University Grants Commission (UGC) has concentrated their attention on the fake universities. They are verifying the functioning of the universities and listing out the fake universities and black listed universities. UGC asked the universities to upload all relevant and authentic information about university on their respective websites.
Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu stated that the universities are also asked to provide the vital information related courses offered, fees, faculty, student intake etc. UGC also stated that those who fail upload the information will be placed in defaulters list and funds provide d to their universities from UGC may also be stopped.
Similarly, a National Academic Depository (NAD), an inter-operable digital store house of academic awards (degrees, diplomas, certificates, mark-sheets) available on 24x7 online mode, will be in operation in a couple of months.
It provides a system for lodging, retrieval, authentication and verification of academic awards in digital format for students, academic institutions, boards, eligibility assessment bodies and other user/verifying entities like bank, employer companies, government agencies and academic institutions.
Dr Sandhu also stated that the above method of lodging of academic awards in digital format would an effective deterrence to fake and forged paper certificates and allows to maintain a secure access to the database of awards lodged. Students will be given password to retrieve their lodged academic awards at any time.
When asked about the existence of fake universities and also irregularities in state universities, Dr Sandhu answered, it was for the State government to take action.