Address:The Chairman, Department of Correspondence Studies
Panjab University,Chandigarh - 160 014,India
Phones :+91-0172-53 4301,53 4304
FAX :+91-0172-2541022
Email: regr@pu.ac.in
Website: http://dcs.puchd.ac.in

A Brief Profile:This Department (earlier called Directorate of Correspondence Courses till 1989-90) was established in 1971 with the objective to take higher education to the doorsteps of those men and womenwho have to discontinue their formal education due to peculiar circumstanceslive in geographically remote areas or discontinue their education becauseof lack of aptitude and motivation but later on become motivated or donot find a seat on merit or do not wish to join a College or a University although they have the necessary qualifications to pursue higher educationor look upon education as a life long activity and may either like torefresh their knowledge in their own discipline or to acquire knowledgein a new area at any state of their life.