Rijha BhatiaIf you want to continue your education and do not want to quit your job then you can do so via the distance education courses offered by distant education universities. Below is a list of top 5 such universities:
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1. IGNOU
The most popular and biggest university in India offering several distance learning courses. This university was instituted in 1985, with the objective to speed up the Gross Enrolment Ratio, by imparting quality education.
Contact Details: Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110068
Phone: 011-29535714
Website http://www.ignou.ac.in/
- Recognized as the Centre of Excellence in Distance Education by the Commonwealth of Learning (1993)
2. ICFAI University
This university educates its students through audio visuals on the internet. This university also assists its students to find good jobs.
Contact Details: ICFAI University P.O. Kamalghat, Sadar, West Tripura – 799210, India
Phone: 0381-2865755/56/57/58
Website http://www.icfaiuniversity.in/global_network isms .asp
- Debapratim Purkayastha, Associate Dean at ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, and the first faculty member from India won the prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” for the contribution to the Case Method.
3. Sikkim Manipal University
SMU offers distance learning courses to offer education to those students, who are unable to go to regular classes.
Contact Details:
Phone: Director- 91-80-40789100, Dean- 91-80-40789100.
Website: http://smude.edu.in/
- This University was recognized by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India as the ‘Best University in Distance/Open Learning’ in 2015.
4. Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
It is the largest autonomous educational institutions for distance education courses in India. The courses are offered via innovative concepts.
Contact Details:
Phone: 91-20-66211000
Website: http://www.scdl.net/
- SCDL has been awarded with the Maharashtra Government’s IT Award for Human Resource Development.
5. Annamalai University
It was founded by Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar in 1929. It has more than 49 departments and 2500 professionally trained staff and offers post graduate distance learning courses.
Contact Details: Annamalai University Annamalai Nagar – 608 002 Tamil Nadu India
Phone: 91 – 4144 – 238248/263/796
Website: http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/
- This university is accredited at the ‘A’ Grade level among the universities.
The above mentioned is the top 5 universities for distance learning courses in India.
