The University Scholarship Commission on Tuesday (July 23) published a list of 23 fake universities currently operating throughout the country. The Commission said that these 23 “self-appointed and unrecognized institutions” are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act.
UP has the largest number of colleges, with eight of the 23 fake universities operating from there. This is followed by Delhi with seven fake universities, two in West Bengal and Odisha and one in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Puducherry.
The names of the 23 Fake Universities:
Uttar Pradesh
- Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP) / Jagatpuri, Delhi
- Mahila Gram Vidyapith / Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s) University, Prayagraj, (UP)
- Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
- National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh, (UP)
- Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Koshi Kalan, Mathura (UP)
- Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh (UP)
- Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Kohoda, Makanpur, Noida Phase-II, (UP)
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-110008
- Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi
- Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment, India Rozgar Sewasadan, 672, Sanjay Enclave, Opp. GTK DEPOT, New Delhi-110033
- Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Sprirtual University), 351-352, Phase-1, Block-A, Vijay Vihar, Rithala, Rohini, Delhi-110085.
Karnataka
- Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum (Karnataka), Kerala
- St. John’s University, Kishanattam, Kerala
Maharashtra
- Raja Arabic University, Nagpur.
West Bengal - Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, 80, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata-20
- Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, 8-A, Diamond Harbor Road Builtech Inn 2nd Floor, Kurpukur, Kolkata-700063
Odisha
- Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan
- North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, University Road Baripada
Puducherry
- Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education, Thilaspet, Vazhuthavoor Road, Puducherry