Lok Sabha Question No. 4247 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Open and Distance Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4247 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  JANUARY, 2019

## Open and Distance Education

## 4247.   SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is promoting Open and Distance Education in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  details  of  Conventional/  Deemed  Universities  having  Open  and  Distance  Learning Institutions in the country, as on date, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the major streams/disciplines of distance education being imparted by the said Universities in the country, as on date; and
- (d) whether the Programmes/Courses run by the said Universities have the consent/ approval of the Distance Education Council and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

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- (a)  : Yes Madam. In this regard to maintain the standards and quality in the open and distance learning mode of education, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has, accordingly, notified UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017.
- (b)  to (d): As on date there are 81 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) including conventional, Deemed-to-be-Universities  and  Open  Universities  (Central/State)  which  are  offering  higher education through Open and Distance learning (ODL) mode.  The details of these Universities are  given  at Annexure-A .   The  major  streams/disciplines  for  imparting  Open  and  Distance education in the said 81 Universities are Arts, Science, Commerce, Management and Computer Application etc. All the ODL programmes/courses run by these HEIs are duly approved by UGC.

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ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO PART 'B' TO 'D' OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4247 FOR ANSWER  ON  07.01.2019  REGARDING  OPEN  AND  DISTANCE  EDUCATION  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAHUL SHEWALE, SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE AND SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB.

|   S. NO | NAME/CATEGORY OF HEI                                                       | STATE             |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                            | ANDHRA PRADESH    |
|       2 | SRI PADMAVATI MAHILA VISHWAVIDYA LAYAM (STATE UNIVERSITY)                  | ANDHRA PRADESH    |
|       3 | SRI PADMAVATI MAHILA VISHWAVIDYA LAYAM (STATE UNIVERSITY)                  | ANDHRA PRADESH    |
|       4 | RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                               | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |
|       5 | ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                            | ASSAM             |
|       6 | KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUE STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY ( STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)      | ASSAM             |
|       7 | GAUHATI UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                      | ASSAM             |
|       8 | DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                    | ASSAM             |
|       9 | TEZPUR UNIVERSITY (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                                     | ASSAM             |
|      10 | LALIT NARAYAN MITHILA UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                        | BIHAR             |
|      11 | NALANDA OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                            | BIHAR             |
|      12 | PANJAB UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                       | CHANDIGARH        |
|      13 | PT. SUNDARLAL SHARMA OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)               | CHHATTISGARH      |
|      14 | C.V.RAMAN UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                                  | CHHATTISGARH      |
|      15 | INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                | DELHI             |
|      16 | UNIVERSITY OF DELHI (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                                   | DELHI             |
|      17 | RASHTRIYA SANSKRIT SANSTHAN (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)                      | DELHI             |
|      18 | JAMIA HAMDARD, NEW DELHI (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)                         | DELHI             |
|      19 | DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)             | GUJARAT           |
|      20 | CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                           | GUJARAT           |
|      21 | MAHARISHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                           | HARYANA           |
|      22 | GURU JAMBESHWA R UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY (STATE UNIVERSITY)      | GUJARAT           |
|      23 | HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                             | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |
|      24 | KASHMIR UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                      | JAMMU& KASHMIR    |
|      25 | JAGADGURU SHRI SHIVARATHRE ESWARA UNIVERSITY (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)     | KARNATAKA         |
|      26 | KARNATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                    | KARNATAKA         |
|      27 | MANGALORE UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                    | KARNATAKA         |
|      28 | BANGALORE UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                    | KARNATAKA         |
|      29 | KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                      | KARNATAKA         |
|      30 | MYSORE UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                       | KARNATAKA         |
|      31 | JAIN UNIVERSITY (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)                                  | KARNATAKA         |
|      32 | UNIVERSITY OF KERALA (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                    | KERALA            |
|      33 | CALICUT UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                      | KERALA            |
|      34 | KANNUR UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                       | KERALA            |
|      35 | MAHATMA GANDHI ANTARRASHT RIYA HINDI VISHWAVIDYA LAYA (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY) | MAHARASHTR A      |

| 36    | SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                   | 37          |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|       | YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN MAHARASHTR A OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                 | 37          |
| 38    | SMT. NATHIBAI DAMODAR THACKERSEY WOMENS UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                   | 37          |
| 39    | PADMASHREE DR. D.Y. PATIL VIDYAPEETH, MUMBAI (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)                  | 37          |
| 40    | BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY(STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                |             |
| 41    | M.P.BHOJ (OPEN) UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                                      |             |
| 42    | MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI VEDIC VISHWAVIDYA LAYA (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                       |             |
| 43    | DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYA LAYA (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                         |             |
| 44    | M.G. CHITRAKOOT VISHWAVIDYA LAYA (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                     |             |
| 45    | JIWAJI UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                    |             |
| 46    | FAKIRMOHAN UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                |             |
| 47    | NORTH ORISSA UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                              |             |
| 48    | ORISSA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                                    |             |
| 49    | PUNJABI UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                   |             |
| 50    | LOVELY PROFESSIONA L UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                                    |             |
| 51    |                                                                                         |             |
|       | PONDICHERR Y UNIVERSITY (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                                            |             |
|       | JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                                         | 52 53 54 55 |
|       | SURESH GYAN VIHAR UNIVERSITY(PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                                        |             |
|       | JAGAN NATH UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                                              |             |
| 56    | VARDHMAN MAHAVEER OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                               |             |
| 57    | JAYOTI VIDYAPEETH WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                               |             |
|       | UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                 | 58          |
|       | ANNA UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                      | 59          |
|       | OPEN                                                                                    | 60          |
|       | TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY) TAMIL UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)       | 61          |
|       | SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)                       | 61          |
| 62 63 | INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYSTS OF INDIA, AGARTALA (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)       |             |
|       | TRIPURA UNIVERSITY (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                                                 |             |
| 65    | KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                  | 64          |
| 66    | MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                              |             |
| 67    | DR. B.R. AMBEDKER OPEN UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                    |             |
| 68    | THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGNLANGUAGES UNIVERSITY(CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)                         |             |
| 69    | UTTARAKHAN D OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                                    |             |
| 70    | UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                         |             |
| 71    | ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY                                           |             |
| 72    | INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                                                |             |
| 73    | U.P. RAJARSHI TANDON OPEN UNIVERSITY (STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY)                            |             |
| 74    | SWAMI VIVEKANAND SUBHARTI UNIVERSITY (PRIVATE UNIVERSITY)                               |             |
|       | DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONA L INSTITUTE (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)                              |             |
|       | BURDWAN UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                   | 75          |
|       |                                                                                         | 76          |
| 77    | NETAJI SUBHASH OPEN UNVERSITY (STATE OPENUNIVERSITY)                                    |             |
| 78    | VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                |             |
| 79    | UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI (STATE UNIVERSITY) RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY (STATE UNIVERSITY) |             |
| 80    | OF NORTH BENGAL (STATE UNIVERSITY)                                                      |             |
| 81    | UNIVERSITY                                                                              |             |