Hyderabad Telangana |
| Ghani Khan Chowdhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (Engineering) | Malda |
| Gandhigram Rural University (Academics) | Dindigul |
| 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) | Bengaluru |
| 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 Information Technology (IIIT) (Engineering) | Gwalior, Prayagraj, Dharwad, Agartala, Jabalpur, Kanchipuram, Kottayam, Kurnool, Guwahati, Nagpur, Bhopal, Pune, Raichur, Sri City, Surat, Vadodara, Ranchi, Kalyani, Lucknow, Una, Sonepat, Kota, Manipur, Bhagalpur, Tiruchirappalli |
| Indian Institute of Management (Business Administration) | Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Indore, Shillong, Kashipur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Trichy, Udaipur, Visakhapatnam, Sambalpur, Nagpur |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (Engineering) | Gwalior |
| 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) | Bengaluru |
| Indian Institute of Pulses Research (Natural Resource) | Kanpur |
| Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) (Civil Service) | Dehradun |
| Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (Academics) | Bengaluru |
| Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) (Academics) | Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal, Thiruvananthapuram, 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) | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Indian Institute of Spices Research (Natural Resource) | Calicut |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (Engineering) | Kharagpur, Kanpur, Mumbai, 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[14] (Natural Resource) | Varanasi |
| Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (Natural Resource) | Hyderabad |
| Indian Maritime University (Civil Service/Engineering) | Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochi, Visakhapatnam |
| Indian Statistical Institute (Civil Service) | Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi |
| 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) | Gurugram |
| 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, Bengaluru, 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) | Puducherry |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) (Civil Service) | Bengaluru |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (Civil Service) | Nagpur |
| King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research (Medical) | Chennai |
| Lady Hardinge Medical College (Medical) | New Delhi |
| Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) (Physical Education) | Gwalior |
| Malaviya Centre for Peace Research[15](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 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 Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (Natural Resource) | Goa |
| National Civil Defence College (Defence Service/Civil Service) | Nagpur |
| National Dairy Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Karnal (Haryana) |
| National Defence College of India (Defence Service) | Delhi |
| National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Natural Resource) | Nagpur |
| National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) (Forensic Science) | Gandhinagar, Delhi, Ponda, Agartala |
| National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology(NIAMT) (Previously NIFFT) (Applied Science) | Ranchi |
| 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 Animal Welfare (Natural Resource/Civil Service) |
| 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 Homoeopathy (Medical) | Kolkata |
| National Institute of Hydrology (Natural Resource) | Belgavi, Roorkee |
| National Institute of Industrial Engineering (Applied Science) (NITIE) | Mumbai |
| National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) (Engineering) | Thiruvananthapuram |
| National Institute of Malaria Research (Medical) | Delhi, Haridwar, Guwahati, Nadiad, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Goa, Bengaluru, Chennai |
| National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) (Medical) | Bengaluru |
| National Institute of Miners Health (NIMH) (Medical) | Nagpur |
| 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 |
| 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[16] (Natural Resource) | Varanasi |
| National Institute Of Technical Teachers Training and Research (Academics) | Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai and Kolkata |
| National Institute of Technology (Engineering) | Agartala, Aizawl, Prayagraj, Bhopal, Chümoukedima, 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) | Bengaluru |
| 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 |
| Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology (PDUIA) (Archaeology) | Greater Noida |
| Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) (Academics) | Ahmedabad |
| Punjab Engineering College (PEC) (Engineering) | Chandigarh |
| Raman Research Institute (RRI) | Bengaluru |
| Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management[17](Civil Service) | Nagpur |
| Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (Civil Service/Engineering/Natural Resource) | Rae Bareli |
| Rashtriya Raksha University (Civil Service/Engineering) | Gandhinagar |
| 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 |
| S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS)(Academics) | Kolkata |
| School of Planning and Architecture (Architecture) | Vijayawada, Bhopal, Delhi |
| Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (Civil Service) | New Delhi |
| 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 |