Pt. Sundarlal Sharma Open University

In 2005, the Chattisgarh legislature founded the Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Open University. The university is named after a notable social justice fighter and freedom fighter of Chattisgarh region, Pandit Sundarlal Sharma. On 2^nd March 2005, Professor T. D. Sharma became the first Vice Chancellor of this university.

The campus of this university has an area of 70 acres. The highlights of this premises is that it has three helipads to receive distinguished guests who arrive by helicopter. The other structures in this campus are non-teaching and teaching accommodations, officer’s buidlings, furnished guest house and hostel, canteen, bank, library building, academic building, examination building and administrative building. The entire university region is lush green due to flowery plants, ornamental plants and trees. On both sides of the main entrance gate, two small ponds are created.

This university is the singular institution in Chhattisgarh that implements the open and distance education mode. The aim of this university is to make education available to tribal and remote regions in the state.

The programs of Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Open University are recognised by the following:

• University Grants Commission (UGC)-Distance Education Bureau (DEB)
• All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
• National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE)