University grants commisson precaution against fake universities

Press release by UGC for precaution against "Fake universities/Vishvidyalayas"



In any case of doubt, students may checkup the office of UGC, New delhi or visit UGC website http://www.ugc.ac.in/.
Aspiring students are advised by UGC not to pursue higher educations in such self styled universities/ vishvidyalayas. Presently there 21 such fake universities on records of commission which are function in contravention of the provision sof the UGC act , 1956.
UGC says in the press release

The mushroom growth of fake universities is a matter of graet concern having responsibility of maintaining standarsds in higher education in the country. It is obsvered that some institutions offer undergraduate/postgraduate courses in various subjects. Thses institutions are not established under either central/state/UGC act and hnce, these institutio ns are fake universities and do not have any right to confer/grant degrees. 

Bihar

Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar.
Delhi
Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP) Jagatpuri, Delhi
Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj, Delhi.
United Nations University, Delhi.
Vocational University, Delhi.
ADR-Centric Juridical University, ADR House, 8J, Gopala Tower, 25 Rajendra Place, New Delhi - 110 008.
Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi.
Karnataka
Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum, Karnataka.
Kerala
St. John�s University, Kishanattam, Kerala.
Madhya Pradesh
Kesarwani Vidyapith, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Maharashtra
Raja Arabic University, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Tamil Nadu
D.D.B. Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu.
West Bengal
Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkatta.
Uttar Pradesh
Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women�s University) Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area,Khoda,Makanpur,Noida Phase-II, Uttar Pradesh.
Gurukul Vishwavidyala, Vridanvan, Uttar Pradesh.


posted on times of india june 20