UGC lists 21 ‘fake’ universities, Delhi tops with maximum number

India

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New
Delhi,
Aug
26:
The
University
Grants
Commission
(UGC)
on
Friday
declared
21
universities
as
“fake” and
not
empowered
to
confer
any
degree,
majority
of
which
are
in
Delhi
followed
by
Uttar
Pradesh.

“At
least
21
self-styled,
unrecognised
institutions
which
are
functioning
in
contravention
of
the
UGC
Act,
have
been
declared
as
fake
universities
and
these
are
not
empowered
to
confer
any
degree,”
UGC
Secretary
Rajnish
Jain
said.

UGC
warns
students
not
to
take
admission
in
Digital
University
of
Skill
Resurgence

Delhi
has
eight
fake
universities
—
All
India
Institute
of
Public
and
Physical
Health
Sciences;
Commercial
University
Ltd.
Daryaganj;
United
Nations
University;
Vocational
University;
ADR-Centric
Juridical
University;
Indian
Institution
of
Science
and
Engineering;
Viswakarma
Open
University
for
Self-Employment
and
Adhyatmik
Vishwavidyalaya
(Spiritual
University).

UGC
issues
a
list
of
21
“self-styled,
unrecognized
institutions”
which
are
functioning
in
contravention
of
the
UGC
Act,
that
have
been
declared
as
fake
universities
and
are
not
empowered
to
confer
any
degree

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— ANI (@ANI)

August
26,
2022

Uttar
Pradesh
has
seven
such
universities
—
Gandhi
Hindi
Vidyapith,
National
University
of
Electro
Complex
Homeopathy,
Netaji
Subhash
Chandra
Bose
Univirsity
(open
university),
Bhartiya
Shiksha
Parishad,
according
to
the
UGC.
Karntaka,
Maharashtra,
Puduchery,
Andhra
Pradesh,
Odisha,
West
bengal
and
Kerala
also
have
fake
universities
on
the
list.