The paper intends to explore the factors that influence the current levels of community engagement and social responsibility activities, the present best practices and limitations in HEIs from the perspectives of faculty members. Primary data has been collected from 200 faculty members by purposive and crosssectional sampling method. The data collected has been analyzed by using descriptive statistics, factor analysis and Word clouds in R. Results from factor analysis indicate that there are four major factors identified as Motivation and Support by Stakeholders, Institutional system and support, Instruction and Research and Support Factors, which influence community engagement & social responsibility inside higher educational institutes. Present best practices indicate that community engagement and social responsibility is not-for-credit and volunteering based like NCC, NSS. Lack of time, lack of funding, lack of management support and hectic academic schedule are indicated as top most limitations expressed by faculty members.