Recently, I am seeing Gujarat particularly, Ahamadabad has become hub of degree scam institutes. First, the IIMTS and now, while researching I come across another private institutes whose website is lucrative, attractive and good for nothing.
I took little longer time to write about this institute. Once someone asked me about this institute and I was helpless to answer. This institute was not selling any degree, I could not find anything wrong. I did a little research and decided following parameters.
1. Whether it is authorised to offer any course?
2. Whether it has any placement track?
3. Whether it has real tie up as it claims or it is false?
Unfortunately, I found this institute has some dubious act.
It claims it offers following courses
B.Sc. (Interior Designing)
B.Sc. (Photography)
B.Sc. (Graphic Design)
B.Sc. (Fashions and Textiles)
Since it is not a college, I further wanted to check from which university they are offering the course. I clicked on specific link, but it did not have any answer.
It has listed following institute as its partner:
1. Edexcel (For BTEC)
2. University of Portsmouth, UK
3. Pacific University, India
4. De Montford University, UK
To clarify, any institute cannot offer a degree of foreign university without prior approval of UGC and AIU and any such degree stands invalid. This institute has not taken any such approval.
Further, Pacific is a private university and cannot offer any course outside its campus, it cannot add any partner institute and it cannot offer any course in collaboration. I have clarified it through my various article in the past. Please scan my blog.
Then, I wrote to University of Portsmouth going further, They claimed that DDA/ DDI was just an agent for them to send students to the university. This university is a very reputed university in UK and never offered any course in India.
Below is the reply for your reference:
| 4 May  | | ||
Dear Sir,
One institute in India (Design Development Academy Ahmadabad) is using University of Portsmouth name and claiming to be offering courses viz. degree from this esteemed university.
Below is the website
I will be highly grateful if you can confirm whether this institute is authorised by University of Portsmouth to offer any programme
Regards
I got following official reply from the university
| 6 May | | ||
Emma Schlesinger (emma.schlesinger@port.ac.uk) added themselves to your Guest List | Remove them | Block them Dear Govind,
Thank you for your email and your interest in the University of Portsmouth.
You asked about our partnership with the Design Development Academy in Ahmadabad. We have had a link with them in the past and it was only this year that the partnership ended. They were sending students into our 3rd year of our BA Interior Design degree and were working as representatives for us. This has now ended and they are no longer working with us. I am sorry for any convenience and if you did want to find out more about on-campus courses then please do let me know?
Kind regards,
Emma
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Emma Schlesinger
International Officer
International Office | Nuffield Centre | St. Michael's Road | Portsmouth PO1 2ED | United Kingdom
I do not think I need further elaboration on the same.
So, the question is, these are the professional courses, people are least worried about recognition. What matter is placement and quality of education.
I investigated further and scanned the database of a leading job portal to find out if I can see any single students who have got a good placement and I scanned the all time database. I was shocked, I could not see more than few resumes thats too most of its employees only. So it seems the story of FALTU University of FALTU movie where they are keeping its students happy, busy in party and tour, parents spending money without recognizing what they are doing and students, too scared to tell the truth being a crime partner.
This is the sad state of our education where it has become commodity and people are making money.
Disclaimer: I could not find any complaint online by any students or anybody about this institute hence it needs more elaboration and possibly, it may take time to get the truth about this organisation. I advise students and parents to do their own thorough investigation before taking any admission in this institute. It may be wastage of time and money for them.