📢 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:
Check UGC’s Recognition List here: https://deb.ugc.ac.in/notices/NewNotices
Demand proof of attendance, exam hall tickets, and bonafide certificates from students.
If fraud is suspected, contact us with supporting documents.
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
🔎 Verify before you trust. Decide with confidence.
🛑 Fake degree = career risk + legal consequences
