Abstract: Higher education is entering a revolutionary period with impacts on teaching, learning, and institutional operations due to the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The purpose of conducting this research is to evaluate the awareness of artificial intelligence in higher education among faculty members of South Mumbai Region and also evaluate the demographic profile and usage of AI. The technique used in this study is a Wilcoxon one-sample signed rank test, ANOVA and independent t-test. The outcomes of the research showed that various artificial intelligence had different levels of awareness. High awareness was discovered in Canva, ChatGPT, GradeScope, Beautiful AI, Turnitin (plagiarism checker), Copilot Education, Google Board, Gamma, Quill Bot, and Grammarly. The amount of awareness was low in Sendsteps.ai, Yippity (Quiz), MagicSchool.ai, Red Cube Paper (Articles), and Squirrel AI, in contrast. The study also discovered that usage of AI in higher education is independent of gender but dependent on age groups.