Nalanda Open University

The Nalanda Open University is the only University in the State of Bihar meant for imparting learning exclusively through the system of distance education. The University was Established on 14 March 1987 by an ordinance, promulgated by the Government of Bihar. Later, Nalanda Open University Act, 1995 was passes by the Bihar Legislature, replacing the Ordinance, and the University came under the authority and jurisdiction of the new Act automatically. The University is named after the famous Nalanda University of Ancient India. At present, the University is functioning from its Headquarter at Bargaon, Nalanda. The University has a well equipped and fully automated modern office in an area of 10 acre, which houses an examination centre for about 1000 students, a state of the art Library with about 50,000 titles and a computer laboratory of about 100 latest configuration computers, apart from administrative offices and other infra-structures. The University is recognised by the Distance Education Bureaul (DEB), University Grants Commission, and Ministry of HRD, Government of India for imparting education through distance mode.