UGC declares 24 universities as fake

UGC declares 24 universities as fake – maximum from Uttar Pradesh.
UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain said,”Students and public are informed that currently 24 self-styled, unrecognised institutions are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act, which have been declared as fake universities and these are not empowered to confer any degree”.
As per reports,while eight of these universities are from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi has seven and Odisha and West Bengal have two each. Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Puducherry have one such fake university each.