एमिटी विश्वविद्यालय उत्तर प्रदेश एक्ट 2005 द्वारा स्थापित एमिटी विश्वविद्यालय अपने वेबसाईट (http://www.amity.edu/Admission/govt_recognition.asp# ) पर यह दावा करता है कि एमिटी विश्वविद्यालय यूजीसी द्वारा मान्यताप्राप्त हैं. डॉ नूतन ठाकुर, कन्वेनर, नेशनल आरटीआई फोरम, लखनऊ का कहना है कि यह बात सही नहीं दिखती है क्योंकि यूजीसी द्वारा किसी विश्वविद्यालय को मान्यता नहीं दी जाती है. एमिटी 11 अप्रैल 2008 को आरटीआई एक्ट के तहत प्राप्त एक पत्र को अपने इस कथन का आधार बनाता है जबकि इस पत्र में यूजीसी द्वारा मान्यता देने सम्बंधित कोई बात नहीं लिखी हुई है.
इसी प्रकार से एमिटी ने अपने वेबसाईट पर लिखा है- “संयुक्त राष्ट्र सूचीबद्ध- एमिटी विश्वविद्यालय इंटरनेशनल एसोशियेशन ऑफ यूनिवर्सिटीज (आईएयू) के विश्वविद्यालय के सूची में शामिल है.” दरसल आईएयू यूनिस्को आधारित उच्च शिक्षा सम्बंधित एक संगठन है जिसका एक कार्य उच्च शिक्षा संस्थानों को सूचीबद्ध करना भी है. यह कोई अलग मान्यता नहीं है लेकिन एमिटी इसे एक खास उपलब्धि के रूप में प्रस्तुत करता है. डॉ ठाकुर ने एमिटी विश्वविद्यालय के चांसलर तथा यूजीसी अध्यक्ष को पत्र लिख कर एमिटी द्वारा इस प्रकार के सभी भ्रामक दावों को अपने वेबसाईट से हटाने हेतु निवेदन किया है.
To,
The Chancellor,
Amity University,
Noida
Subject- Regarding alleged recognition by University Grants Commission (UGC)
Dear Sir,
I am Dr Nutan Thakur, a freelance journalist and social activist, associated with National RTI Forum, Lucknow. I would like to present two serious issues related with the Amity University. The University, on its web-page, http://amity.edu/Admission/govt_recognition.asp , says- “Amity Universities and the Degrees awarded by them are recognized by the UGC”. This fact does not seem to be correct. The simple reason is that UGC does not recognize any University. In fact all that can be done under section 12(a) of the UGC Act 1956 is to inquire into the financial needs of Universities. Again under section 12A, it can do regulation of fees and prohibition of donations in certain cases. The website tries to base its claim as per a letter obtained by Amity University under the RTI Act sent by Sri K P Singh, Joint Secretary, UGC to Sri Anand Chauhan, General Secretary, Amity on 11/04/2008. Nowhere in the letter is anything about UGC’s recognition to Amity is written. Yet, Amity presents it as UGC recognition . Since there is no concept of recognition by UGC, hence I would request you to kindly remove this fact from your website other places where it is being stated and claimed.
Similarly, on its same web page, Amity writes-“United Nations Listing” and says- “Amity University is included in the list of Universities maintained by the International Association of Universities (IAU).” International Association of Universities (IAU) is a UNESCO-based worldwide association of higher education institutions. It has among its charter of duties maintenance of a database of Intuitions of higher studies. To quote from its web-page, http://www.iau-aiu.net/onlinedatabases/list.html- “The list below is extracted on a periodic basis from the database maintained by the International Association of Universities on higher education institutions and systems worldwide, and includes higher education institutions offering a least a post-graduate diploma/degree.” Hence this is not any special listing or recognition but only a compilation of names but it is being presented as some major achievement/ recognition.
It is true that Amity University has been established by the state of Uttar Pradesh through Amity University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2005 and it has the power of granting Degrees as stated in section 22(1) which says that “The right of conferring or granting degrees shall be exercised only by a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a State Act..” I accordingly request you to remove all such claims regarding the University which are misleading, incorrect and improper.
Lt No- NRF/ Amity/01 Yours,
Dated- 23/10/2012
Dr Nutan Thakur,
5/426, Viram Khand,
Gomti Nagar,
Lucknow
# 94155-34525
Copy to the Chairman, UGC, New Delhi for proper compliance
