Fake Engineering College: UGC issues alert regarding fake engineering colleges; if you studied here, your degree will be considered invalid..

Fake Engineering College: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued an alert regarding fake engineering colleges. This alert is extremely important for every student pursuing an engineering. The UGC has declared an engineering college in Delhi as fake. This means that the degrees of students who completed their engineering (B.Tech) from this college will now be considered invalid.

Let's find out which engineering college has been declared fake by the UGC. What has the UGC said about this?

Alert regarding this Delhi engineering college
The UGC has issued a notification and issued an alert regarding the Institute of Management and Engineering, located in Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi. The UGC stated that the Institute of Management and Engineering, located on the first floor of 1810/4, Kotla Mubarakpur, offers several degree courses and programs that violate the rules, regulations, and policies of the UGC Act, 1956. In its notification, the UGC has warned students that enrolling in such a "self-styled institution" could jeopardize their careers.

The UGC stated that the Institute of Management and Engineering, Kotla Mubarakpur, is neither recognized under Section 2(f) or Section 3 of the UGC Act nor authorized to confer degrees under Section 22 of the UGC Act, 1956.

What are the UGC's regulations regarding degrees?
The UGC also outlined its regulations regarding the granting of degrees in the notification. The notification clarifies that only universities recognized by a Central, State, or Regional Act have the authority to confer degrees. It further adds that institutions deemed to be universities under Section 3 or institutions granted degrees by an Act of Parliament can also confer degrees.

The UGC stated in its notification that no person or authority shall confer any degree or declare itself entitled to confer a degree except as provided in sub-section (1) of the UGC Act.

See the list of recognized institutions here.
The UGC has clarified in the notification that to view the list of recognized universities and approved institutions, students should visit the official UGC website www.ugc.gov.in.

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