Amid heightened scrutiny into Al-Falah University after several of its doctors were found to be involved in terror activities, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has issued a show-cause notice to the university in Faridabad for allegedly misleading the public by continuing to display expired accreditation statuses on its website.
The notice, served on Thursday, accuses the university of falsely promoting the NAAC credentials of two affiliated institutions, Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology and the Department of Teacher Education at Al-Falah School of Education and Training, despite the fact that their accreditations lapsed years ago. NAAC described the claims on their website as “absolutely wrong and misleading,” particularly to prospective students, parents, and stakeholders.
According to the notice, the Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology received a Cycle-1 “Grade A” with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.08 out of 4.00, which was valid from March 23, 2013, to March 22, 2018. Similarly, the Al-Falah School of Education and Training’s Department of Teacher Education earned an “A” grade with a CGPA of 3.16, effective from March 27, 2011, to March 26, 2016.
Accreditation status of both of the Colleges has expired, they have not yet volunteered for the mandatory Cycle-2 Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) process of NAAC.
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The university’s official website prominently features these outdated accreditation, stating: “Al-Falah University is an endeavour of Al-Falah Charitable Trust, which has been running three colleges on the campus, namely Al-Falah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).”
Notably, the website of the university has gone offline. The screenshot of its About page with the claim about the accreditation is given below.
NAAC has demanded an immediate response from the university within seven days and ordered the removal of all such references from its website and other public materials. Failure to comply could trigger severe repercussions, including legal action, disqualification from future NAAC assessments, and recommendations to regulatory bodies for withdrawing recognitions.
The Council has issued the show cause notice to the university asking it to explain: “Why action deemed appropriate, including legal, not be initiated against the Al-Falah University and why should the University not be disqualified for future consideration for Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) by NAAC?”
It further questions whether NAAC should urge the University Grants Commission (UGC) to revoke the university’s status under Sections 2(f) and 12B; the National Medical Commission (NMC) to withdraw approvals for medical programs; the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to pull teacher training recognitions; the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to end technical course approvals; or the Haryana state government to impose additional penalties.
The Al-Falah has been given just seven days to respond to the show cause notice.
This development comes against a troubling backdrop for Al-Falah University, which has been thrust into the national spotlight following the November 10 car explosion near Delhi’s iconic Red Fort. The blast, which claimed 13 lives and injured several others, has been linked to three practicing doctors working at Al-Falah Medical College, Dr Umar Un Nabi, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Saeed.
Dr. Umar was the driver of the explosive-laden vehicle who died in the attack. Muzammil and Shaheen were arrested days before the blast, and massive amounts of explosives and weapons were recovered from them.
The University website is currently inaccessible, and it seems it has been taken down. From the archive of the website, it can be seen that the site was hacked by Indian Cyber Alliance. The message posted by the group on the hacked site was, “Such RADICAL ISLAMIC Universities are not allowed in INDIAN SOIL. if you want to live in INDIA…live peacefully Like others. And if you want R@DICAL ISLAMIC JIHAAD… Better left INDIA & Shift to Pakistan.”
It further added, “Take it as WARNING…we are Tracking your ANTI NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. Stop your Anti-India activities, else we will destroy you.” It seems that the website was taken down after it was hacked.