List of Fake Universities in India

21 institutes were blacklisted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and tagged as Fake Universities after due verification. UGC announced that “such self-styled, unrecognized Universities which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act has been declared as fake and not entitled to confer any degrees.”

If any Institute wants to become University and fits into a defined in to predefined criteria as given by UGC.

UGC defines a “University as established by a Central⟋State⟋Provincial Act or an institution Deemed to be University under section 3 or an institution especially authorized by an Act of Parliament to confer UGC specified degrees under section 22 (3) of the Act” .

List of Fake Universities in India

table of Fake Universities list
NameLocation
Maithili University⟋VishwavidyalayaDarbhanga, Bihar
Varanaseya Sanskrit VishwavidyalayaJagatpuri, Delhi
Commercial University LtdDaryaganj, Delhi
United Nations UniversityDelhi
Vocational UniversityDelhi
ADR-Centric Juridical UniversityRajendra Place, New Delhi
Indian Institution of Science and EngineeringNew Delhi
Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education SocietyGokak, Belgaum, Karnataka
St. John՚s UniversityKishanattam, Kerala
Kerserwani VidyapeethJabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Raja Arabic UniversityNagpur, Maharashtra
D. D. B Sanskrit UniversityPutur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Alternative MedicineKolkata, West Bengal
Mahila Gram Vidyapith⟋Vishwavidyalaya (Women՚s University)Prayag, Allahabad
Gandhi Hindi VidyapeethPrayag, Allahabad
National University of Electro Complex HomeopathyKanpur
Netaji Subhash Candra Bose University (Open University)Achaltal, Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh VishwavidyalayaKosi Kalan, Mathura
Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan VishwavidyalayaPratapgarh
Indraprastha Shiksha ParishadKhoda, Makanpur, Noida, Phase II
Gurukul VishwavidyalayaVrindavan, Mathura

Examrace Team at Sep 2, 2021