Dated 25 August 2022, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has released its annual list of fake universities as of 2022, which has listed 21 universities across India as fake. Given here is the list of the 21 universities declared fake by the UGC based on assessments of their functioning, which have not met the UGC guidelines.
This means that these universities do not have the authority to issue any degrees or other certifications and the courses provided by them as of 2022 won’t be valid and recognized. UGC has declared these universities to be “self-styled, unrecognized institutions” which have not satisfactorily met the UGC guidelines.
Out of the 21 listed universities, 8 are located in the national capital of Delhi, and closely following is the state of Uttar Pradesh with 4 fake universities. Given here is the full list: (Download PDF)
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Fake Universities as Announced by UGC in 2022 | ||
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SI No | University |
State |
| 1 | All India Institute of Public & Physical Health Sciences (AIIPPHS), State Government University | Delhi |
| 2 | Commercial University Ltd | Delhi |
| 3 | United Nations University | Delhi |
| 4 | Vocational University | Delhi |
| 5 | ADR-Centric Juridical University | Delhi |
| 6 | Indian Institution of Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 7 | Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment | Delhi |
| 8 | Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University) | Delhi |
| 9 | Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith | Uttar Pradesh |
| 10 | National University of Electrocomplex Homeopathy | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (open university), | Uttar Pradesh |
| 12 | Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society | Karnataka |
| 14 | St. John’s University | Kerala |
| 15 | Raja Arabic University | Maharashtra |
| 16 | Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine | West Bengal |
| 17 | Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research | West Bengal |
| 18 | Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, | Odisha |
| 19 | North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology | Odisha |
| 20 | Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education | Puducherry |
| 21 | Christ New Testament Deemed University | Andhra Pradesh |
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