‘8 universities in Uttar Pradesh fake’

LUCKNOW: UP leads the states having ‘

fake

’ universities with as many as eight such institutions. UGC released a list of 24 universities not empowered to confer any degree. UGC said the 24 universities are self-styled, unrecognised institutions.

The fake universities are Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi;

Mahila Gram Vidyapith

, Prayagraj; Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayagraj;

National University of Electro

Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur;

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose University

, Aligarh; Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Mathura; Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh; and

Indraprashtha Shiksha Parishad

, Noida.TNN