North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament. The university is in the suburb of Shillong,the state capital of Meghalaya,India. The university has two campuses,in Shillong and Tura. Both campuses are in Meghalaya state. The first pro-vice chancellor was Early Rising Singha
Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon was an Indian civil servant,lawyer and legal educator,considered by many as the father of modern legal education in India. He is the founder of National Law Universities system and first director of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the National Judicial Academy,Bhopal and the founder-vice-chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). He has also served as Chairman of Indian Statistical Institute from 2002 to 2003.
The Annamalai University is a public state university in Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu,India. The 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) sprawling campus offers courses of higher education in arts,science,engineering,management,humanities,agriculture,and physical education. The university also provides more than 500 courses through distance education. With over 32,480 students residing on campus,it is one of the largest teaching,and residential universities in Asia,and is among the most reputed and ranked universities in India including the rankings from NIRF,QS World University Rankings,Times University Rankings,CWTS Leiden Ranking,India Today Magazine,India Today MDRA,AISHE,ARIIA,SCImago Institutions Rankings.
The Distance Education Bureau (DEB) is a bureau of the University Grants Commission (UGC) based in New Delhi,India,in charge of regulating distance education in India. It was established in 2012,replacing the Distance Education Council (DEC),an organisation that was responsible for open learning and distance education since 1985.
Gyan Vani is an educational FM radio station in several cities of India.
Central universities in India are public universities established by an Act of Parliament and are under the purview of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education,except for nine universities which are under the purview of other ministries. In general,universities in India are recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC),which draws its power from the University Grants Commission Act,1956. In addition,15 Professional Councils are established,controlling different aspects of accreditation and coordination. Central universities,in addition,are covered by the Central Universities Act,2009,which regulates their purpose,powers,governance etc.,and established 12 new universities.
Indira Gandhi National Open University,known as IGNOU,is a public distance learning university located in New Delhi,India. Named after the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi,the university was established in 1985 with a budget of ₹20 million,after the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act,1985. IGNOU is run by the central government of India,and with a total active enrollment of over 4 million students,it is the largest university in the world.
Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) is a distance learning university founded in 1996,located in Mysore in the Indian state of Karnataka.
V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai is the vice-chancellor of Somaiya Vidyavihar University and provost of Somaiya Vidyavihar,Pillai concurrently serving as the chancellor of the ICFAI University,Tripura. He was president of Mewar University,Chiittorgarh,Rajasthan,India (2016–2018).
Library science education in India has existed since the late 19th century. During the post-independence period,library-science education gained momentum with the assistance of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and UNESCO,and is centered at the university level. Library and information science (LIS) increased in popularity during the early 1990s with the establishment of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). In addition to the IGNOU,several of the 13 state open universities provide LIS programmes. U.P Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU) in Allahabad offers LIS degree programs through distance learning at the bachelor's,master's and doctoral level. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University established in 1982 is offering BLISc,MLIS,M.Phil. &Ph.D. Programmes in Library Sciences.
Ram G. Takwale was an Indian academic administrator who was the vice chancellor of the University of Pune from 1978 to 1984,a vice chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University and chairman of National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW),is an all women's university located in Delhi,India on the heritage campus at Kashmere Gate,Delhi. It was founded as the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology in 1998. In May 2013 it gained autonomy and became the first women's technical university in India established by Govt. of Delhi. The university offers BBA and BTech,MTech,and PhD programs in four branches of engineering i.e. in the field of Computer Science and Engineering,Electronics and Communication Engineering,Mechanical and Automation Engineering and Information Technology. The university also offers 5 years program in Bachelors of Architecture (B.Arch.) and a 2-year post graduate program in M. Plan.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a ministry of the Government of India,responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The ministry is further divided into two departments:the Department of School Education and Literacy,which deals with primary,secondary and higher secondary education,adult education and literacy,and the Department of Higher Education,which deals with university level education,technical education,scholarships,etc.
Abdul Waheed Khan was the Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),a role he has held from 2001 to 2010. He was President of a start-up business university in Manama,Bahrain until March 2013.
Nandini Sahu is an Indian poet and creative writer. She is the Director,School of Foreign Languages and professor of English at Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU],New Delhi. Her areas of research interest cover Indian Literature,New Literatures,Folklore and Culture Studies,American Literature,Children’s Literature and Critical Theory. She is the Chief Editor/Founder Editor of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language(IJLL),and Panorama Literaria,both bi-annual peer-reviewed journals in English. She is also professor of English at the Indira Gandhi National Open University,New Delhi,India. She has written several books including poetry in English. Her poetry has been published in India,US,UK,Africa and Pakistan. She has won three gold medals in English literature and also the award of All India Poetry Contest in 1993 at Saint Xavier College,Ranchi and Shiksha Ratna Purashkar. She is also editor in chief of Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language
SWAYAM is an Indian government portal for free open online course (MOOC) platform providing educational courses for university and college learners.
Gopalaswami Parthasarathi,often known simply as GP,was an Indian journalist,educationist,and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 1965 to December 1968.
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) is an autonomous central university at Fursatganj Airfield in Uttar Pradesh,India,for aviation studies and research. It is under the administration of the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India,constituted by an Act of Parliament in 2013 and physically established in 2018. It is India's first aviation university.
Gangarampur B.Ed College is a Bachelor of Education college in Kaldighi,Gangarampur in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal,India. The college is affiliated to the University of Gour Banga and approved by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) offering Bachelor of Education courses. Its current president is Dr. Towhid-e-Aman.
Nageshwar Rao is an Indian professor who is serving as Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University,largest open university in the world and Director of Central Hindi Directorate and served as Director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study,Vice Chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University and Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University and Honorary Fellow of Commonwealth of Learning.
