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Top 25 University research institutes based in India

Name: University research institutes based in India
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 195 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 195 university research institutes headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 52,937 professional contacts across them, including 7,700 with verified work emails. New Delhi is the largest hub.

This list covers university research institutes headquartered in India, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest university research institutes based in India

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 195 university research institutes based in India, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to university research institutes: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay	Strong evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	10001+	8,605 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, the second IIT to be set up in 1958, is recognised worldwide as a leader in the field of engineering education and research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras	Strong evidence	Chennai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,689 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Madras is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	Indian Institute Of Science Iisc	Partial evidence	Bangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	6,376 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was founded in 1909 as a result of the joint efforts of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Government of India, and the Maharaja of Mysore.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur	Indirect evidence	Kharagpur, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	10001+	5,045 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “On Sept.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Indian Institute Of Technology, Guwahati	Strong evidence	Guwahati, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	3,815 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, commonly known as IIT-Guwahati, is a premier research and engineering institute in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Strong evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,299 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jawaharlal Nehru University is the foremost university in India, and a world-renowned centre for teaching and research established by an act of Parliament in 1966.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,297 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TIFR is a National Centre of the Government of India, under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy, as well as a deemed University awarding degrees for master's and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Indian Institute Of Technology, Patna	Partial evidence	Patna, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	1,244 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Patna is one of the new IITs established by an act of parliament on August 06, 2008.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Malaviya National Institute Of Technology Jaipur	Strong evidence	Jaipur, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,088 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) is a Public University located in Jaipur, India with emphasis on science, engineering and management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Shoolini University	Strong evidence	Solan, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	928 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded by leading academicians and professionals, Shoolini University is a young, research-focussed, philanthropic university.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Banaras Hindu University	Strong evidence	Varanasi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	698 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Banaras Hindu University established in 1916 is the leading University of India with around 140 Departments, 4 institutes, sever schools of interdisciplinary studies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	University Of Mysore	Partial evidence	Mysore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	644 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The University of Mysore was established on 27th July, 1916 during the benevolent reign of the Maharaja of Mysore, His Highness Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1884-1940).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	Vellore Institute Of Technology VIT	Strong evidence	Vellore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	641 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1984, Vellore Institute of Technology (Also known as VIT Vellore or VIT University) is a private research university located in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Sandip University	Strong evidence	Nashik, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	504 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sandip University is one of the premier UGC university located in Trimbak (Nasik, India) & Madhubani (Sijoul, Bihar) consisting of 11+ colleges and a numerous research institutes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	National Institute Of Technology Durgapur	Partial evidence	Durgapur, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	480 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur), was established by an Act of Parliament in 1960 as one of the eight such colleges…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Amity University Kolkata	Partial evidence	Kadampukur Village, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	475 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Amity University Act, 2014 (West Bengal Act, XXIV of 2014) has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal in 2014.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research Jncasr	Strong evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	443 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute situated in Jakkur, a locality north of Bengaluru, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	SRI Venkateswara University	Partial evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	10001+	417 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Indian Institute Of Science Education & Research Iiser , Kolkata	Strong evidence	Kalyani, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	376 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The basic idea of IISER is to create research Universities of the highest calibre in which teaching and education will be totally integrated with the state of the art research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	Panipat Institute Of Engineering And Technology	Indirect evidence	Panipat, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	309 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	VEL Tech Technical University	Partial evidence	Chennai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	308 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Leader in Innovative Engineering Education Veltech Dr RR & Dr SR University, Avadi Chennai an abode of high quality education, was founded and nurtured to great heights under the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Central University Of Jharkhand	Partial evidence	Ranchi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	290 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Central University of Jharkhand was established through the Central University Act, 2009.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Sigma University India	Strong evidence	Vadodara, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	279 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sigma University, formally Sigma Group of Institutes, was established in the year 2002.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Cochin University Of Science & Technology	Partial evidence	Kalamassery, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	268 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cochin University of Science and Technology is a state government-owned autonomous university in Kochi, Kerala, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Central University Of Kerala	Partial evidence	Kasaragod, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	266 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, came into being in 2009 under the Central Universities Act 2009 (Parliament Act No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: university research institutes. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names university research institutes.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of university research institutes, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name university research institutes. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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University research institutes based in India at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

14.5%Verified-email coverage

271.5Average contacts per company

51-200Median size (employees)

6.2%Largest-city concentration · New Delhi

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 195 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among university research institutes, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in India whose own description of what they do matches “university research institutes”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names university research institutes), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among university research institutes, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside India are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 7,700 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names university research institutes, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many university research institutes are there based in India?

RevenueBase identified 195 university research institutes headquartered in India as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay, headquartered in Mumbai, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most university research institutes?

New Delhi leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (9) and Bangalore (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 7,700 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 195 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.