Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission, has notified the list of Universities granted recognition for programmes through the Open & Distance Learning Mode for academic year 2018-19 and onwards.
As per the list, Kerala, Calicut and Kannur Universities in Kerala, have been accorded sanction to conduct various courses from 2018-19 to 2019-20.
The List of Courses granted recognition for the Universities in Kerala are the following:
Kerala: Bachelor of Arts: Economics, English, Hindi, History, Malayalam, Political Science, Sociology; Bachelor of Business Administration, Commerce, Computer Applications, Library And Information Science; Bachelor of Science: Computer Science, Mathematics; Master Of Arts: Political Science, Public Administration, Economics, English, Hindi, History, Malayalam, Sociology; Master of Commerce (Finance), Library And Information Science; Master Of Science: Computer Science, Mathematics (25 courses)
Calicut: Bachelor of Arts: Afzal Ul Ulama, Arabic, Economics, English, Hindi, History, Malayalam, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit, Sociology; Bachelor of Business Administration, Commerce; Master of Arts: Arabic, Hindi, History, Malayalam, Philosophy, Sociology (19)
Kannur: Bachelor of Arts: History, Economics, Political Sciences, English, Malayalam, Afsal-Ul-Ulama, Bachelor of Commerce (Co- Operation), Business Administration, Master of Arts: Economics, History, English, Arabic (12).
The other Universities that have got approval are the following:
Andhra Pradesh: Acharya Nagarjuna University (State University); Sri Padmavati Mahila Vishwavidy alayam (State University).
Assam: Don Bosco Unversity (Private University); Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University (State Open University); Gauhati Unversity (State University); Dibrugarh University (State University); Tezpur University (Central University)
Bihar: Lalit Narayan Mithila University (State University); Nalanda Open University (State Open University)
Chandigarh: Panjab University (State University);
Chhattisgarh: Pt. Sundarlal Sharma Open University (State Open University)
Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (Central University); University of Delhi (Central University)
Gujarat: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (State Open University)
Haryana: Chaudhary Devi Lal University (State University); Maharishi Dayanand University (State University); Guru Jambeshwar University of Science & Technology (State University)
Karnataka: Karnataka State Open University (State Open University); Mangalore University (State University)
Maharashtra: Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (Central University); Shivaji University (State University); Yashwantra o Chavan Maharashtr a Open University (State Open University); Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Womens University (State University)
Madhya Pradesh: Barkatullah University (State University); Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic Vishwavidy alaya (Private University)
Odisha: Fakir Mohan University (State University); Orissa State Open University (State Open University)
Punjab: Punjabi University (State University)
Puduchery: Pondicherry University (Central University)Rajasthan: Jaipur National University (Private University); Suresh Gyan Vihar University (Private University); Jagan Nath University (Private University); Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (State Open University); Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University (Private University)
Tamil Nadu: University of Madras (State University); Anna University (State University);
Tripura: Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Agartala (Private University); Tripura University (Central University)
Telangana: Kakatiya University (State University); Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Central University); Dr. B.R. Ambedker Open University, Hyderabad (State Open University); The English and Foreign Languages University (Central University);
Uttarakhand: Uttarakhand Open University (State Open University); University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Private University)
Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh Muslim University (Central University); Integral University (Private University); U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University (State Open University)
West Bengal: Burdwan University (State University); Netaji Subhash Open Unversity (State Open University)
The courses recognised for each University along with the period of recognition is available at https://www.ugc.ac.in/deb/
