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Message from the Vice-Chancellor |
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 The Distance Education system has opened the doors for the young people for improving the academic career or reaching to greater heights in their respective professions. The System aims to provide education for those people who lost their opportunity in pursuing their studies and those who recognize the need to improve their qualifications during their professional career. The system made flexible to attract a large number of student communities to its innovative, need based programmes matching their needs and affordability.
The Directorate of Distance Education, Pondicherry University has now entered the era of non-formal education, the Twinning programme, the first of its kind in the country in collaboration with the karROX Centre Of Technology & Management ,Mumbai. The DDE offers a variety of courses for the benefit of the people employed in the corporate sector in this vast city, for shaping their career future prospectus.
I extend my Best Wishes to the students of this Twinning programme offered by the Pondicherry University and karROX Centre Of Technology & Management ,Mumbai. The DDE of Pondicherry University which will facilitate your ambitions of acquiring higher degrees. The University solicits and appreciates your valuable suggestions and feed back, constructive criticisms for the improvement of the DDE either in the Academic Service or in the Administrative system.
Prof. ((Dr.) J.A.K. TAREEN
Vice-Chancellor
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Authorities |
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President of India
Chancellor
Vice-President of India
Chief Rector
Lt. Governor of Puducherry
Vice-Chancellor
Pondicherry University
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Introduction |
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Puducherry is a Union Territory with excellent physical infrastructure and almost hundred per cent literacy level. It is also the place where Sri Aurobindo and the Mother chose to stay and their writings remain a tremendous source of spiritual awakening for the progress of humanity and spiritual brotherhood of all human population. A unique experimental city, Auroville, a brainchild of the Mother, whose inhabitants are drawn from different parts of the world, is situated on the outskirts of Pondicherry University. Puducherry, which still carries several marks of French cultural heritage, was also a place where the national poet Sri Subramania Bharathiar wrote several of his masterpieces that panned the flames of freedom and also enriched the modern Tamil literature. Bharathidasan, a staunch disciple of Subramania Bharathiar, whose poems stressed social revolution and emancipation of women, was also an eminent son of Puducherry. Therefore, it is indeed in the fitness of things that this city with such an illustrious history should also have the distinction of housing a central university that would meet the needs of the people of the Southern States in general and those of Puducherry in particular for higher education.
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Establishment and Role |
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Pondicherry University is an outstanding institution of higher education and is one of the Central Universities in India. Teaching research extension and outreach are the primary functions as seen in all Central Universities. In addition, it has also affiliated colleges located in Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam and the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The Union Territory of Lakshadweep is also expected to have a college affiliated to Pondicherry University in the near future. The Pondicherry University Act, 1985 which has several unique features established the University.
- To disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities.
- To make special provisions for studies in French and for integrated courses in humanities and sciences in the educational programmes.
- To take appropriate measures for promoting interdisciplinary studies and research.
The vast jurisdiction over three Union Territories gives the university a national character. The residents speak such diverse languages Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Telugu, English and French coupled with the university’s policy of providing the freedom to affiliated institutions to choose the languages in which they impart education. This diversity with the underlying unity of higher education makes it a microcosm of the Indian polity. Thus, it aims to live up to the expectations of the people of India in providing a platform for the growth of togetherness.
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Campus |
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The University’s campus is on 780 acres spread on either side of the East Coast Road with the large bush green forest within the campus. The land is an invaluable gift from the people and the Government of Puducherry for the establishment of the University. The land is gently rolls down to the beaches and is interspersed with lovely woods. Cut by a picturesque and deep ravine, this idyllic campus is on the fast track to developing into an ideal breeding ground for innovation and creativity.
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Status |
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The University Grants Commission has provided funds for the development of the University.
It is a member of the Association of Indian Universities and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
The Pondicherry University has more than 250 active and erudite members in Different Schools, Departments and Centres/Units. Currently there are around 2,200 students pursuing their Post-Graduate and Doctoral Programmes in the campus.
These apart, several thousand students are on the rolls of the University through the Directorate of Distance Education, the Community College and 74 affiliated Colleges contributing to the richness of the University’s learning experience.
The University is academically organized at several levels for efficient functioning. The teaching and research is carried out in the schools which facilitate inter-disciplinary work. In each School there are several departments where teaching programmes are conducted. The Centres are organized to carry out innovative research in emerging areas.
The primary objective of all the academic effort is to build a strong foundation with all necessary infrastructures for expanding the horizons of knowledge and disseminate it efficiently. Extension activities are also an integral part of the University’s activities.
The University’s commitment to innovation in the field of education is reflected in several spheres. It was the first University to provide the students with choice in the courses they want to study. The choice based credit system unitizes the courses and allows freedom of choice within the framework of the system. The students can now choose courses from other departments and schools to augment their knowledge base, so that they can face the world on their graduation with confidence.
The Corporate Life of the University is further enriched by the inputs from visiting Scientists and Professors. The University, committed as it is to the furtherance of the students knowledge, organizes several Endowment lectures and Foundation lectures by eminent personalities. These lectures provide the students and teachers alike with an updated and deep insight into many areas of study and go a long way in motivating them to excel in their chosen field.
The University’s effort in teaching and research is furthered by several government and non-government organizations, which provide funds for research and extension activities.
The University has Memorandums of Understanding with the following Universities/Institutions:
- University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse Cedex, France.
- Grenoble University, France.
- Institute of Cultural Anthropology and African Studies of the University of Munich, Germany.
- Institute Franchise, Pondicherry.
- Nicolas Primal India Limited, Mumbai.
- Tata Consultancy Service Limited, Mumbai.
- University of Rennes 2, France.
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