UGC warns students about 'self-styled' management institute in Delhi

After warning students about a fake university in Kerala, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has now issued a warning against the Institute of Management and Training running in Delhi. The “self-styled” institution is offering courses in violation of the rules.

“It has come to the notice of the University Grants Commission that the Institute of Management and Engineering, 1810/4, 1st Floor, Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi, is offering various degree courses/programmes in gross violation of the UGC Act, 1956,” said UGC in an official notice.

The commission recalled the UGC regulations which state: “The right of conferring or granting degrees shall be exercised only by a university or incorporated by or under a central act, a provincial act, or a state act, or an institution deemed to be a university under Section 3, or an institution specially empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer or grant degrees.”

Moreover, UGC added, "no person or authority shall confer, or grant, or hold himself or itself out as entitled to confer or grant, any degree.”

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List of recognised universities

The institute located at the first floor, Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi is neither recognized under Section 2(f) or Section 3 of the UGC Act nor empowered to award any degree as per Section 22 of the UGC Act, 1956, the commission stated.

“In view of the above, students, parents, and the public at large are cautioned through this public notice not to take admission in the above-mentioned self-styled institution; taking admission in such a self-styled institution may jeopardize the career of the students,” UGC said sternly.

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UGC has advised students and teachers to access the list of recognised universities and approved institutions on the official UGC website.