23 Fake Universities Running in India, UP & Delhi Account For 15

UGC released a list of 23 fake universities currently operating in India.

(Photo Courtesy: UGC)

As the admission process is currently underway in the country, University Grants Commission (UGC) released a list revealing 23 fake universities operational in the country, and Uttar Pradesh has the most.

The list was released by UGC on Tuesday, 23 July. While Uttar Pradesh has eight fake universities, Delhi has seven.

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)

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

Kerala

St. John's University, Kishanattam

Maharashtra

Raja Arabic University, Nagpur

Puducherry

Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education

Last year, UGC had also released a list of such fake universities which included Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga (Bihar), Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP), and Commercial University Ltd Daryaganj (New Delhi).