Belgaum/New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday issued the list of 24 fake Universities across the country, including one in Karnataka an official statement said.
“In the interest of students and public at large, the University Grants Commission has released the list of 24 fake Universities.
“UGC has said that these 24 self-styled, unrecognized institutions functioning in contravention of the UGC Act have been declared as fake and are not entitled to confer any degrees,” the Human Resource Development Ministry said in a statement.
The listed universities were found to have been operating in states such as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha, West Bengal and the union territory of Puducherry.
The maximum were in Uttar Pradesh (eight) and Delhi (seven).
UGC fake University state-wise list:
Uttar Pradesh
1. Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi
2. Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University), Allahabad
3. Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad
4. National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur
5. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Aligarh
6. Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura
7. Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh
8. Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Khoda
Delhi
9. Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj
10. United Nations University
11. Vocational University
12. ADR-Centric Juridical University
13. Indian Institute of Science and Engineering
14. Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment
15. Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University)
Odisha
16. Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan, Rourkela
17. North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology)
West Bengal
18. Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkata
19. Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, Kolkata
Bihar
20. Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga
Karnataka
21. Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Belgaum
Kerala
22. St John’s University, Kishanattam
Maharashtra
23. Raja Arabic University, Nagpur
Puducherry
24. Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education
