The University Grants Commission has released a State-wise list of universities that it termed as fake. In the notice it stated that, “students and public at large are informed that such 21 self-styled and unrecognized institutions, functioning under the contravention of the UGC Act are declared as fake, and are not entitled to confer any degrees.”
According to the list put out by the UGC on its website, six of the fake universities are in Delhi. Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal has one each. Uttar Pradesh topped the list with nine universities.
Only a university established by a Central/State/Provincial Act or an institution deemed to be university under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 is allowed to call themselves as ‘university’.
Here is the list of fake universities:
Bihar
Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya Darbhanga Bihar
Delhi
Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya. Varanasi, UP and Jagatpuri, Delhi
Commercial University Ltd, Daryaganj
United Nations University
Vocational University,
Indian Institution of Science and Engineering,
ADR-Centric Juridical University, Gopala Tower, Rajendra Place,
Karnataka
Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University, Education Society, Gokak Belgaum
Kerala
St.John's University, Kishanattam,
Madhya Pradesh
Keserwani Vidyapith, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Raja Arabic University, Nagpur
Tamil Nadu
D.D.B. Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi
West Bengal
Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, 80, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata
Uttar Pradesh
Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, Prayag, Allahabad
Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad
National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura
Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh
Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Khoda, Makanpur, Noida Phase II
Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya, Vrindavan
(Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow, UP- the matter is subjudice before the district judge, Lucknow )