Last Update: March 31, 2023, 6:00 PM IST
Both the institutes are not eligible to award degrees as per UGC guidelines (Representational image)
The UGC has said in a notice that two ‘self-styled’ institutes are offering different courses in gross violation of the UGC Act, 1956. It added that taking admission in such self-styled institutions may jeopardize the career of the student.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has turned students against two ‘Swayambhu’ institutes in Tamil Nadu’s Kuttalam. The two institutes have been identified as the Open International University for Alternative Medicine and the National Board of Alternative Medicine. The UGC has said in a notice that two ‘self-styled’ institutes are offering different courses in gross violation of the UGC Act, 1956. It added that taking admission in such self-styled institutions may jeopardize the career of the student.
Both the institutes are not eligible to award degrees as per UGC guidelines. They do not have the authority to confer degrees as they are not established under the sections of the UGC Act. The Commission noted that the Open International University for Alternative Medicines and the National Board of Alternative Medicines are not listed in the list of universities under section 2(f) or section 3 nor confer any degree as per section 22 of the UGC Act. is allowed to do. 1956, adds notice.
“The power to grant or grant degrees shall be exercised only by a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act or by a deemed University or an institution specially empowered under section 3. To confer degrees Act of Parliament to make or grant grants,” the commission said through an official notice. It added that the two institutions will not be permitted to use the word university in their names as they are governed by a Central, Provincial or State Act. Not installed under
In August last year, the UGC published a list of fake universities (state-wise) and warned students not to pursue any program from universities as they were not recognized by the commission. The UGC then declared 21 universities as “fake” stating that these universities were not entitled to confer any degree as they were not recognized by them. Of the 21 ‘fake’ universities in the list, four are in Uttar Pradesh, eight are located in Delhi. While the other states and union territories in which these universities operated were Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry.
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