Al-Falah University (Image: ANI)
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru-based National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), on Thursday, issued a showcause notice to the Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology, Fatehpur in Haryana for falsely claiming and publicising that the colleges run by the University are NAAC accredited on their official website.
Al-Falah University, a private institution located about 27 km from the Haryana-Delhi border, on Raga Road, District Faridabad, Dhauj, has come under the scanner of national security agencies over the past couple of days owing to shocking developments that included a massive recovery of explosives from a room near the educational institution and the bomb blast near the iconic Red Fort in Delhi that left 12 people dead, and dozens injured that shocked the entire nation.
Questioning the violations, Prof. Ganesan Kannabiran, Director of the NAAC has issued the notice to the Registrar of the Al-Falah University and asked the management why action should not be taken against the University and also why not be disqualified for future consideration for Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) by NAAC?
The Al-Falah University has also been directed to remove NAAC accreditation details from its official website. It has also been asked to remove any other publicly available and distributed documents and report back to NAAC that the above is complied with.
The University has been asked to respond within 7 days from the receipt of the showcause notice.
Prof. Kannabiran stated in the notice that, "It is brought to your notice that Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology, Fatehpur, Raga Road, District Faridabad, Dhauj, Haryana is Cycle-1 accredited by NAAC with Grade 'A' with CGPA 3.08 out of 4.00 from March 23, 2013 to March 22, 2018.
"Department of Teacher Education, Al-Falah School of Education and Training, Fatehpur Raga Road, District Faridabad, Dhauj-121004, Haryana is Cycle-1 accredited by NAAC with Grade 'A' with CGPA 3.16 out of 4.00 from 27 March 2011 to 26th March 2016. Both of the above Colleges accreditation status have expired.
"Both of the above Colleges have not yet volunteered for the Cycle-2 Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) process of NAAC."
The notice further states, "It is brought to the notice of NAAC that the Al-Falah University neither is accredited nor volunteered for Cycle-1 for Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) has publicly displayed on their website that "Al-Falah University is an endeavour of Al-Falah Charitable Trust, which has been running three colleges on the campus, namely 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)," which is absolutely wrong and misleading the public, especially the parents, students and stakeholders.
It could be noted that in the past few days, police teams have made multiple visits to the Al-Falah University campus in Dhauj, Faridabad, questioning as many as 52 doctors as part of their investigation. Authorities are trying to gather details about Dr. Muzammil Shakeel, Dr. Shaheen Shahid, and Dr. Umar Mohammed — the trio suspected of operating a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror module in the country.
According to investigators, the group had stockpiled a large quantity of explosives and was allegedly plotting major attacks in Delhi. The same module is also believed to have links to the recent car explosion in Old Delhi.
The university has maintained that allegations are misleading and denied charges stating that they are "false and defamatory."
The management has said the university has no connection with the suspects apart from their professional link with the institution. The university's statement has also said there is no suspicious chemical at the university premises, contrary to what some reports suggested.
