Address:CENTRE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION
Khajamalai Campus, Tiruchirappalli - 620 023,Tamil Nadu, INDIA.
Phones :+91-0431-2420277, 2420732
FAX :+91-0431- 2421637.
Email: reg@bdu.ac.in
Website: http://www.bdu.ac.in
A Brief Profile:The Centre for Distance Education (CDE) of Bharathidasan University (BARD) was established in the year 1992, originally intended to cater to the students of the University area for those who could not enter the regular colleges for higher studies.Subsequently, the area of Centre for Distance Education was extended to cover all the four Southern States and Union Territory viz., Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Pondicherry.To help the Students, our Personal Contact Programme Centres (PCP) are located in 21 Towns / Cities.? There are more than 14,000 students on roll, with an annual enrolment of about 7,000 to 8,000 students.
The Centre for Distance Education offers as many as 66 programmes including 14 UG, 24 PG, 7 Diploma / PG Diploma and M.Phil. programmes in select disciplines.? MCA and MBA programmes are the most sought attar Courses.Besides the conventional programmes the Centre for Distance Education is offering programmes in Computer Science and Applications, Information Technology, E-Commerce, Bank Management, Financial Management, Co-Operation, Library and Information Science, etc.The lab-oriented programmes are meticulously planned and executed with same rigour of regular programmes, with no compromise on the practical requirements.The Centre for Distance Education conducts the theory and practical classes on Saturdays and Sundays.The conduct of the programmes are strictly monitored by the Centre for Distance Education Staff and the Director through regular visit to the PCP Centres.
The students are requested to give their feed-back with regard to the quality of teaching.? Remedial steps will be taken to maintain high standard of teaching.There is a grievance register kept at every PCP center.The grievances of the students will be redressed without any delay.? The study materials are also given to the students regularly in tune with the every revision in the syllabi.A significant number of our MCA students have found quite lucrative career abroad.Intensive and regular conduct of practical sessions conducted in the labs of regular colleges and monitored by a duly designed lab co-ordinator.Results will be declared along with that of the regular students.Arrangement will be made for Scholarship for students belonging to SC/ST of Tamil Nadu.