Education system needs to undergo numerous reforms to ensure to make the country a true knowledge superpower. This has thrown variety o f challenges before institutions o f higher learning specially universities. To meet these challenges and opportunities, an e-UIS is one such means available for managing various operations in a university. Present paper based on primary data o f various Indian universities aim s to ascertain the status o f UIS in Indian universities in terms o f adoption o f IT in various functional areas, existing problems in the university system and understanding about UIS among service providing personnel o f the university system. Data was analyzed and inferences have been drawn which will help university administration to take effective and efficient decisions to deploy their resources and re-engineer their services.