Baripada, Mar 23: In the name of the North Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology here in Mauyurbhanj it is found out that a fake university has running. Based on a letter sent to check the authenticity of a certificate of a Haryana-based student, authorities of the North Orissa University (NOU) found that it has been issued by North Odisha University of Engineering and Technology. No such university being in Baripada, the authorities marked the certificate as fake. They also noticed that the fake university has posted of pictures of other agriculture and technical institutes under its website and have self affiliated itself to NOU.
The Registrar of NOU Sadananda Nayak stated to the media that they had informed the UGC head about the issue following which it made a thorough verification after which the UGC made a declaration in its website mentioning that the North Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology is fake. The issue has also been brought to the notice of the Crime Branch.
