With the admission process in colleges across the nation is closing, the University Grants Commission on Tuesday released a list of 23 fake universities that are operational across the country. Among them, most are located in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The eight educational institutions in the former are labelled as fake, while seven are from Delhi. Read | UGC calls this varsity 'fake', director says we are non-affiliated The fake universities which have been found functioning in Delhi include Commercial University, United Nations University, Vocational University, ADR-Centric Juridical University, Indian Institution of Science and Engineering, Viswakarma Open University for Self-employment, Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya and Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya. Video | UGC lists this varsity as ‘fake’, director says ‘only non-affiliated’ Check state-wise fake university list Uttar Pradesh National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Aligarh Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University), Allahabad Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Khod Delhi ADR-Centric Juridical University Indian Institute of Science and Engineering Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj United Nations University Vocational University Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University) Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Odisha Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan, Rourkela North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology West Bengal Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkata Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, Kolkata Karnataka Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Belgaum St John’s University, Kishanattam Maharashtra Raja Arabic University, Nagpur Puducherry Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education Other universities which have been identified as fake include one each from Pondicherry, Aligarh, Bihar, Rourkela, Odisha, Kanpur, Pratapgarh, Mathura, Kanpur, Nagpur, Kerala, Karnataka, Bihar and two universities in Allahabad. Last year too, UGC had released a list of such fake universities which included Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga (Bihar), Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP), Commercial University Ltd Daryaganj (New Delhi), United Nations University, Delhi and Vocational University, Delhi.
