legal action will be taken against the educational institutions operating in Chhattisgarh without recognition or approval of the State Government.
Collector Mukesh Bansal while mentioning the guidelines received from the Higher Education Department, directed the District Education Officer (DEO) to enquire into the study centres and courses run by private institutions without approval of the State government and to take action against the directors of such study centres.
The Collector has appealed all the students to be vigilant towards the study centres operating without recognition of the Government. The Government has not given permission to any private university of other States to run study centres in State.
It has clearly been mentioned in the letter and the public notice issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) that it has not given permission to any university to run study centres and off-campus courses outside the limits of their State. Operation of study centres and courses of universities of other states is illegal and against the provisions of section 246 of the Indian Constitution.
In the list of universities enacted by the State Government and established under the Higher Education Department, Indira Kala Sangeet University Khairagarh, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Bastar University Jagadalpur, Surguja University Ambikapur, Bilaspur University, Kushabhau Thakre Journalism and Mass Communi-cation University Raipur and Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Open University Bilaspur are included.
Under the private universities, Maharishi University of Management and Technology Bilaspur, Mats University Gullu district Raipur, Dr CV Raman University Bilaspur, Kalinga University Raipur, ICFAI University Durg and ITM University Naya Raipur are included. Swami Vivekananda Technical University Bhilai, Ayush and Health Science University Raipur, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University Raipur, Kamdhenu University Durg and Hidayatullah National law University Raipur are also included in the list.
Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur, NIT Raipur, Indian Institute of Information Technology, IIT Raipur, AIIMS Raipur and IGNOU New Delhi are included in universities run by the Central Government.