New Delhi, April 25 (MExN): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the list of 24 fake Universities in the interest of students and public at large, a press release from the Ministry of Human Resource Development informed Wednesday.
The release issued by PIB Delhi said that these “24 self-styled, unrecognized institutions,” according to the Commission are “functioning in contravention of the UGC Act have been declared as fake and are not entitled to confer any degrees.”
According to UGC Act, 1956 under Section 22(1) “only a University 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,” the release said.
Further, under section 23 the use of word “University” by any institutions other than a university established as stated above, it added.
The case of Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow is before the District Judge, Lucknow and hence is subjudice.
The State-wise List of fake Universities are:
