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[edit] Introduction
Karnataka State Open University was started functioning on Jun 1st 1996, under the Karnataka State Open University Act of 1992. The university has its headquarters in Mysore. The university was started by government of Karnataka.The objective is to provide education to people who cannot attend full time or part time educational courses offered by universities. The distance education programmes provide opportunity to people who are working, who cannot to afford full time education to earn degrees or diplomas. The Karnataka state open universities originally started as the Institute of correspondence course and continuing education, a wing of University of Mysore. The Karnataka State Open University is the 8th Open University to be established in India.
[edit] Campus
Karnataka State Open University is situated in an area of 15 acres along the Mysore-Mangalore highway, in the Manasagangotri campus of the University of Mysore, in Mysore city. It is about 5 km. from the city centre and has an atmosphere ideally suited for academic pursuits. The university headquarters houses the administrative offices, the academic block, lecture halls, a well-equipped library, a few cottages for students coming to Mysore for examinations and contact programmes, and all the necessary amenities such as post-office, bank and canteen.
[edit] List of Vice Chancellors
| No |
From |
To |
Name |
Position previously held |
| 1 |
Jun 1 1996 |
Jun 1999 |
|
| 2 |
Jun 1999 |
25th Jun 2003 |
Prof. N. S. Ramegowda |
Prof. Chemistry, IGNOU regional director for Karnataka and Goa |
| 3 |
26th Jun 2003 |
25th Jun 2007 |
Prof. K. Sudha Rao |
PhD psychology, DU, Senior fellow of the Higher Education unit at the National Institute of Education, Planning and Administration Cell, New Delhi |
| 4 |
28th Jun 2007 |
- |
Prof. B. A. Vivek Rai |
Professor of Kannada, Former Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University |
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