Education for students with disabilities has long been an issue of concern in India, as well as in abroad. An individual with a disability studying in mainstream educational institutions experiences many difficulties in navigating through the critical course of the Indian educational system. Higher education has seen a paradigm shift in India since the mid-1980s. There has been a massive expansion in student numbers with reduced funding over a decade. It is a global scenario that only limited attention has been placed on addressing the issues of access, retention, progression and participation of students with disabilities within higher education institutions. Within this demanding context, pressure has also been applied to educational institutions to improve accessibility for disabled people, most recently after India became the signatory to United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), in September, 2007. Though there are many policies and acts in India favouring the education of students with disabilities, it is found that not much has been done in the field of disability and higher education.