Fake Degrees Prompt India Led by Infosys to Build an Ivy League

Commercial University Ltd. in New Delhi offers degrees in commerce, one of hundreds of private colleges trying to fill an education gap as India’s growth creates a middle class eager for its children to succeed.

The operation doesn’t have a campus, nor are its degrees recognized by the government. Commercial University, based in a post office building between the capital and the sprawling streets of the old city, is one of more than a dozen institutions labeled as “fake” in an alert on the website of the University Grants Commission, India’s college regulator.