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. Read more…
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. Read more…
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. Read more…
AICTE – Online Complaint & Tracking form
Students leaving courses can demand fee refund
http://collegecomplaints.blogspot.com/2010/08/aicte-online-complaint-tracking-form.html
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.
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.
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!
If you plan to join any of these institutions, please do so at YOUR OWN RISK!
** 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
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
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
List of ‘DOOMED’ UNIVERSITIES
The list of universities which will be derecognized are as follows:
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
9. Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Reserch, Kolar, Karnataka
11. BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka
13.D Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
15. Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram
17. Santosh University, Ghaziabad
19. Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad
21. Jain University, Bangalore
23. Siksha “O” Anusandha, Bhubaneswar
25. Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan
27. Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai
29. Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virdhunagar, Tamil Nadu
31. Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
33. Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore
35. Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar
37. Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad
39. Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
41. Ponnaiya Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
43. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
State-wise List of Fake Universities
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.
Centre moves SC to derecognise 44 deemed universities
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.
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.