Ranchi-based Sana-ul-haq was arrested by the Odisha cyber police and produced in court here today from where he was remanded to jail custody, they said.
Cyber police station officials said the youth, a graduate in computer engineering from a private institution in Bhubaneswar, was working in a Mumbai firm.
Following a complaint from the OJEE authorities, the cyber police were investigating into the case for over a year.
The OJEE authorities had stumbled upon the fake website in January last year and lodged a police complaint at Bhubaneswar's Airfield police station.
The officials said the motive behind hosting the fake website was to prepare a database of students aspiring to pursue courses in engineering.
A section of private engineering colleges might also be associated with the case, the officials said.