Beware of B S Abdur Rahman University, Chennai

I don’t understand how this “college” was granted “University” Status. You must be aware that this institution has already been WARNED by the Ministry of Human Resources Development.

Beware of Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi

Students of Maharaja Engineering College staged a demonstration in Tirupur on 13 August 2010.

About 600 students from two private engineering colleges near Avinashi thronged the Collectorate on Thursday to submit a memorandum to the Collector seeking his intervention on their complaints of the institutions levying exorbitant fees from them.

Beware of Prince Group of Institutions, Chennai

A two-member team of the Anna University inspected the Prince Shri Venkateshwara Padmavathy Engineering College and its sister-institution Prince Dr K Vasudevan College of Engineering and Technology on 6 Aug 2010 following complaints from students about lack of basic amenities.

AICTE – Online Complaint & Tracking form

AICTE has introduced an online form for students and parents to complain against institutions.

Once all details are entered and submitted, you get a Grievance Number which can be used to track the status of your complaint.

Click on the link below

AICTE Online Complaint Form

(Use an Internet Explorer browser. I am experiencing problems with a Firefox browser.)

If the link does not open, go to http://www.aicte-india.org/ and click on “Grievance“. This will open a new window with a form.

Look at the Screenshot below.

Students leaving courses can demand fee refund

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AICTE has introduced an Online Complaint Form – For details, click on the following link

http://collegecomplaints.blogspot.com/2010/08/aicte-online-complaint-tracking-form.html

This article was published in the Times  of India, dated 30 June 2010.

S PUSHPAVANAM


Several National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission decisions have directed universities, colleges and educational institutions to refund the fees collected from a student if he/she wants to wants to leave the course.

However, no institution does it voluntarily and parents are unaware that they can get a refund. Parents are also intimidated by the words fees are not refundable printed on the prospectus and are worried whether the college will hold back the original certificates. 

The state consumer redressal dispute commission Madras,on April 5,2004, held that tuition fees must be refunded when a student leaves the course. The terms and conditions on the prospectus do not form a concluded contract and are not binding.

In the Indraprastha University vs Vaibhav case,the Delhi state commission has ruled that the college should refund fees when a student leaves the course.This was again upheld by the National Commission in the N Arjunan vs Dean Merit Swiss hotel management case.

Educational institutions usually tell parents seeking a refund that they would suffer a loss if the seat remains vacant. There is no question of loss for any of these professional institutions if a seat becomes vacant when a student leaves.

Since they are run on an economically viable basis, the cost of education or fee is arrived at keeping 60% of seats as break-even point as is customary in any business. Also, the whole picture taking into account all courses have to be looked at to gauge profit or loss. That too, not just for that one year but for a period of five years, since they enjoy immunity from income tax as of now, freedom from property tax and lower electricity tariff, they can be regulated.

The Supreme Court,in the Islamia Academy of Education vs State of Karnataka College case,decided on August 14,2003,that in minority institutions, the college can retain the tuition fees when the student leaves midstream. This can be taken as a guideline and it can be stipulated that when a student leaves after 45 days (a semester has usually 90 days) the college can retain the tuition fees for that semester.

This problem of losing tuition fees is faced by thousands of parents every year as admission to the arts and science colleges close by the first week of June, private universities close admission to management seats by mid-June and engineering college counselling takes place in June-July. Since they are not sure where they will secure admission, anxious parents end up paying fees for two or three admissions if they get admission in the course of their choice.

The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), which regulates engineering colleges, has issued an order under section 10 (n) of the AICTE Act stating that tuition fee must be refunded and originals returned when a student leaves for another college. Write to AICTE, Sastri Bhavan, Chennai-6 if it is an engineering college or a deemed university.

The state has issued a GO No: 2729 (dt.17-12-1981 ), which says a student leaving an arts and science college to join a professional course is entitled to refund of tuition fees. This GO is outdated as self-financing engineering colleges had not come into being then. The secretary for higher education needs to issue a fresh GO to include self-financing,aided and government professional and arts and science colleges. The GO should specify that fees (except the registration fee) collected must be refunded if a student leaves the course, along with the original certificates. And that institutions can retain the fees if the student leaves 45 days after the college reopens. Publicity should be given to the order and institutions should be asked to mention this in the application form. This may empower the consumers and prevent exploitation of the ignorant.

(The writer is secretary, Consumer Protection Council of Tamil Nadu and can be contacted at consumerpc@rediffmail.com)

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44 Category-B Deemed Universities WARNED!

!! WARNING !!

If you plan to join any of these institutions, please do so at YOUR OWN RISK!

The Deemed University Review Committee found these 44 institutions to be deficient in some aspects which need to be rectified over a 3-year period. If they fail, they will be stripped of their deemed university status.

** For students studying in these universities, this is the best time to come out in the open and complain/revolt against their institutions. **

TAMIL NADU

Chennai: Sathyabama University, SRM University, Sri Ramachandra University, BS Abdur Rahman Institute of Science and Technology

Vellore: Vellore Institute of Technology

Thanjavur: SASTRA University

Dindigul: Gandhigram Rural Institute

Coimbatore: Karunya University, Sri Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education For Women

Kancheepuram: Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Vishwa Mahavidyalaya

Padur: Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science

MAHARASHTRA

Mumbai: Internation Institute of Population Sciences, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Navi Mumbai: MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Padmashree Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth

Pune: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Symbiosis International University, Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth

Ahmednagar: Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences

Nagpur: Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences

KARNATAKA

Bangalore: Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana

Belgaum: KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research

Mysore: Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University

Mangalore: Nitte University

KERALA

Thiruvananthapuram: Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior: Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education

Jabalpur: Pt Dwarka Prasad Mishra Institute of Information Technology

PUNJAB & HARYANA

Chandigarh: Punjab Engineering College

Punjab: Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

NEW DELHI

National University of Educational Planning and Administration, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences

ANDHRA PRADESH

Hyderabad: ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education

Guntur: Koneru Lakshmaiah Educational Foundation

GUJARAT

Ahmednagar: Gujrat Vidyapith

RAJASTHAN

Jaipur: The LNM Institute of Information Technology

Ladnun: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

UP

Allahabad: Allahabad Agricultural Institute

Lucknow: Bhatkande Music Institute

ORISSA

Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Source: Times Of India – 25 Jan 2010 – Ministry of HRD Deemed University Review Committee Report

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AICTE has introduced an Online Complaint Form – For details, click on the following link

http://collegecomplaints.blogspot.com/2010/08/aicte-online-complaint-tracking-form.html 

List of ‘DOOMED’ UNIVERSITIES

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The list of universities which will be derecognized are as follows:

!! WARNING !!

If you plan to join any of these institutions, please do so at YOUR OWN RISK! – because they might be FORCED to SHUT DOWN anytime.

Source: http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/statisticsuniversities/statusbeingreexamined.htm

1. Christ College, Bangalore 

2. Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

3. Lingaya’s University, Faridabad

4. St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai

5. Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari

6. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida

7.Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut

8. Sumandeep Vidyapeet, Vadodara, Gujarat

9. Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Reserch, Kolar, Karnataka

10. Yenepoya University, Mangalore

11. BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka

12.Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra

13.D Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra

14. Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai

15. Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram

16. HIHT University, Dehradun

17. Santosh University, Ghaziabad

18. Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana

19. Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad

20. Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur, Karnataka

21. Jain University, Bangalore

22. Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune

23. Siksha “O” Anusandha, Bhubaneswar

24. Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan

25. Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan

26. Mody Institute of Technology, Sikar, Rajasthan

27. Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai

28. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai

29. Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virdhunagar, Tamil Nadu

30. Periryar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur

31. Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai

32. Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai

33. Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore

34. Vel Tech Rangaraja Dr Sagunthal R&D Institute of Science, Chennai

35. Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar

36. Grapich Era University, Dehradun

37. Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad

38. Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry

39. Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu

40. Bharath Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai

41. Ponnaiya Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

42. Nava Nalanda Mahavira, Nalanda, Bihar

43. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu

44. National Museum, Institute of the History of Art Conservation and Musicology, Janpath, New Delhi.

State-wise List of Fake Universities

State-wise List of Fake Universities as on 08th December, 2009

Bihar

1.Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar.

Delhi

2.Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP) Jagatpuri, Delhi.

3.Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj, Delhi.

4.United Nations University, Delhi.

5.Vocational University, Delhi.

6.ADR-Centric Juridical University, ADR House, 8J, Gopala Tower, 25 Rajendra Place, New Delhi – 110 008.

7.Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi.

Karnataka

8.Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum, Karnataka.

Kerala

9.St. John’s University, Kishanattam, Kerala.

Madhya Pradesh

10.Kesarwani Vidyapith, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Maharashtra

11.Raja Arabic University, Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu

12.D.D.B. Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu.

West Bengal

13.Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkatta.

Uttar Pradesh

14.Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University) Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

15.Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

16.National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

17.Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

18.Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

19.Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

20.Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area,Khoda,Makanpur,Noida Phase-II, Uttar Pradesh.

21.Gurukul Vishwavidyala, Vridanvan, Uttar Pradesh.

Source: http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/fakealerts.html

Centre moves SC to derecognise 44 deemed universities

18 Jan 2010

New Delhi: The Centre has approached the Supreme court recommending derecognition of 44 deemed universities across the country.


The decision to move the apex court follows a government study on 126 deemed universities across the country.


While 38 deemed universities were found to doing a good job, 44 others have been given three years to improve.
(Go to http://collegecomplaints.blogspot.com/2010/01/44-category-b-deemed-universities.html for the list of institutions that have been WARNED! – CATEGORY ‘B’)

The remaining 44 were found completely unfit.

(Go to http://collegecomplaints.blogspot.com/2010/01/list-of-doomed-universities.html for the complete list of UNFIT institutions – CATEGORY ‘C’) 


The list includes the Devraj Urs University in Karnataka, DY Patil University in Maharashtra, the Manav Rachna Institute in Gurgaon and the Savita Institute and Vinayaka Mission in Tamil Nadu.


Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has already got a legal opinion from the Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam on the deemed university issue.


Lawyer Viplav Sharma had filed public interest litigation in 2006 in the Supreme Court seeking regulation of deemed universities in the country.