08Oct,2020
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Editorial
The University Grants Commission (UGC) announced twenty-four universities as fake. These universities were unrecognized institutions and a maximum of them operated from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. These universities do not comply with the UGC Act and they do not have the power to give degrees to the students.
Uttar Pradesh has eight fake universities and Delhi has seven fake universities, while Odisha and West Bengal have two each. There is one fake university in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Puducherry, and Maharashtra.
Here’s a full list of fake universities as listed by the UGC:
Delhi:
- Commercial University Ltd, Daryaganj, Delhi
- Vocational University, Delhi
- United Nations University, Delhi
- Indian Institution of Science and Engineering, New Delhi
- ADR-Centric Juridical University
- Viswakarma Open University for Self-employment, India
- Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University)
Uttar Pradesh:
- Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP)/Jagatpuri, Delhi
- Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
- Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Kohoda, Makanpur, Noida Phase-II, (UP)
- Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women's) University, Prayagraj, (UP)
- National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Koshi Kalan, Mathura (UP)
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh, (UP)
- Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh (UP)
Karnataka:
- Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society
Kerala:
- St. John's University
Maharashtra:
- Raja Arabic University
West Bengal:
- Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research
- Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine
Odisha:
- Nababharat Shiksha Parishad
- North Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology
Puducherry:
- Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education
Andhra Pradesh:
- Christ New Testament Deemed University
