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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.
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| Type | Open university |
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| Established | 2 October 2020 |
| Chancellor | Governor of Kerala |
| Vice-Chancellor | Jagathy Raj V. P. |
| Pro-vice-chancellor | S. V. Sudheer |
| Location | , , India |
| Campus | Rural |
| Registrar | Dimpi V. Divakaran |
| Affiliations | University Grants Commission |
| Website | sgou |
With its establishment, all the distance education courses offered by state-run universities (Kannur University, Mahatma Gandhi University, University of Calicut, and University of Kerala) until then came under the administrative control and purview of SGOU, making it currently the only public university in Kerala to offer distance education.
History
editThe university was established by the promulgation of an 45th Ordinance of 2020 to that effect by Governor of Kerala on 25 September 2020[1] and was inaugurated by Pinarayi Vijayan, chief minister of Kerala, on 2 October 2020 in a function held at Kollam. The university has been named after Narayana Guru and has its headquarters at Kureepuzha in Kollam.[2][3] P M Mubarak Pasha was appointed as the first vice-chancellor and S V Sudheer as the first pro-vice-chancellor of the university.[4] The university was approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2021.[5]
Schools of study
editThe university shall have the following schools of study:
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Sciences
- School of Languages
- School of Law, Business Studies and Development Studies
- School of Communications and Information Sciences
- School of Interdisciplinary, Multi disciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies
- School of Vocational Education and Training
References
edit- ^ "KERALA GAZETTE Extraordinary" (PDF). Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Sree Narayanaguru Open University inaugurated". Information and Public Relations Department. Govt of Kerala. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Staff Reporter (4 October 2020). "Open varsity will make higher education accessible to all: CM". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Staff Reporter (8 October 2020). "Mubarak Pasha to be first VC of open varsity". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Sree Narayana Guru Open University gets UGC recognition". Mathrubhumi. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.