| City | Nominee(s) | Nominator(s) | Universities |
| Calcutta | 44 | 43 | 6 |
| Bombay (Mumbai) | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| Lucknow | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Coonoor | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Delhi | 27 | 10 | 2 |
| Pondicherry (Puducherry) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Madras (now Chennai) | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| New Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bangalore | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Allahabad | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Waltair | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hyderabad | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Varanasi | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shantiniketan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jabalpur | 0 | 1 | 1 |