UGC Releases list of 21 Fake Universities in India

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has identified and posted a list of 21 self-styled, unrecognized institutions of India on its official website. The following 21 universities have been found to flout the UGC act and have been declared as fake universities:


Uttar Pradesh
Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP) / Jagatpuri, Delhi.
Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women's University) Prayag, Allahabad ( UP )
Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad (UP)
National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh (UP)
Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura (UP)
Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh (UP)
Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Khoda, Makanpur, Noida Phase- II, (UP)
Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya ,Vrindavan, Mathura, (UP).
Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow, UP (the matter is subjudice)

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,
Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi

Bihar
Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar

Karnataka
Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum

Kerala
St. John's University, Kishanattam

Madhya Pradesh
Keserwani Vidyapith, Jabalpur

Maharashtra
Raja Arabic University, Nagpur

Tamil Nadu
D.D.B. Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu.

West Bengal
Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkata


The UGC has advised students against pursuing higher education courses at any of the aforementioned institutions.