NEFTU — ugc probing north east frontier technical university and four other universities for selling fake degrees

The prestigious  neftu university in arunachal is among the six universities, under the ugc scanner for alleged ‘sale’ of fake degrees. Following the ugc crackdown on these universities, which, in lieu of money, provide degrees to students without making them attend classes and write examinations,   the himalayan university, issued an advisory to colleges urging them to be cautious in recruiting faculty from the six universities which are under the ugc scanner.
Besides north east frontier technical university, the list includes another two varsities,   himalayan university and three private ones, sunrise university in rajasthan, kalinga university in chhattisgarh and himalayan university in arunachal pradesh.

The colleges are hereby informed to be extra vigilant and cautious while recruiting/appointing faculty members who are awarded ug / pg / phd degrees from these universities, ” read the circular. Earlier, mhrd minister ramesh pokhriyal tweeted: “i have directed agencies to carry out a thorough probe.”
Experts in the city are of the view that a considerable number of doctorates teaching in city engineering colleges are from neftu, himalayan, arunachal university and sunrise university, most likely with bogus degrees, particularly phds.