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8 DOOMED UNIVERSITIES DESPATCH & COURIER By Yatin Ingle
degrees. As per the rules, only a student who has completed fter the ADC had re- three years of an under-graduported that Mumbai ate course from a recognized University (MU) would varsity that follows the norms not allow a student with a de- and conditions of the Univergree from a deemed university sity Grants Commissions to pursue his or her further (UGC) is eligible to pursue his studies from MU, the Univer- education in an acclaimed sity Grants Commissions university. (UGC) has named 21 selfThe ADC has now got hold styled, unrecognized institutions, whose degrees have rendered more than 2,000 students as ineligible to pursue further studies. In January, the UGC had released a list of unrecognized institutions across nine states in the country, which have been functioning against the provisions of the UGC Act, 1956. All these institutions have been declared fake and do not have the right to confer
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Universities which are approved by the UGC but do not confer graduation degrees as per UGC norms: Annamalai University Madurai Kamraj University Manonmaniem Sundarnar University Madara University Global Open University Omania University Mahatama Gandhi University Kakatiy University
of the names of eight more universities – some of which are well known – that do not provide degrees as per the norms of the UGC. These are: Annamalai University, Madurai Kamraj University, Manonmaniem Sundarnar University, Madara University, Global Open University, Omania University, Mahatama Gandhi University and Kakatiy University. Although these varsities have been approved by the UGC, their graduation courses are not of the three year duration as per the UGC norms. The number of students that have been registering complaints at the Students' Grievance Cell of MU about being denied a chance to pursue their further studies since they have graduated from a deemed university, has also increased. Pradeep Sawant, Senate and Grievance Cell member, MU, said “Students should not try to gain degrees quickly from deemed universities and then suffer. Deemed universities provide a three year long degree course in a matter of one year, which is against the rules of the UGC. There are so many students who are unable to study further as they have degrees from these deemed universities."
`2.13 crore!
This is the cash recovered, along with an undetermined quantity of jewellery, from the locker of an Additonal Secretary of the Urban Development Department By Zuber Ansari
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he Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), after a week-long investigation into the corruption case involving Anandrao Shravan Jeevane, the Additional Secretary of Urban Development (Class-I) and his colleague, who were caught accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000, have registered a case of disproportionate assets against the officer on Monday. The ACB registered the case after they searched Jeevane's house and bank locker, and
found Rs.2,13,15,000 in cash, and jewellery, amounting to much more than his current income. Last Monday, Jeevane was caught red-handed by the CBI while he was accepting a bribe from a complainant inside the Mantralaya. During the investigation, the ACB learnt about him having disproportionate assets, on the basis of which, officials searched his house and locker and took all the valuables into their custody. According to sources in the ACB, after Jeevane was ar-
rested, officers began interrogating him. He denied all the charges, saying that it was not him but his colleague who was accepting the bribe. However, he later confessed to his crime. When the valuables were examined for their worth, they were found to be worth 279 per cent more than his income. “It is suspected that he might also have immovable property at his native place. We are investigating this too. A case has been registered,” added the sources.
Gold: `29,947 Silver: `43,610 US Dollar: `62.56 Temperature: 280C/210C Humidity: 50%
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2,000 MORE STUDENTS TO SUFFER AFTER UGC NAMES EIGHT MORE UNIVERSITIES AS INELIGIBLE TO CONFER DEGREES, TAKING TALLY OF UNRECOGNISED INSTITUTIONS TO 29