University Grants Commission, UGC has issued a notice in which it has cautioned all stakeholders about the Institute of Management and Engineering located at 1810/4, 1st Floor, Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi.
The UGC in its notice said that the ‘Swayambhu’ institute is offering various degree courses in gross violation of the UGC Act, 1956.
The UGC further stated that the Institute is neither recognized under Section 2(f) or Section 3 of the UGC Act nor has the authority to confer any degree as per Section 22 of the UGC Act, 1956.
In such a situation, the Commission has urged the students not to take admission in the institute and not to jeopardize their careers. The notice reads, “In view of the above, students, parents and the public at large are cautioned through this public notice not to take admission in the above self-declared institute; taking admission in such self-declared institute may jeopardize the career of the students.”
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It further added that the list of recognized universities and approved institutions can be found on the official website of UGC at ugc.gov.in under the HEIs section.
Read official notice Here,
22 fake universities by October 2025: UGC
According to the official website of UGC, a total of 22 fake universities have been listed as ‘fake’ till October 2025. Of these, 10 such institutions are from Delhi alone, four in Uttar Pradesh, two each in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, and one each in Maharashtra and Puducherry.
More than 50 institutions declared defaulters
Let us tell you here that UGC has tightened the monitoring of educational institutions in the last few months. Recently, the Commission declared at least 54 state private universities defaulters for not submitting mandatory information under Section 13 of the UGC Act, 1956 and making public disclosures on their websites.
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UGC circulated the list of defaulting universities and warned them to take immediate corrective action. It warned that more action could be taken if institutions continued to ignore the instructions.
For more information visit the official website of UGC.
