Lok Sabha Question No. 2045 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Fake Engineering Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P., LAXMAN GILUWA, RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2045 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## Fake Engineering Colleges

2045. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a number of fake engineering colleges are running in the country and cheating the youth;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard;
- (c) the number of fake engineering colleges identified during the last three years; and
- (d) the details of the action taken against them?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (d):   The instances of engineering colleges running their courses without the approval of  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  have  come  to  the  notice  of  the Government. The state-wise details of these (277) institutions are at annexure. In order to regulate the engineering colleges, the AICTE has been established by an Act of Parliament (Act 52 of 1987) with a function to grant approval to new technical institutions, introduction of  new  courses  etc.  The  AICTE  has  also  notified  regulations  mandating  the  technical institutions to obtain the prior approval for running courses in Engineering and Technology. Further,  the  Institutions  conducting  unapproved  courses  are  directed  from  time  to  time through Public Notices and individual letters under intimation to concerned state government to seek AICTE approval for conducting of technical education programmes or to close them down.

In  addition to it, University Grants Commission (UGC) has also maintained a list of  24  fake  universities  on  its  website  https://www.ugc.ac.in/page/Fake-Universities.aspx  . To curb the menace of fake universities/ institutions, UGC publishes public Notices on list of fake Universities/Institutions in Hindi and English Newspapers and sends letters to State Chief Secretaries, Education Secretaries and Principal Secretaries for taking action against fake Universities/Institutes  of  located  in  their  jurisdiction  and  identify  such  Universities  / Institutes which are functioning in their State.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2045 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018 ASKED BY SHRI P. NAGARAJAN, SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA, SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI REGARDING FAKE ENGINEERING COLLEGES

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                   |   Number of fake institutes |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                           0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              |                           7 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           |                           0 |
| 4         | Assam                       |                           0 |
| 5         | Bihar                       |                          17 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  |                           7 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                |                           0 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                           0 |
| 9         | Daman and Diu               |                           0 |
| 10        | Delhi                       |                          66 |
| 11        | Goa                         |                           2 |
| 12        | Gujarat                     |                           8 |
| 13        | Haryana                     |                          18 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh            |                           1 |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir           |                           0 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                   |                           4 |
| 17        | Karnataka                   |                          23 |
| 18        | Kerala                      |                           2 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                 |                           0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh              |                           0 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                 |                          16 |
| 22        | Manipur                     |                           0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                   |                           0 |
| 24        | Mizoram                     |                           0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                    |                           0 |
| 26        | Odisha                      |                           1 |
| 27        | Puducherry                  |                           0 |
| 28        | Punjab                      |                           5 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                   |                           3 |
| 30        | Sikkim                      |                           0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                  |                          11 |
| 32        | Telangana                   |                          35 |
| 33        | Tripura                     |                           0 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                 |                           3 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh               |                          22 |
| 36        | West Bengal                 |                          27 |
| Total     |                             |                         277 |