UGC Declares List of 23 Fake Universities

In a yet another list, the University Grants Commission of India (UGC) has made public, declaring 23 universities as 'fake' and the national capital has topped the list with 66 fake colleges. There are 279 fake technical institutions in the country which are offering engineering and other technical courses without the regulator’s permission. The education certificates and degrees issued by such universiites and colleges hold no value. 

The UGC and the AICTE released a list of the fake universities and education institutions to warn the students in advance, before the kisk start of the upcoming academic session. 

Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharasthra have quite a few fake universities and institutions. 

To ensure that students don't apply for admission to such institutions, AICTE has also issued notices to such institutions for not taking the approval from AICTE and UGC. 

Notices and lists have also been published in newspapers to spread awareness amongst students and make sure that they don't apply for admission to such institutions.

Mahendra Nath Pandey, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, told the Rajya Sabha recently that the ministry has written to the state governments to carefully and deeply investigate and examine the matter and to file the police complaints as well, against the fake universities and institutions. 

The states have also been asked to execute proceedings against the against those institutions who have been involved in cheating and defrauding the students. 

The scam of fake universities and institutions is widespread due to more and more students aiming for higher education to secure jobs.

The full details along with the lists of fake institutions and universities are available on the UGC and AICTE official websites.