UGC uploads list of unrecognised institutions on its website

In a public notice on ‘Fake Universities’ posted on its website, it said that section 23 of the UGC Act prohibits the use of word University by institutions other than established by norms.

 Among the institutions named by the UGC in its notice were Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga (Bihar), Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP), Commercial University Ltd Daryaganj (New Delhi), United Nations University, Delhi and Vocational University, Delhi.

Some other institutions named in the UGC notice include ADR-Centric Juridical University, Rajendra Place, New Delhi and Kosi Kalan, Mathura. UGC informed that these institutions have been declared as ‘Fake Universities’ are not entitled to confer degrees.