The University Grants Commission (UGC) has black-listed as many as 21 institutions and tagged them as 'Fake Universities’. We brings you the list of ‘Fake Universities in India’ in accordance with the UGC list announced in June, 2015.
Many institutions use the word 'University', despite UGC prohibiting the same unless an institution fits into a defined set of criteria. The UGC defines a University to be the one established by a Central/State/Provincial Act or an ‘institution Deemed to be University’ under section 3 or an institution especially empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer UGC specified degrees under section 22(3) of the Act.
Moreover, the UGC Act prohibits the use of word ‘University’ by any institution other than a University established as defined above.
After due verification, the UGC has listed a total of 21 operating institutions as fake Universities. The UGC has also stated that “such self-styled, unrecognized Universities which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act has been declared as fake and not entitled to confer any degrees."
The UGC list of Fake Universities in India carries a maximum number of 8 institutions from Uttar Pradesh followed by 6 institutions from Delhi. Further, other states including Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have one institution each listed as fake university by UGC.
Many institutions use the word 'University', despite UGC prohibiting the same unless an institution fits into a defined set of criteria. The UGC defines a University to be the one established by a Central/State/Provincial Act or an ‘institution Deemed to be University’ under section 3 or an institution especially empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer UGC specified degrees under section 22(3) of the Act.
Moreover, the UGC Act prohibits the use of word ‘University’ by any institution other than a University established as defined above.
After due verification, the UGC has listed a total of 21 operating institutions as fake Universities. The UGC has also stated that “such self-styled, unrecognized Universities which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act has been declared as fake and not entitled to confer any degrees."
The UGC list of Fake Universities in India carries a maximum number of 8 institutions from Uttar Pradesh followed by 6 institutions from Delhi. Further, other states including Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have one institution each listed as fake university by UGC.
UGC list of ‘Fake Universities’ in India
Name
|
Location
|
Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya
|
Darbhanga, Bihar
|
Varanaseya Sanskrit
Vishwavidyalaya
|
Jagatpuri, Delhi
|
Commercial
University Ltd
|
Daryaganj, Delhi
|
United Nations
University
|
Delhi
|
Vocational
University
|
Delhi
|
ADR–Centric Juridical University
|
Rajendra Place, New
Delhi
|
Indian Institution of Science and Engineering
|
New Delhi
|
Badaganvi Sarkar World Open
University Education Society
|
Gokak, Belgaum, Karnataka
|
St. John’s University
|
Kishanattam, Kerala
|
Kerserwani Vidyapeeth
|
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
|
Raja Arabic University
|
Nagpur, Maharashtra
|
D.D.B Sanskrit University
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Putur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu
|
Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine
|
Kolkata, West Bengal
|
Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya (Women’s
University)
|
Prayag, Allahabad
|
Gandhi Hindi Vidyapeeth
|
Prayag, Allahabad
|
National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy
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Kanpur
|
Netaji Subhash Candra Bose University (Open University)
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Achaltal, Aligarh
|
Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya
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Kosi Kalan, Mathura
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Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya
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Pratapgarh
|
Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad
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Khoda, Makanpur, Noida, Phase II
|
Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya
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Vrindavan,
Mathura
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Apart from the above listed ‘Fake Universities’, status of ‘Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh’ is subjudice before the District Judge, Lucknow.
*The list above is based on UGC notification of June, 2015.