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 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.