Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University

U. P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University

Motto	Reaching to Unreached
Established	1999
Chancellor	Ram Nayik
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. M.P. Dube
Location	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Campus	Shantipuram, Phaphamau Allahabad
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.uprtou.ac.in

Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University is a public university in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is named after Rajarshi Purushottam Das Tandon.

The university plans to provide access to higher education for large segments of population and, in particular, disadvantaged groups such as those living in remote and rural areas including working people, homemakers and other adults who wish to upgrade or acquire knowledge through studies. It will also make efforts to promote acquisition of knowledge in a rapidly developing and changing society and continually offer opportunity for upgrading knowledge, training and skills in the context or innovations, research and discovery in all fields of human endeavor. The university is open to all irrespective of caste, creed or sex and its jurisdiction is all of Uttar Pradesh. Library:The University Library was established in 2000 with a meagre collection of 279 books. At present, the Library holds the collection on different streams of Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and developing Sciences. Now its collection has reached up to 41387 volumes of books and 92 learned journals besides 5 daily newspapers and 12 other periodicals.University Library is serving faculty members, supporting staff, Research scholars and more than 50,000 students spread all over U.P. The University Library is the apex body to provide Library and information services to its students and others. The University Library has opened regional library at Allahabad Regional Centre as its branch library. It is also in planning to establish Regional Library at other regional canters i.e. Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Bareilly and Lucknow with effective, useful and comprehensive collection. Presently library is situated at first and second floor of Academic Building, Shantipuram, Sector – F, Phaphamau, Allahabad.The University librarian is DR T N Dubey.

Courses

List of courses offered by university are as under:^[1]

First Degree Programmes
Post Graduate Programmes
General Diploma Programme
Certificate Programme
Computer Programmes
Vocational Programmes
Professional Programmes
Awareness Programmes
Adult & Continuing Education Programmes

Vice Chancellors

Prof. Neetish Kumar Saanyaal
Prof. Devendra Pratap Singh
Prof. KNS Yadav
Prof. Naageshwar Rao
Prof. A. K. Bakshi
Prof. M.P. Dube

References

↑ http://admission.onlineuprtou.in/

External links

Universities in Uttar Pradesh

Central	Aligarh Muslim University Avadh University Allahabad University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Banaras Hindu University Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University

State	Avadh University Bundelkhand University Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Chaudhary Charan Singh University Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University DSM National Rehabilitation University Gautam Buddha University Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi~Farsi University King George's Medical University Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth M. J. P. Rohilkhand University Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology Purvanchal University Sampurnanand Sanskrit University University of Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University

Private	Amity University Babu Banarasi Das University Galgotias University GLA University IFTM University Integral University Invertis University Mangalayatan University Mohammad Ali Jauhar University Monad University Rama University Sharda University Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Shiv Nadar University Shobhit University Shri Venkateshwara University Swami Vivekanand Subharti University Teerthanker Mahaveer University Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University

Deemed	Bhatkhande Music Institute Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies Dayalbagh Educational Institute Indian Veterinary Research Institute Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences(SGPGIMS), Lucknow

Open Education in India

Recognition Bodies	University Grants Commission All India Council for Technical Education Distance Education Council

Central Universities	Indira Gandhi National Open University School of Open Learning

State Universities	Andhra Pradesh Open University Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University Karnataka State Open University Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Nalanda Open University Netaji Subhas Open University Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Tamil Nadu Open University Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University

Private Universities	The Global Open University Nagaland

Coordinates: 25°32′31″N 81°51′02″E / 25.5420°N 81.8506°E / 25.5420; 81.8506

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