NAAC issues show-cause to Al-Falah University over ‘false accreditation claims’
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New Delhi: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has issued a show-cause notice to Al-Falah University, which is under investigation in connection with the recent Delhi blast, for allegedly displaying false accreditation claims on its website, officials said on Thursday.
According to the notice, NAAC observed that Al-Falah University, “which is neither accredited nor applied for accreditation by NAAC,” had publicly claimed on its website that it operates under the Al-Falah Charitable Trust, running three colleges on its campus—Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology (since 1997, Graded A by NAAC), Brown Hill College of Engineering and Technology (since 2008), and Al-Falah School of Education and Training (since 2006, Graded A by NAAC). NAAC described these claims as “absolutely wrong and misleading the public, especially the parents, students and stakeholders.”
The regulatory body has directed the university to provide an explanation and to immediately remove all NAAC accreditation details from its website and any other publicly available or distributed documents.
The notice comes days after a high-intensity blast occurred near Red Fort in Delhi on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring several others. The explosion followed the busting of a “white-collar terror module,” with authorities arresting several individuals, including three doctors linked to Al-Falah University.
With PTI inputs