Jharkhand’s Pragyan International University doesn’t exist; UGC removes from list of universities
Vagisha Kaushik | January 22, 2025 | 08:55 PM IST | 1 min read
Jharkhand government resolved to repeal the Ranchi-based university last year, UGC informed.
NEW DELHI : The University Grants Commission (UGC) has removed Jharkhand’s Pragyan International University from the list of universities, after the state government declared it non-existent.
The commission informed that the university in Jharkhand’s Ranchi was established by the Jharkhand government. Accordingly, the name of the university was included in the list of universities, as maintained by UGC .
Explaining what went wrong, the commission said that after inclusion of its name in the UGC list of universities, the university was required to submit information for inspection purposes. However, no information was received from the university. Following this, UGC sought the university’s status from the Jharkhand government.
“The university did not respond to telephone calls and emails sent by UGC. Therefore, UGC vide letter dated 19.06.2024 requested the Govt. of Jharkhand to apprise the status of the university,” read the official notice.
UGC list of universities
In the meantime, the Department of Higher and Technical Education (Directorate of Higher Education), Jharkhand, resolved to repeal the 'Pragyan International University Act, 2016' by 'Pragyan International University (Repeal), Act, 2023'. As per the resolution, the Pragyan International University has not come into existence even after its establishment in the year 2016 and teaching-learning has not started.
“In view of above, the stakeholders including student community is informed that the name of Pragyan International University, Ranchi, Jharkhand has been removed from the UGC list of universities under Section 2(f) of UGC Act, 1956,” UGC further stated.
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