Faridabad’s Al-Falah University, which came under scrutiny after investigators found links between the institute and the Delhi blast, said the outdated NAAC accreditation on its website was the result of a “deficiency”, “web design errors” and “inadvertent outages”.
According to a Hindustan Times report, the university said it “apologies” for the “misleading” accreditation displayed on the website and informed the NAAC that the claims have now been removed.
Al-Falah University, spread over 76 acres in Dhauj village in Haryana’s Faridabad district, came under scrutiny after three doctors associated with the institution were linked to the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed at least 12 people.
Why is Al-Falah’s NAAC degree under scrutiny?
On November 13, the accreditation body issued a warning to Al-Falah University for displaying “grossly incorrect and misleading” information – including an “A grade” for its engineering faculty from 2013 and accreditation for its teacher training school from 2011.
In its letter, the NAAC said that the accreditation status had expired in 2016 and 2018 and that the two colleges had not volunteered for NAAC’s Cycle 2 Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) process.
The notice said the false portrayal of accreditation was “misleading”, “false” and ordered the university to remove all false claims, file a compliance report and respond within seven days.
Al-Falah receives another showdown notice
On Friday, November 21, the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) issued a notice to Al-Falah University asking why its minority status should not be revoked in light of its connection with the Delhi blast case, ANI reported citing sources.
A hearing on the case is scheduled for December 4. Notices have been sent to the registrar of the university and the principal secretary of the education department in Haryana to submit the report.
What is the connection between Al-Falah University and the Delhi blast?
Pulwama-based doctor Mohammad Umar Nabi, who was suspected to be behind the wheel of the Hyundai i20 that exploded near the Red Fort Metro station, was an assistant professor in Al-Falah.
Dr. Muzammil Ganaie, who was also among those arrested, was a teacher at Al-Falah University.
According to intelligence reports, Umar Nabi is not the first person associated with Al-Falah to be linked to terrorism.
Al-Falah’s other graduate linked to a terrorism case
One graduate from Al-Falah was earlier found involved in terrorist activities, ANI reported.
The individual named in the reports was Mirza Shadab Beg, one of the key members of the Indian Mujahideen. Beg completed his B.Tech in Electronics & Instrumentation from Al-Falah Engineering College, Faridabad in 2007.
A year later, he was found involved in a serial blast in Ahmedabad in 2008, as reported by news channel ANI.
