UGC issues warning against ‘10 Days MBA’ programmes, other misleading abbreviations

According to the UGC, the nomenclature of a degree, including its abbreviated form, duration, and entry qualification, is specified by the UGC, with the previous approval of the central government, through the publication of a notification in the official Gazette.

The University Grant Commision (UGC) has issued warning against “fake online programmes with misleading abbreviations such as BBA, MBA, etc”. Students and parents are advised to ascertain the validity of an online programme before applying or taking admission to any online programme, the regulator has said.

The regulator, in an official notice, said that some individuals/organisations are offering online programmes and courses with abbreviated forms similar to the higher education system's recognized degree programmes.

“One such programme to which the attention of the Commission has been drawn is '10 Days MBA,”, the UGC pointed out.

According to the UGC, the nomenclature of a degree, including its abbreviated form, duration, and entry qualification, is specified by the UGC, with the previous approval of the central government, through the publication of a notification in the official Gazette.

“Further, only a university, established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act, or a State Act, or an institution deemed to be a university or an institution specifically empowered by an Act of Parliament, has the right to confer a degree,” the notice said.

“Higher education institutions are also required to obtain approval from the UGC to offer any online degree programme in terms of the UGC Regulations,” it added.

A list of recognized HEIs to offer online programmes and of permitted online programmes available on www.deb.ugc.ac.in.