NIEPID Competitors

The Tata Institute of Social Science(TISS) is a premier institute of Social Work in India. It was established in 1936 and was recognized as a Deemed University by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India in the year 1964. In December 2011, Tata Institute of Social Sciences set up the School of Vocational Education(SVE) to provide immediate and definite interventions to improve the lives of the disadvantaged and marginalized youth, especially who are excluded by the formal school education system, through appropriate vocational training programmes. SVE has been set up with a vision of creating an ecosystem that would bring back the dignity of labor for blue collar streams of work and create sustainable sources of income for the marginalized youth in the country. The School has been incorporated to spearhead the Vocational Training envisaged in the initiative proposed by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India whereby TISS has been selected as nodal point to implement the said initiative. Tata Institute of Social Sciences - School of Vocational Education V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088 Telephone : 91 22 2552 5601, 02, 03 Fax : 91 22 2552 5050 Email : partners@sve.tiss.edu

The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) is an Institute of National Importance governed by the act of Parliament titled NIMHANS Act, 2012. This institute is multidisciplinary institute for patient care, academic pursuit and cutting edge research in the field of mental health and neurosciences. The Central Government recognized its eminent academic position, growth and contributions, and declared it a ‘Deemed University’ in 1994. In 2012, NIMHANS was conferred the status of an ‘Institute of National Importance’.

Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) was declared a Deemed to be University by the MHRD, Government of India in 2008. It is a multi-disciplinary university in Pallavaram, Chennai offering 100+ UG, PG and Ph. D programs in various discplines such as Engineering, MBA, Commerce, Pharmacy, Mass communication, Physiotherapy, Law, Education, Computing Sciences, Basic Sciences and Life Sciences, etc. All the Programmes have been approved by respective statutory authorities such as AICTE, UGC, PCI, BCI, DGS, NCTE, etc. At present VISTAS has more than 15000 students and 700 faculty members. VISTAS has been accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade and most of the Engineering Programmes are accredited by NBA. VISTAS has received 12B status from UGC. In NIRF Ranking 2023, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences was ranked 47th rank pan India and the University is in 101-150 Band.