University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a list of 23 fake universities on its website to save the students from taking admission in these fake universities and colleges present in India.
Country’s capital Delhi tops in the list with 66 colleges which offer Engineering and other technical courses without proper accreditation. In total there are 279 such technical institutes identified in the country.
UGC reported that seven of the 23 fake universities are present in National Capital Delhi. UGC and AICTE released the list of fake institutes on their websites to warn the students ahead of new academic session which is going to starts from next month. A senior official stated that the list of unapproved and unregulated technical institutions is going to concerned state authorities for taking appropriate action against them.
Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra states also have no less number of fake universities.
Measures taken by AICTE:
AICTE issued notices to the colleges for not taking its approval and public notices have been published in newspapers cautioning the students not to take admission in such unapproved institutions. Also, the list of fake universities and fake technical institutes are available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in and AICTE website www.aicte-india.org.
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Lovely Professional University (LPU)
Jalandhar, Punjab
Type: Private University
IBS Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Telangana
Type: Private
MIT-WPU
Pune, Maharashtra
Chandigarh University
Mohali, Punjab
Chandigarh University, Lucknow
Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
RV University
Bangalore, Karnataka
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE)
KL University
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Type: Deemed to be University
ICFAI University (IFHE)
GITAM Deemed to be University
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University
Medak, Telangana
KLH Hyderabad
MIT VPU
Solapur, Maharashtra
Universal AI University
Raigad, Maharashtra
Maharishi Markandeshwar University
Ambala, Haryana
DOMS - Nalsar University
Type: Public
DIT University
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
MBU Tirupati
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
SRM University, AP
MNR University
Medchal, Telangana
VIT-AP University
VIT Vellore
Vellore, Tamil Nadu
SRM University - SRMIST Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
Woxsen University
Christ University
Reva University
Sathyabama University, Chennai