Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University - KKHSOU

About Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University - KKHSOU

The Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, first of its kind in the entire North East and fourteenth amongst the Open universities in India was established by the Assam Legislative Assembly by an Act (XXXVII of 2005) in 1995. The Act received the assent from the Governor on 7th September, 2005. The University formally started functioning from December 11, 2006 after Professor Srinath Baruah, Professor in Economics, Gauhati University assumed office as its First Vice-Chancellor. Subsequently, the University declared July 20th, the birth day of Krishna Kanta Handiqui after whom the University was named, as its Foundation Day. The University has been recognized and it's academic programmes approved by the Distance Education Council, New Delhi vide letter no. DEC/Misc/07/5957 date 3-10-2007. The headquarter of the University is Guwahati and its jurisdiction covers the whole of the state of Assam and beyond, as may be necessary, for the purpose of extending distance education. The University presently functions from its temporary office located at the Housefed Complex, Last gate, Dispur, Guwahati-6. The Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University is named to honour the illustrious Pundit and Scholar Krishna Kanta Handiqui and his contribution to the state in the field of education. He was awarded “Padmashri” in 1955 and “Padma Bhusan” in 1967 by the Govt.

Schools / Faculty

• School of Humanities.
• School of Social Science.
• School of Professional Studies.
• School of Science.

Facilities

BPP - The University has launched six months Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme. It is launched for educating the adults deprived of 10+2 qualification and aspiring for further studies and Bachelor’s degrees like (B.A. and B.Com.).

Study Centres - There are more than 120 study centres at various places across the state to facilitate the students. These centres also provide counselling to students along with printed study material.

B.M.C. - Bachelor of Mass Communications is also an integrated modular degree programme. It comprises of 15 courses (5 courses each year) including project work. The learners who will successfully complete the courses of the first year, will be awarded Diploma in Mass Communications. The learners who will successfully complete the courses of the first year and the second year will awarded Diploma in Mass Communications. Finally the learners who will successfully complete the courses of all three years will be awarded Bachelor of Mass Communications.