| College/ University | Founded year | Founded by |
|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Bharti University, Santiniketan | 1921 | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Dakshin Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai | 1918 | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | 1931 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis |
| Benaras Hindu University | 1916 | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | 1909 | Jamsetji Tata |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai | 1945 | Homi J Bhabha and J.R.D. Tata |
| Bhartiya Jnanpith | 1944 | Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain Shanti Rama Jain |
| Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi | 1920 | Mohammad Ali Jouhar Hakim Ajmal Khan |
| Aligarh Muslim University | 1875 | Syed Ahmad Khan |
| Kalakshetra, Chennai | 1936 | Rukmini Devi Arundale |
| Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan | 1938 | K.M. Munshi |
| Osmania University, Hyderabad | 1918 | Mir Osman Ali Khan Akbar Hydari |
| Deccan Education Society | 1880 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Kashi Vidyapeeth | 1921 | Bhagwan Das, Shiv Prasad Gupta |
| Delhi School of Economics | 1949 | V.K.R Varadaraja Rao |
| Loyola College, Chennai | 1925 | Francis Bertram |
| Fergusson College, Pune | 1885 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vaman Shivram Apte, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Mahadeo Ballal Namjoshi, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar |
| St Stephen’s College, Delhi | 1881 | Rev. Samuel Scott Allnet |
| Miranda House, Delhi | 1948 | Maurice Guiyer |
| Christian Medical College, Vellore | 1900 | Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder |
| Nizam College, Hyderabad | 1887 | Syed Hussain Bilgrami |