Department of Distance Education, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV), Pune

Department of Distance Education

Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth entered in to the field of Distance Education in 1985 with the establishment of Faculty of Distance Education (FDE). B.A. (Visharad) Social Sciences was the only programme on offer till 2000. Though Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth was aware of the network and system of Distance Education in India and the world around, it was in the year 1991, when FDE appeared in the Directory of Distance Education in India, published by Association of Indian University (AIU) and Commonwealth of Learning (COL), FDE became part and parcel of this network. FDE started interacting with other Open and Distance learning Institutions in India, which gave it an impetus for its development.

Objectives

- To strive for the all round development of students
- To develop suitable patterns of education for providing access to students towards distance education
- To conduct teaching and research in various disciplines
- To make efforts to introduce the ancient Indian heritage and traditional knowledge to the common people
- To provide easy access to education at different levels for large segments of the society, especially to the disadvantaged groups
- To introduce an innovative non-formal system of higher education suited to the needs of the society
- To provide quality education with affordable fee.

Courses Offered

- Bachelor of Arts (BA Visharad)
- Bachelor of Arts (BA Social Sciences)

Department Facilities

- Academic and administrative premises
- Spacious class – rooms
- Well-equipped Computer Lab
- A well – equipped Library, Conference Hall, Guest House
- Online admission system
- Web-based delivery system
- Media Center
- Language Lab

Contact Details

Department of Distance Education
Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV)
Gultekadi
Pune – 411037
Maharashtra
India

Contact No : 020 – 24266700, 24403046/ 47
Fax No : 020-24266701
E Mail : [email protected]