The Adani Institute of Higher Education and Research (AIHER), formerly Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (DMIHER), is a deemed to be university at Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra. Its About page says the UGC recognised it as a deemed university in 2005. The Hitavada reported on 27 September 2026 that the UGC had approved the change of name; the same report says DMIHER and the Adani Foundation announced a collaboration in June 2025.
The university’s main campus is at Wardha, with constituent units including Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, a Faculty of Engineering and Technology and a Centre for Distance and Online Education. An off-campus centre at Wanadongri, Nagpur hosts Datta Meghe Medical College and other units. Its NIRF 2025 data submission reports 7,679 students in degree programmes in 2023-24, plus 1,282 PhD students.