The Ministry of Human
Resource Development has endeavoured to conduct an annual web-based All India
Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2010-11. The survey covers all the
Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education. Data is
being collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrolment,
programmes, examination results, education finance, and infrastructure.
Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrolment
Ratio, Pupil-teacher ratio, Gender Parity Index, Per Student Expenditure will
also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE.