The balanced educational development is very essential to achieve the distribute justice and inclusive educational development in different parts of the country. In reality one may notice a interstate disparity in access to higher educational institutions and opportunities of acquiring higher education in the country. This paper deals with interstate disparity in students’ enrolment in research programme in India. It outlines the indicators of students’ enrolment in various states and union territories in India. This paper conclude with some interesting findings.

KEYWORDS: higher education, disparity, enrolment, inclusive growth, educational planning