The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday declared 24 “self-declared” institutions as fake and found two more violating norms. The commission released the list of 21 fake universities operating in Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, UP, Odisha, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. These universities have also been barred from awarding any kind of degree to the students.
The UGC said in a statement, “The students and the public are hereby informed that presently 21 self-styled, unrecognized institutions which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act have been declared as fake universities and are not conferring any degree. no right to do so.” official notice.
As per the list, there are eight fake universities in Delhi, including: India Institute of Public and Physical Health Sciences (AIIPPHS), Commercial University Limited Daryaganj, United Nations University, Vocational University, ADR-focused Judicial University, Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, Vishwakarma Open University for the Self-Employed and Spiritual University (Spiritual University)
Uttar Pradesh comes second with seven fake universities. These include: Gandhi Hindi Vidyapeeth, National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose University (Open University), and Indian Council of Education.
West Bengal and Odisha have two universities each, which include the Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, the Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, the Navbharat Shiksha Parishad and the Northern Orissa University of Agricultural Technology.
Badganvi government is also included in the list. World open University education Society from Karnataka, St. John’s University from Kerala, Raja Arabic University from Maharashtra, Sri Bodhi Academy of Higher Education from Puducherry and Christ New Testament Deemed University from Andhra Pradesh.
The notification states how a university is described under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. “The power to confer or to confer degrees shall be exercised only by a University established or incorporated under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act or an institution deemed to be a University under section 3 or an institution specially has been empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer or confer degrees,” the UGC said. “Save as provided in sub-section (1), no person or authority shall confer or grant to himself or herself any degree entitled to confer or to grant……” it in the official notification has been added.
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