New Delhi, July 2 (MExN): The University Grants Commission (UGC), on June 30, declared a new list of fake universities which it said are functioning contravention of the UGC Act.
UGC Secretary Prof. Jaspal Singh Sandhu said in a notification that these "self styled, unrecognised" institutions has been declared fake universities and they are not entitled to confer any degree and cautioned the public at large not to take admission in these universities.
In a list of 22 fake universities in the country, Uttar Pradesh figures as the state with the most such varsities with 8 universities followed by Delhi with 6 such institution.
UGC list of fake universities in India:
1. Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar.
2. Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi, UP/Jagatpuri, Delhi.
3. Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj, Delhi.
4. United Nations University, Delhi
5. Vocational University, Delhi.
6. ADR-Centric Juridical University, ADR House, 8J, Gopala Tower, 25 Rajendra Place, New Delhi.
7. Indian Institution of Science and Engineering, New Delhi.
8. Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum (Karnataka)
9. St. John’s University, Kishanattam, Kerala
10. Raja Arabic University, Nagpur
11. D.D.B. Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu.
12. Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, 80, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata.
13. Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, 8-A, Diamond Harbor Road, Builtech inn, 2nd Fioor, Thakurpukur, Kolkata.
14. Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University) Prayag, Allahabad( UP )
15. Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad (UP)
16. National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur.
17. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh (UP)
18. Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, KosiKalan, Mathura (UP).
19. Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh (UP).
20. lndraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Khoda, Makanpur, Noida Phase-II, (UP)
21. Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya Vrindavan, Mathura, (UP).
22. Nababharat Shiksha Parishad Anupoorna Bhawan, Plot No. 242, Pani Tanki Road, Shaktinagar, Rourkela.
