ICFAI University Group
Reviews and Complaints

I cleared cfa from ICFAI in 2012 in a hope it will have recognition and they have awarded 2 certificates mfa and cfa and both these have no value in market no one is recognizing them; my time money and most important career is in vain because of ICFAI negligence; moreover they asked 10k more for cfa membership and have no membership data I don't know where are members of ICFAI; this is big time scam. Don't trust. Even government body is not recognizing them I was trying to apply to IBBI for valuation officer for Securities or Financial Assets but they said its not valid certification though entire course was based on financial assets.

The tenure of giving the even semester fee in ICFAI agartala, Tripura was 17 th feb 2021 to 22 Feb 2021. Bt in this tanure there are one holiday i.e Sunday..some of candidates couldn't gave their semester fees due to this short tenure as there are one holiday and also the pandemic year is going on..some candidates were going to clear their fees on the last date but due to high crowd they could not able to clear their dues..may b there were no such provition for controlling the crowd in registration section in Icfai. So on 23 rd feb 2021 ICFAI take 1000 fine with semester fees ..may this is so shameful and unfair activities by ICFAI Tripura.

however, registration can be renew as per rules of ICFAI. But, icfai denied to do that. find below reply from ICFAI
This refers to your mail requesting for extension of validity period for your enrollment under MBA Program.
As you are aware the duration of the program is two years. However, to facilitate students pursuing the program under distance learning mode, an extended validity period of 7 years from the date of enrollment was given. You had enrolled into the program in June 2008 and the enrollment was valid up to May 2015. As on date both the duration of program and validity has ended.
Please note that exigencies like personal problems etc. are taken into account while fixing the validity period of the Program. The validity period of your enrollment for 7 years would have sufficed to take care of any exigencies during the period. Exams are conducted 4 times a year to help students plan their schedule.
As per your request, the admission committee has considered for denovo with 4 years validity extension to complete the program. Accordingly you have remitted denovo fee on August 2018 to complete the program.

But you did not utilize the opportunity to complete the program within validity period.

After the perusal of your academic records it shows that you have cleared only 16 subjects out of 20 subjects of the program and you have still 4 subjects pending to complete the program.

Every program has a specific time bound value. Now we are in of 2019, already 11 years are passed and, there is no strength in your case to support the request.

In the light of the above the extension validity of the program is not possible.

Student Services Department

It's not a complaint but a suggestion. Sir as a student I want you to state you to built a hostel in campus which influence more students to take admission in your college. And it also help icfai to increase it's rating among other private colleges. Because in these days every student want a hostel in his/her campus. I am just checking your rating and reviews on different websites and I suddenly recognized that everything is perfect except hostel in your college. Thank you sir for listening this and I think you definitely do something about this. Please built an in campus hostel at least for girls.

This is to bring your notice to ICFAI university cheating and badly hampering the students by failing in exams again and again though we wrote exam confidently for the money the university is doing this. While taking admission they also said that we will b having a weekly classes nearest to our branches they lied that also no classes nothing
This is the 3tym iam writing 1sem3papers though I have prepared well they r going on failing me this is not fair which university is doing with poor people.
The institution do not bother about hardship of the people who are earning money and paying to ICFAI university
The reason is that they don't want students to clear the exams and move on for future
They will not let you pass for the desire of money
If u expect pass though u wrote perfectly u vil get fail in results
So, I finally warning and pleaing to university and paper correctors don't play with students feelings check the papers correct and deliver correct results to students .
Finally I just want to say that plzzzz dont come into this university talks and donttake admission blindly its completely fraud fraud fraud, money grabber
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz dont waste your money unnecessarily on this university opt fo any other university iam saying this with my clear experience Which u have came across

Guys don't enroll icfai as they will let you write exams from your home via webcam and their degree has no value because of this, if you tell them you are an international student and they charge 120$ for each papers and write exams from home.. I have all their emails saved with me... When I heard this options, I decided to withdraw the bba and asked for deposit and refund of 1st installment (8k) they were giving silly excuses when I kept emailing continously they replied and they said they will not pay, im preparing to sue the bangalore icfai soon.

Hi All,

I would like to educate you that ICFAI is having UGC DEB recognition for distance education if required can check in the website of UGC. Since ICFAI is a University, University has a UGC DEB recognition so no need to apply for AICTE approval.

And about extra money whom so ever is collecting are not from the university because whatever fee normally paid by the student will be informed at the time of admission only.

I am pursuing MBA from ICFAI Sikkim. I have cleared 3 level and now I am not allowed to register for rest of my exams until I make the payment of Rs 5000 towards CIMBAG membership. This was never mentioned at the time of enrollment of MBA program. It is also not clear what benefits I am going to get out of this membership and why it is a mandatory fee. As a student, I should be allowed to opt out for this if I don't need services of CIMBAG. The university is forcing to pay this and until I pay registration won't be allowed for next level of exams.
The surprising thing is that SSD keeps asking to pay in every email rather clarifying on why I have to pay this amount. It is a huge amount and as a student, it is difficult to arrange this much money all of a sudden.

My request to university is that please don't ask the student to pay something last minute which is not even mentioned in the fee structure. This is an unfair act from university towards students. I sincerely request to either waive off or make this as a non-mandatory fee.

Hi Friends, My name is Indrapal Navik, I do stay in Mumbai and my mobile number is [protected]. This is very painful to say that we’ve been threatened by the ICFAI SR Marketing Executive Sonali Chaurasia for not enrolling with their institute. She’s manner less, senseless with very bad behavior. She doesn’t know that how to speak with a customer. We are in shock and still regretting that, if we wouldn’t have gone for the inquiry. Then we might not have facing such problems. Me and one of my friend Ravishekhar Yadav had been gone for the inquiry about distance learning MBA. We’d not any idea about the MBA. Then we’ve approached the Sr. Marketing Executive Sonali Chaurasia, to whom we had met during a campaign at our office. We called her and scheduled our counseling for the same. The counseling session was for the only 10-15 minutes. And we’d made a big mistake of our life by saying that we’re going to come on Friday for the admission. But next day we’ve got the bad feedback of this institute (Like, there were 1) no classes, 2) No projects & assignment, 3) No written exam) and we decided to not enroll with it. We thought that we should inquired with few more institute be4 taking any decision. Then Sr. Marketing executive Sonali Chaurasia started calling me and harassing, forcing and threatening me at any time, whether it’s Sunday or any day. She use to call me and ask me unwanted questions, that why you are not enrolling to our institute, even after clearly telling her that we’ll not take admission in your institute. She keep calling me for a month with different – 2 mobile numbers. And use to ask me same questions. Finally she called me on last Sunday (20th December 2015) and again started fighting with me just for not enrolling with her institute. She was saying that you’ve wasted my energy by taking counseling with me. You’ve wasted my time, she was threatening me with dire consequence that if you are enrolling us after inquiring then it’s big crime for you people. Still I am shock stage; I am feeling insulted and defamed. Dear reader if you don’t believe that it was really happened or not? Then I’ve recorded the last conversation of her. Wherein, she abused me with bad words. She said that you’d not 60000 RS to take admission in our institute, then how you are going to take admission in ITM Institute by paying in lacks. We’ve made a big mistake of our life. She said that it’s mandatory to take admission, even if you are taking counseling in our institute. Please if anyone wants to hear the conversation between me and her, please just call me on [protected], I’ll send the conversation to you. Then you will trust me that how she was talking to me. Please don’t go for the admission or any kind of inquiry in ICFAI Institute. Otherwise, they will start you harassing from day 1st. You’re Friend/Well-wisher, Indrapal Navik Mumbai

Hi, I received continuous calls and followups from ICFAI. The executive, Kalpana ([protected]@gmail.com) tried persuading me to join the MBA program, even without knowing about my qualification. When I raised concern on the eligibility, she stated that I wrongly conveyed my eligibility and desperate to hang the phone call rather than looking for alternate options. She is impolite and turned deaf ears towards my work experience and the industry that I am in, to look for options. Please not entertain nor join this organization. They are ruthless and mean, and not qualified to be known as a revered organization. Thanks

Hi,

I am Vardaan Bhatnagar, a resident from Delhi. I wish to enroll for Distance learning MBA from ICFAI.

I know that for current session 2015-16, ICFAI is recognized for imparting distance education by UGC-DEB committee.

Only point of worry-I have seen many remarks from students/learning from ICFAI, stating that management doesn't want that student to clear MBA is minimum duration of time, and intentionally they have created very hard papers for the students, so that they have to re-appear in the exam which costs Rs 1000/- per course.

Pls suggest/advice.

Regards
Vardaan Bhatnagar
[protected]@yahoo.com

Hello,
Respected sir / madam
It is hereby to inform you that the branch manager mr. Abhishek tiwari lucknow station road branch take 5000 / - rs. Of employees salary if employee fail to give admission in any month. Me also an employee of the ifen branch in lucknow but due to this i was resign because mr. Abhishek tiwari told me either you give 5000 / - otherwise give your resignation.
He do the same with every employee. Kindly take an action otherwise i'll take a legal action against then and unfortunately it harms the goodwill of the organisation.
I shall be highly obliged
Thanking you
Ankur singh
Ifen lucknow station road branch.
[protected]

Hi,
I m a student of icfai university, i m really finding it difficult to access my current login id and path on this website. Every time the path gets changed and some of their website don't work only. What type of service tey provide pathetic.
It's not at all user friendly, the university is fraud base and i advise all my friends not to enroll in this university.
Their representative says the courses are very easily and you can get all the required help you want from us but that never happens once the payment is made. Please don't make the same mistake which i have made.

IFEN Rajajinagar, deals in ICFAI university program have appointed cheat people. These people will give wrong information to make their incentives. After student is cheated no-one is there (from institute as well as university) to tale any action against them. Specially a person over thein named Yuvraj or Rajan. This person uses two names and call himself as admission officer. He is a cheat person. Due to him I lost money in paying extra fee to the university. Do not trust these peoples. Once you are locked no one is there to help you out.

Dear sir

I have enrolled for distance mba with icfai and my enrolment number is mba2043206. I have registered for jan 2011 exams for the below subjects :

1) accounting for decision making i & ii
2) human resource management i & ii

I have written numerous emails to [protected]@icfaiuniversity. In and [protected]@iutripura. Edu. In to send the course material for me to prepare for the exam but till date i have not received a single reply. . I have called up the 1800 numerous times but this number is also busy in another call (Tried for 3 days for 2 - 3 hours and each time same response) , i guess they lift the receiver and keep it off the hook

With less than a month for the exams now, i have still not received the study material. . Pls assist to get the course material asap. . I think icfai ppl never want the students to complete the course and want them to keep apprearing for exams and paying fees

Nikhil
[protected]@yahoo.com
[protected]

Dear All,
This is to inform u that I had enrolled in MBA program in ICFAI )distance learning ) in July07.I have passed till grp D in 2yrs.I just wanted to warn those who are going to enroll for MBA in ICFAI.They peoply only making fool to us.At the time of enrollment their marketing person make faque promises for just only want to make their business like he will provide the part time job of approx 8000/mnth, it is very easy to pass exams I will help u in exams, U can continue this with your job, i will make a source for education loan etc etc..I and many of my frnds has been promised by their marketing persons just to fill their pocket and comission.They will water your mouth by giving such comments that after completing MBA u will get guarenteed job of 20, 000/month.But beware of these faque promises.I belong to the middle class family and doing job.They showed my the creamy things in doing from here and I took an education loan for this.But till now I have completed only grp D in 2 yrs.Their course structure os so high just like regular course and impossible to do with job.It makes a lot of mental pressure of completing course in 3mths.They fail you intentionally just to make money by submitting Rs.1000 for a grp.May be you peoply won't believe me but I asked only one question regading ICFAI marking in papers which no one able to give my answer for that.I have got exact 55% marks in A, B and C grps.Not even 55.1 or 55.2.The same thing happend with many of my frnds also.They also got total exact 55% marks.i.e 220/400.Can u tell me how is it possible to get same percentage of everybody.What is the reason behind this.Can everyone has the same abilty to get only 55% passing marks..How is this possible..It just only means that cut the marks intentionally just to make bound the stdent to submit fees again for the same grp.As per the analysis done by me ICFAI results goes in points.I requested with the manager that i want to quit this course and want my fees back as I am not in the position to continue and I have to pay my loan back.They directly refused.I have wasted 2 1/2 yrs and money also.So I request not to join ICFAI.They ony make fools to student and spoil their future.

What is the maximum time limit of completing a course(Distance Learning MBA).
By any case this time can be increased?

Hi my self is dhaval m shah,

My enrollment no. Is mba 2058098

At the time of my enrollment they gave me placement guarantee and i have paid appropriate fee of rs. 3500.

I have completed my mba program me with in 3 year but i have not received any single call for interview from icfai.

I request to all pl z do not enroll with this institute. Its totally fake university. Plz be safe before enroll

This institute you can also call me at [protected]

Hi! All,

ICFAI University is recognized by the University Grants Commission under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956.

A University established by an Act of Central Government or State Government does not require AICTE approval for conduct of technical courses. Only technical institutions require approval of AICTE. AICTE Act 1987-Section 3(h) defines technical institution as an Institution, not being a University, which offers courses or programmes of technical education. The Supreme Court has ruled that it is not mandatory for a University created under an Act, to seek approval of AICTE.

The ICFAI University, was established under the provisions of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University, enacted by Legislative Assembly of State. So, ICFAI University, does not require AICTE approval.

All the best