{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "aishe",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "AISHE survey rounds",
  "source": "Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), via MoSPI eSankhyiki",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2021-04",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "revisionPolicy": "Survey estimates are final on release. Each survey year is a cross-section; the five years (2017-18 to 2021-22) are comparable by design but are never chained into a spliced index.",
  "coverage": "All India; universities, colleges, estimated student enrolment (Grand Total, Both), teachers, GER (All Categories, Both), GPI (All Categories), PTR (Regular and Distance, All Institutions)",
  "note": "Survey years are fiscal (Apr–Mar), plotted at April of the first year. The five AISHE rounds served by the eSankhyiki API (2017-18 to 2021-22) are comparable by design but are never chained into a spliced index. GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio) = enrolled students ÷ the college-age population × 100; it is gross, so it can exceed 100. GPI (Gender Parity Index) = female GER ÷ male GER; 1.0 is parity. Teachers are the published 'All Teacher' total in every year, which equals the five regular posts plus visiting teachers."
 },
 "dates": [
  "2017-04-01",
  "2018-04-01",
  "2019-04-01",
  "2020-04-01",
  "2021-04-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "universities": {
   "name": "aishe_universities",
   "label": "Universities",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    903,
    993,
    1043,
    1113,
    1168
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
  "colleges": {
   "name": "aishe_colleges",
   "label": "Colleges",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    39050,
    39931,
    42343,
    43796,
    45473
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
  "enrolment": {
   "name": "aishe_enrolment_both",
   "label": "Estimated student enrolment",
   "color": "#2E4BD8",
   "data": [
    36642377.58,
    37399388,
    38536359,
    41380713,
    43268181
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
  "teachers": {
   "name": "aishe_teachers_all",
   "label": "Teachers",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    1284755,
    1416299,
    1503156,
    1551070,
    1597688
   ],
   "unit": "count"
  },
  "ger": {
   "name": "aishe_ger_all_both",
   "label": "Gross Enrolment Ratio · All Categories",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    24.56,
    24.93,
    25.55,
    27.29,
    28.4
   ],
   "unit": "percent"
  },
  "gpi": {
   "name": "aishe_gpi_all",
   "label": "Gender Parity Index · All Categories",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    1.01,
    1.05,
    1.06,
    1.05,
    1.01
   ],
   "unit": "index"
  },
  "ptr": {
   "name": "aishe_ptr_all",
   "label": "Pupil-Teacher Ratio · all institutions",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    28.52,
    26.4,
    25.63,
    26.67,
    26
   ],
   "unit": "ratio"
  }
 }
}