Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University

Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU), the sole State Open University in North East India, was founded under the KKHSOU Act, 2005, passed by the Government of Assam and published in the Assam Gazette (extraordinary) on 29/09/2005. The university received recognition from the former Distance Education Council (DEC), (now Distance Education Bureau, UGC), New Delhi through letter no. DEC/Misc/07/5957 dated 03/10/2007. The University Grants Commission, in a letter dated 18/03/2009 with reference no. F.9-13/2008(CPP-I), empowered the university to confer Degrees under Section 22 of the UGC Act, 1956. Established as the 14thOpen University in India, alongside IGNOU, the University's Headquarters is situated at Patgaon, Rani, Guwahati. It commenced operations with the appointment of Prof. Srinath Baruah, former Professor in the Department of Economics at Gauhati University, as its founder Vice-Chancellor.