UGC Declares Delhi’s Institute of Management and Engineering a Fake University; Total Count 22

The UGC has advised students and parents to verify an institution’s recognition status before seeking admission.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has declared Institute of Management and Engineering (IME), located at Kotla Mubarakpur in Delhi, a ‘fake university’. UGC notice states that IME is neither established under any Central or State Act nor recognised under Sections 2(f) or 3 of the UGC Act, 1956.

With this addition total number of fake universities identified by the UGC has risen to 22, although no updated consolidated list has been released recently. The earlier list of 21 fake universities remains available on UGC official website.

According to Commission Notice, IME has been misleading students by offering degree-level programmes without authorisation, and any certificate or qualification from institution has no academic or professional validity.

The UGC has advised students and parents to verify an institution’s recognition status before seeking admission.

List of 21 fake universities earlier declared by UGC:

1 Andhra Pradesh Christ New Testament Deemed University, Guntur

2 Andhra Pradesh Bible Open University of India, Visakhapatnam

3 Delhi All India Institute of Public & Physical Health Sciences (AIIPHS), Alipur

4 Delhi Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj

5 Delhi United Nations University, Delhi

6 Delhi Vocational University, Delhi

7 Delhi ADR-Centric Juridical University, Rajendra Place

8 Delhi Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi

9 Delhi Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment, Rozgar Sewasadan

10 Delhi Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University), Vijay Vihar, Rithala

11 Delhi World Peace of United Nations University (WPUNU), Pitampura

12 Kerala International Islamic University of Prophetic Medicine, Kozhikode

13 Kerala St. John’s University, Kishanattam

14 Karnataka Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Belgaum

15 Maharashtra Raja Arabic University, Nagpur

16 Puducherry Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education, Vazhuthavoor Road

17 Uttar Pradesh Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayagraj

18 Uttar Pradesh National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur

19 Uttar Pradesh Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open), Aligarh

20 Uttar Pradesh Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow

21 West Bengal Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkata

UGC has reiterated that only institutions established by Acts of Parliament or State Legislatures, or recognised as deemed universities under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, are authorised to award degrees in India.