The collection contains Year- and State-wise historical data on higher education and its related aspects in India, compiled from All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) reports. The range of data contained in the datasets include number of students, including foreign students, enrolled and passed out, both in regular and distance modes, in different courses and programmes of under graduate, post graduate, doctorate and other discipline of studies. Further, the collection also includes data on different types of educational institutions such as universities, colleges and other institutions (public, private, deemed, etc.), and their number, by the types of education that they offer. It also contains data on student-teacher pupil ratio, number of teaching and non-teaching staff, along with number of posts, in different types of educational institutions. The granual coverage of data is from the year 2010 to 2021 and it is categorized by gender, social group (caste), economic, physical and community status.
Note: The AISHE data is collected by Department of Higher Education (DoHE) based on web-based survey and not by physical survey. Further, the data is based only on the institutions which have provided information and it does not include the data of institutions which have not provided data to DoHE