title: Institute under State Legislature Act
text: # Institute under State Legislature Act
  
  Institute under State Legislature Act is a type of university-level institution in India, established or incorporated by a state legislature act. Although such institutes do not come under the higher education department of the state and are run and funded by another department, they enjoy academic status and privileges like state universities.[citation needed] Other categories of university-level institutions in India including central university, state university, private university, deemed university.
  
  ## University Grants Commission (UGC) Act
  
  Under the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956, "University" means a university established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the university concerned, be recognized by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act.
  
  ## List of Institutes under State Legislature Act
  
  There are 6 Institutes under State Legislature Act in India:
  
  | Institute | Location | State | Established |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences | Hyderabad | Telangana | 1980 |
  | Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1983 |
  | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 1987 |
  | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | Patna | Bihar | 1992 |
  | Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences | Tirupati | Andhra Pradesh | 1993 |
  | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2006 |
  