The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday announced a list of 24 fake universities in the country that are “self-styled, unrecognised institutions” with most of them operating in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
“Students and public are informed that currently, 24 self-styled, unrecognised institutions are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act, which has been declared as fake universities and these are not empowered to confer any degree,” UGC said in a statement.
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While eight of these universities are from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi has seven, and Odisha and West Bengal two each. Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh have one each.
The list of universities across the country that are declared ‘fake’ by the UGC:
Delhi
1. Commercial University Ltd. Daryaganj
2. United Nations University
3. Vocational University
4. ADR-Centric Juridical University
5. Indian Institution of Science and Engineering
6. Viswakarma Open University for Self-employment, India
7. Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University)
Karnataka
8. Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society
Kerala
9. St. John’s University
Maharashtra
10. Raja Arabic University
West Bengal
11. Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine
12. Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research
Uttar Pradesh
13. Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyala
14. Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya
15. Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith
16. National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy
17. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University)
18. Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya
19. Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya
20. Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad
Odisha
21. Nababharat Shiksha Parishad
22. North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology
Puducherry
23. Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education
Andhra Pradesh
24. Christ New Testament Deemed University
