Reports informed that there are 23 universities, 279 technical institutes in India are fake. Delhi is in the top list with 66 fake colleges offering engineering and other technical courses without permission following seven out of the 23 fake universities.
In an annual review, the UGC and AICTE last month put out a list of such fake institutes on their websites, warning students ahead of the new academic session The list of the 23 fake universities in the country as per the reports is as:
Bihar, 1) Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar. Delhi, 2) Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj, Delhi. 3) United Nations University, Delhi. 4) Vocational University, Delhi.5) ADR-Centric Juridical University, ADR House, 8J, Gopala Tower, 25 Rajendra Place, New Delhi. 6) Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi. 7) Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment, Rozgar Sewasadan, 672, Sanjay Enclave, Opp. GTK Depot. Karnataka, 8) Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum. Kerala, 9) St. John’s University, Kishanattam. Maharashtra, 10) Raja Arabic University, Nagpur, Maharashtra. West Bengal,
11) Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkatta. 12) Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research,8-A, Diamond Harbour Road, Builtech inn, 2nd Floor, Thakurpurkur, Kolkatta. Uttar Pradesh, 13) Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP). 14) Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University) Prayag, Allahabad. 15) Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad. 16) National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur. 17) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh. 18) Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura. 19) Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh. 20) Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area,Khoda,Makanpur,Noida Phase-II. 21) Gurukul Vishwavidyala, Vridanvan. Odisha, 22) Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan, Plot No. 242, Pani Tanki Road,Shaktinagar, Rourkela. 23) North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Odisha. Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow, the matter is subjudice before the District Judge Lucknow. The details of fake technical institutes are available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in and AICTE website www. aicte-india.org.