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        Thursday, 23rd May 2013

Interview of Academic Counsellors under DDE

 

Reschedule of 21.05.2013 Examinations

 


Home Directorate of Distance Education


Brief Profile of the Directorate:

The Directorate of Distance Education was established in 1996 to impart higher education through the distance mode with multi-media approach. As non-formal, supplementary mode of education, distance education differs from the conventional formal system in the objective to reach the unreached, to include the excluded. Tripura University has consistently promoted Distance Education on approved UGC and Distance Education Council, New Delhi guidelines to cater to the needs of – 1. Students who discontinued their formal education owing to pecuniary and other circumstances. 2. Students living in geographically remote areas. 3. Students who discontinued their education because of lack of aptitude and motivation but later on became motivated. 4. In-service persons, housewives, etc. At present, there are more than 3690 students studying under this Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), which is by itself indicative of the popularity and reliability of the Directorate of Distance Education, Tripura University, among the common mass in general, as well as among students in particular of the State.

Year of Establishment: 1996

Director of the Directorate: Dr. Sekhares Bhattacharya

Address of Communication:

The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Pin- 799130

Courses Offered:
  1. B.A
  2. B.ED
  3. MA in Education
  4. MA in Political Science
  5. MA in Bengali
  6. DCA (Diploma in Computer Applications)

Intake Capacity: 7000

Total NET Qualified Students: Nil

Total Ph.D. Awarded Students: Nil

Total Research Project Funding (Completed & Ongoing): 24

Present Faculty Position of the Directorate:

Name Qualification Designation Specialization
Dr. Sekhares Bhattacharya
 Ph.D. O.S.D. Genetics
Dr. Rupak Debnath M.A., Ph.D. Asst. Director Ethnography, Tribal Studies & Ethnolinguistics
Mr. Anuj Kanchan Datta Roy M.Phil. Lecturer Human Rights, Indian Government and Politics, & Western Political Thought
Dr. Swapna Biswas Ph.D. Lecturer History of Education & Teacher Education
Dr. Jaya Ghosh Ph.D. Lecturer Novels of Bankim Chandra Chottopadhyay, Saratchandra Chottopadhyay & Rabindranath Tagore

Syllabus for Various Courses Offered:

Laboratory Facilities:

Computer Lab for DCA; Major equipments available (each over one lakh): Nil

General Notices under DDE

Collaborations: Nil

Seminar/Conference/Workshop /Refresher/Orientation etc. organized:

Conference/Seminar/ Workshop Duration /DateOrganised by
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Northeast India: Issues and Challenges 18-19 Jan., 2008 DDE, Tripura University and IGNOU, New Delhi)
Training-cum Orientation Programme for Coordinators and Academic counselors 11-12 July, 2009 Directorate of Distance Education, TU (DEC, New Delhi,-sponsored)
Round table-cum Workshop on the Challenges of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in NER 18-19 May, 2010 Directorate of Distance Education, Tripura University and sponsored by DEC, New Delhi

Other Information (if any):

DDE has a Library of its own with 08 Computers equipped with Internet facility available for use by all Students and Faculty Members of Tripura University.
 

VC's Message

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