Education Fraud Alert: Kalinga University – Distance Education Warning

📢 Issued by: Education Fraud Check | Verified via RTI with UGC, June 2025

Are you a student or employer dealing with degrees from Kalinga University or any other private university offering distance education? Here’s what you need to know before accepting or submitting such qualifications.


🔍 Key Facts from UGC RTI Response:

📌 Kalinga University is a private university, recognized under Section 22 of the UGC Act to award degrees only through its main campus in regular mode.

📌 Distance/Online Education by private universities like Kalinga is programme-wise and time-bound. Kalinga University was only recognised for offering ODL mode (Open and Distance Learning) for:

  • Academic Session 2019–20 (from Jan 2020)

  • Extended to 2020–2021 under specific regulations

📌 No Off-Campus / Study Centers: As per UGC and Supreme Court rulings, private universities cannot operate off-campus centers or franchise institutes even within the same state without UGC approval.
➡️ Any such centre is illegal.

📌 UGC has not granted any approval for Kalinga to operate off-campus study centres or franchise with private institutions for any course.

📌 Degrees obtained via such unauthorized centres are NOT valid for:

  • Government jobs

  • Higher studies

  • Credential evaluation (WES, IQAS, NZQA, etc.)


⚠️ Red Flags to Watch Out For:

🚫 Studied via a study centre or franchisee instead of the university’s main campus

🚫 Enrolled in a year not covered by UGC’s programme-wise recognition

🚫 Distance/Online courses not listed in official UGC approval lists

🚫 Claimed degree with no exam attendance or classes

🚫 Degree agent involved or backdated documentation


✅ What You Can Do:

  1. Check UGC’s Recognition List here: https://deb.ugc.ac.in/notices/NewNotices

  2. Demand proof of attendance, exam hall tickets, and bonafide certificates from students.

  3. If fraud is suspected, contact us with supporting documents.

  4. Employers: Avoid shortlisting candidates from unauthorized study centres.


📢 Help Us Expose Education Fraud

📨 Send your complaint or suspicious document to: contact@educationfraudcheck.com
🌐 Visit: www.educationfraudcheck.com
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🛑 Fake degree = career risk + legal consequences