UGC Allows 11 more Universities to offer open Distance Learning Courses

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About UGC Allows 11 more Universities to offer open Distance Learning Courses

Recently, UGC (University Grants Commission) allowed to offer Open Distance learning Courses 11 more Universities from the November 2021 academic session. This list was based on the SAC i.e. Standard Appellate Committee Meeting held on 30 June and 1 July.

In the 551th meeting, the UGC taken the decision that the upcoming academic session for 2021 for the programs will be started in this November & the last date of admission will be on 15, December.

The UGC recognized 11 more Universities for provisioning the Open and Distance learning programs until (2025-26) and the universities includes Pondicherry and Rajasthan, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and three other universities from West Bengal.

The first list of HEIs (Higher Educational Institutes) with recognized programs was released on 10, March. Applicants can check details through the UGC-DEB portal. In meeting the commission said, only HEIs with recognized programs under the open distance learning approved by UGC can start their admission process.

List of 11 universities allows by UGC and Name of recognized programs:

State	Category of HEI	Names of Recognized Programs
Gujrat	Dr. Babasahib Ambedkar Open University	MASTER OF COMMERCE BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
		MASTER OF ARTS (JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (CYBER SECURITY)
Karnataka	Karnataka State Open University	MASTER OF SCIENCE (ZOOLOGY)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (BOTANY)
		MASTER OF ARTS (EDUCATION)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (FOOD & NUTRITION SCIENCE)
		MASTER OF ARTS (TELUGU)
		BACHELOR OF SCIENCE(GENERAL)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
		BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) (HOME SCIENCE)
		BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
		BBA in (MARKETING MANAGEMENT)
		BCA
Madhya Pradesh	M.P. Bhoj Open University	BACHELOR OF JOURNALISM
		BACHELOR OF LIBRARY & INFORMATIONSCIENCES
		MASTER OF COMMERCE (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT)
		MASTER OF ARTS (HINDI LITERATURE)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (BOTANY)
		MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS)
Madhya Pradesh	Jiwaji University	BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
		BA in (COMBINATION OF 3 SUBJECTS)
		MASTER OF ARTS (DRAWING & PAINTING)
		MASTER OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES MASTER OF ARTS (HISTORY) MASTER OF ARTS (GEOGRAPHY)
		MASTER OF COMMERCE
Puducherry	Pondicherry University	MASTER OF COMMERCE- FINANCE
		BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – MANAGEMENT
		BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (COMBINATION OF 3 SUBJECTS) – ECONOMICS
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (COMBINATION OF 3 SUBJECTS)- HISTORY
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (COMBINATION OF 3 SUBJECTS)- SOCIOLOGY
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (COMBINATION OF 3 SUBJECTS)-ENGLISH
		BACHELOR OF ARTS-JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (COMBINATION OF 3 SUBJECTS)-POLITICAL SCIENCE
		MASTER OF ARTS- ENGLISH
		MA- HINDI MASTER OF ARTS- SOCIOLOGY
Rajasthan	Suresh Vihar University	BA in (COMBINATION OF 3 SUBJECTS)
		BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL MANAGEMENT)
		BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
Tamil Nadu	Manonmaniam Sundaranar University	MASTER OF ARTS (TAMIL)
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS)(TAMIL)
		MASTER OF ARTS (ENGLISH)
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS)(ENGLISH)
		BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS) (ECONOMICS)
		BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)
		BACHELOR OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES
		MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS)
		MASTER OF ARTS(JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION)
		MASTER OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES
West Bengal	Netaji Subhash Open University	Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication
West Bengal	Netaji Subhash Open University	Master of Arts in Economics
Tamil Nadu	University of Madras	BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (MUSIC)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (GEOGRAPHY)
		MASTER OF FINE ARTS (MUSIC)
West Bengal	Rabindra Bharati University	MASTER OF ARTS (ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES)
		MASTER OF ARTS (BENGALI)
		MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
		MASTER OF ARTS (VOCAL MUSIC)
		MASTER OF ARTS (RABINDRA SANGEET)
		MASTER OF ARTS (SANSKRIT)
West Bengal	University of Kalyani	MASTER OF ARTS (BENGALI)
		MASTER OF ARTS (ENGLISH)
		MASTER OF ARTS (HISTORY)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (ZOOLOGY)
		MASTER OF ARTS (EDUCATION)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (MATHEMATICS)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (BOTANY)
		MASTER OF SCIENCE (GEOGRAPHY)

Last month UGC has allowed four universities to offer online degree programs including Karunya Institute of Technology & Science Bharathiar University- Tamil Nadu, Mahatma Gandhi University- Kerala, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute- West Bengal. Also check, a list of 38 universities was approved by UGC to offer online degree programs.