IIPM can’t confer degrees: UGC

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday issued another public notice against the Indian Institute of Planning & Management (IIPM) saying that it is “not a university within the meaning of Section 2(f) of the University Grants Commission Act,1956”.

It added that as per Section 22 of the University Grants Commission Act,1956,IIPM does not have the right of conferring degrees as specified by the commission under Section 22(3) of the UGC. It has also clarified that IIPM is neither entitled to award MBA/BBA/BCA degree nor it is recognised by UGC.

“The public and students are also hereby informed that the universities established either by a Central Act or a State Act or an Institution deemed to the university under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act can confer or grant only those degrees which are specified by the University Grants Commission under Section 22(3) of the Act,” the UGC said in its public notice.

Last week,the Delhi HC admitted a PIL challenging the legality of the IIPM “franchising” education by way of conferring degrees through a foreign university.