The Chhattisgarh Government has clamped down on a total of 15 non-accredited universities operating in the State while deciding to take legal action against them.
This was informed by Higher Education Department officials to Chief of Chhattisgarh lok Ayog on Friday. The State Government has seriously considered the complaints received against non-accredited universities and have issued letters to Superintendents of Police (SPs) of respective districts for taking immediate legal action against such organisations, officials stated.
Notably, the Chief of lok Ayog had asked the State Government to provide the list of non-accredited universities that are operating illegally in the State. He had directed the Higher Education Department to submit the list of details such as vice chancellors, office address, mobile numbers etc about such illegal institutions within 15 days.
The Chief of lok Ayog issued orders in the context after perusing the report submitted by Higher Education Department officials yesterday. The Department has made available a list of 15 such education institutions to the lok Ayog. Additional Director, Higher Education Department, Dr R.B. Subramanyam, in his report presented to the lok Ayog said that 23 universities that have been recognised by Chhattisgarh Government which are as follows–Indira Art and Music University Khairagarh, Pt Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University Raipur, Kushabhau Thakre University for Journalism and Mass Communication, Ayush and Health Science University Raipur, Kamdhenu University Durg, Bastar University Jagdalpur, Bilaspur University Bilaspur, Surguja University Ambikapur, Pt Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Bilaspur, Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Maharshi University of Management and Technology Bilaspur, MATS University Gullu (Aarang) District Raipur, CV Raman University, Kalinga University, ICFAI University, Durg, ITM University Naya Raipur, Hidayatullah National law University Raipur.
The Universities recognised by Central Government in Chhattisgarh are namely Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur, Indian Institute of Information and Technology (IIIT) Raipur, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) , New Delhi.
The Higher Education Department officials informed that except the aforementioned universities, no other University has been accredited in Chhattisgarh. Few of the non-accredited Universities in Chhattisgarh include (1) CMJ University (2) Novelty University, (3) Karnataka State Open University, (4) Mysore &Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, an official press release stated.
Following this, Chief of lok Ayog said that the degrees awarded by these Universities are invalid and students are being misled. He has directed the State Government to convey the information received about the degrees offered by such organisations to lok Ayog.