Only universities recognized under central, provincial, or state acts, deemed universities and universities empowered by the Parliament act, hold the authority to confer these degrees.
The University Grants Commission has issued a public notice warning against fake online degree programmes with misleading acronyms or abbreviations used by fraud individuals and organisations to offer programs similar to those recognized by the Commission. Among these deceptive programs, the “10-Day MBA” has come under particular scrutiny.
The public notice states “Some individuals/organisations are offering online programmes/courses with acronyms/abbreviated forms similar to the higher education system’s recognised degree programmes. One such programme to which the attention of the Commission has been drawn is ’10 Days MBA”.
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Professor Manish R. Joshi, Secretary, further mentions in the notice that the Commission establishes degree nomenclature, duration, and entry qualifications through a formal notification in the official gazette, following approval from the central government. Only universities recognized under central, provincial, or state acts, deemed universities and universities empowered by the Parliament act, hold the authority to confer these degrees.
He also said, “Higher education institutions are also required to obtain approval from the UGC to offer any online degree programme in terms of the UGC regulations. A list of recognised HEIs (higher education institutions) to offer online programmes and of permitted online programmesis available on deb.ugc.ac.in”.
Stakeholder are advised to check the list of recognised HEIs offering online programmes, before enrolling at – deb.ugc.in.
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