There are as many as 277 fake engineering colleges functioning in India, and Delhi tops the list with 66 institutes that offer engineering and technical courses. According to a document tabled in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh, besides the national capital, Telangana and West Bengal have 35 and 27 fake technical institutes, respectively. The list also includes 23 colleges in Karnataka, 22 colleges in Uttar Pradesh, 18 colleges in Haryana, 16 colleges in Maharashtra, 11 in Tamil Nadu. The instances of engineering colleges running their courses without the approval of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have been directed to take necessary AICTE approval, or they will be shut down.
