Sri Venkateswara University-Directorate of Distance Education - Tirupati, was started in 1972 as the Institute of Correspondence Courses to cater the needs of students who cannot pursue formal college education. These courses provide incentives to students who discontinue education because of lack of aptitude and motivation or for want of economic wherewithal.
Individuals who look upon education as life-time activity and enhance their knowledge in an existing discipline of study or acquire proficiency in a new area may also benefit from the courses. Distance Education is an attempt to diversify and proliferate academic beneficence for beyond the close confines of a classroom and to make it to available to those who aspire and endeavour. It has a special relevance in an egalitarian society, in so far as it does not have the “elitist bias” to education, which is of necessary beyond the reach of many. Another advantage of such a programme is that it does away with the territorial limits of jurisdiction. The Institute of Correspondence Course was upgraded as the Directorate of Distance Education as per the UGC norms and computerized.
Programs Offered:
• Bachelor of Arts (Regular)
• Bachelor of Arts (Open University System)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Regular)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Regular)
• Bachelor of Commerce (OU System)
• Master of Arts in Economics
• Master of Arts in English
• Master of Arts in Sociology
• Master of Arts in History
• Master of Commerce
• Master of Science in Mathematics
• Master of Science in Computer Science
• Master of Science in Psychology
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Computer Application (M.C.A)
• Master of Science in Physics
• Master of Science in Chemistry
• Master of Science in Zoology
• Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)