New Delhi: As the results of different boards are coming out, the students are rushing for admission into various universities for higher studies. In the interest of students, the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday released a list of 24 fake universities which are functioning in this country. “Students and public at large are informed that at present following 24 self-styled and unrecognized institutions are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act in various parts of the country,” a notice issued by the UGC read. “These universities have been declared as fake and are not entitled to confer any degrees,” it added. Out of these twenty-four fake universities, eight are from Delhi. These universities include Commercial University, United Nations University, Vocational University, ADR-Centric Juridical University, Indian Institution of Science and Engineering, Viswakarma Open University for Self-employment, Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya and Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya. Twenty four fake universities in India: State-wise fake university list Uttar Pradesh National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Aligarh Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University), Allahabad Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Khod Delhi ADR-Centric Juridical University Indian Institute of Science and Engineering Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj United Nations University Vocational University Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University) Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Odisha Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan, Rourkela North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology) West Bengal Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkata Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, Kolkata Bihar Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga Karnataka Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Belgaum St John’s University, Kishanattam Maharashtra Raja Arabic University, Nagpur Puducherry Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education Last year too, UGC had released a list of such fake universities which included Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga (Bihar), Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP), Commercial University Ltd Daryaganj (New Delhi), United Nations University, Delhi and Vocational University, Delhi.