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The Indian Institute of Science is India's premier research institution and has topped the NIRF university ranking every year since its inception.

BITS Pilani is a private deemed university and Institution of Eminence with campuses at Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.

IIIT Hyderabad is an autonomous, not-for-profit deemed university set up in public-private partnership and is widely regarded as one of India's top computer science institutions.

Manipal Academy of Higher Education is a private deemed university and Institution of Eminence located in the university town of Manipal, Karnataka.

Homi Bhabha National Institute is a deemed university of the Department of Atomic Energy that unifies research and training at BARC, TIFR, IGCAR, RRCAT, IMSc, HRI, NISER, Tata Memorial Centre and other DAE institutions.

Vellore Institute of Technology is one of India's largest and best-known private engineering universities, with campuses at Vellore, Chennai, Bhopal and Amaravati.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a multi-campus private deemed university with campuses in Coimbatore, Amritapuri, Kochi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Amaravati.

The University of Delhi is a collegiate central university with over 90 constituent and affiliated colleges spread across North and South Campus.

Jawaharlal Nehru University is a central university in New Delhi renowned for social sciences, international studies, languages and life sciences.

Jamia Millia Islamia is a central university in South Delhi founded in 1920 during the freedom movement.

Popularly known as Pusa Institute, ICAR-IARI is the country's flagship agricultural research institute and a deemed university offering MSc and PhD programmes.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology is a large private deemed university headquartered at Kattankulathur near Chennai with additional campuses at Ramapuram, Vadapalani, Tiruchirappalli and Delhi-NCR.