HRM policies and practices particularly in the area of Higher Education sector has been recognized significant importance due to the rising entry of new entrants in the Higher education sector. Especially, the colleges emerging into Higher Education sector are primarily focusing on effective HRM policies right from procurement of talented manpower to enrichment and retention of quality manpower with a primary aim of improvement of performance in Higher education sector. In this paper, insights are made to thoroughly analyze the existing scenario of the progress of Higher Education sector in Mathura and Gwalior region and further examines recruitment and selection policies implemented by the select higher educational institutions. Further, Factor Analysis is applied to extract the factors that will have influence on the HRM policies and practices of higher educational institutions in the select regions.