Fake Universities and Colleges Declared by UGC and AICTE
Highlights
279 colleges and 23 universities fake in India.
It has been declared by University Grant Commission (UGC) .
Last month, UGC and AICTE released the list of such fake institutes on their websites.
They warned students of the new academic session that begins next month.
UGC and the AICTE taking strict action against such fake institutions.
According to the released list:
Delhi tops the chart with 66 fake colleges.
9 out of 23 such universities offering technical and other engineering courses without the UGC՚s permission are functioning in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha (two) and West Bengal (two) .
Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra also have a large number of such institutes.
These Universities are functioning against the provisions of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956.