Sree Narayanaguru Open University

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Sree Narayanaguru Open University
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Type Open university
Established2 October 2020
Chancellor Governor of Kerala
Vice-Chancellor P. M. Mubarak Pasha [1]
Pro-vice-chancellor S. V. Sudheer
Location, ,
India
CampusRural
Registrar P. N. Dileep
Affiliations UGC
Website sgou.ac.in

Sreenarayanaguru Open University (SGOU) is a public state open university located in Kollam, Kerala, established in 2020 by The Sreenarayanaguru Open University Act, 2021 (Kerala Act No 1 of 2021). The first open university in Kerala, it was approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2021. [2]

It is the only public university in Kerala to offer distance education, with its establishment, all the distance education courses offered by state-run universities—University of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi University, University of Calicut, and Kannur University came under the administrative control and purview of the new university. The university has been named after Narayana Guru and has its headquarters at Kureepuzha in Kollam.

The university was established by the promulgation of an 45th Ordinance of 2020 to that effect by Hon'ble governor of Kerala on 25 September 2020 [3] and was dedicated to the public by Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, on 2 October 2020 in a function held at Kollam. [4] [5]

Dr. P M Mubarak Pasha was appointed as the first vice-chancellor and Dr. S V Sudheer as the first pro-vice-chancellor of the university. [6]

Schools of study

The university shall have the following schools of study:

  1. School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  2. School of Sciences
  3. School of Languages
  4. School of Law, Business Studies and Development Studies
  5. School of Communications and Information Sciences
  6. School of Interdisciplinary, Multi disciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies
  7. School of Vocational Education and Training

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