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- By Parinda News Bureau, December 4, 2006, 17:30 IST
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has so far detected 19 universities/institutions in different parts of the Country as fake. A list of fake universities/ institutions is at Annexure. No data or information of students studying in these fake universities is maintained.
Grants are released by the UGC to only such Universities and Colleges as are recognized under Section 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956. The UGC has, therefore, not paid any grant to any fake educational institution.
Cases have been filed in various Courts by UGC regarding status and conduct of some of these universities/ institutions. The concerned State Chief Secretaries and District Superintendent(s) of Police have been requested to get the matter investigated by registering an appropriate complaint/FIR and to initiate the prosecution against those who are involved in such acts of defrauding and cheating students by not only misrepresenting themselves as “Universities” but also by awarding degrees and using the word “University or Vishwavidyalaya” with their names.
This information was given in Parliament in a written reply by Smt. D. Purandeswari, MOS, HRD.
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