Bhubaneswar: University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a list of 21 fake Universities in India among which two belong to Odisha.
They are:
- Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan, Plot No. 242, Pani Tanki Road, Shaktinagar, Rourkela-769014
- North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, University Road Baripada, Distt. Mayurbhanj, Odisha-757003
Eight of these fake universities are in Delhi, four in Uttar Pradesh, two in West Bengal, and one each in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh.
The UGC has stated that these 21 self-styled, unrecognized institutions which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act, have been declared as fake universities and are not empowered to confer any degree.
The complete list of these fake universities is as follows.
Delhi
1. All India Institute of Public & Physical Health Sciences (AIIPPHS), State Govemment University, Office Kh. No. 608-609, 1st Floor, Sant Kripal Singh Public Trust Building, Near BDO Office, Alipur, Delhi-l 10036.
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 – 110008
6. Indian Institution of Science and Engineering, New Delhi
7. Viswakarma Open University for Self-employment, India, Rozgar Sewasadan, 672, Sanjay Enclave, Opp. GTK Depot, New Delhi – 110 033
8. Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University), 351-352, Phase-I, Block-A, Vijay Vihar, Rithala, Rohini, Delhi – 110 085.
Karnataka
9. Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak Belgaum (Karnataka)
Kerala
10. St. John’s University, Kishanattam. Kerala
Maharashtra
11. Raja Arabic University, Nagpur
West Bengal
12. Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, 80, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata-20
13. Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, 8-A Diamond Harbor Road Builtech inn, 2nd Floor, Thakurpukur, Kolkata- 700 063
Uttar Pradesh
14. Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad (UP)
15. National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur
16. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh (uP)
17. Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Bharat Bhawan, Matiyari Chinhat, Faizabad Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Odisha
18. Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan, Plot No. 242, Pani Tanki Road, Shaktinagar, Rourkela-769014
19. North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, University Road Baripada, Distt. Mayurbhanj, Odisha-757003
Puducherry
20. Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education, No. 186, Thilaspet, Vazhuthavoor Road, Puducherry – 605 009
Andhra Pradesh
21. Christ New Testament Deemed University, # 32-23-2003, 7th Lane, Kakumanuvarithota, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh – 522 002 or # fit No. 301, Grace Villa APts., 7/5, Srinagar, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh – 522 002.