Jalandhar: Good news for students pursuing distance courses from Punjab Technical University (PTU). PTU has been accorded approval by the ‘UGC-AICTE-DEC Joint Committee’ for all its programmes that are being offered through the distance education mode.
As per sources, this decision was made in the 35th meeting of the university in New Delhi. During the meeting it was also specified that distance education and online education cannot have boundaries or state jurisdiction. Therefore, these programmes should be offered as per the ACT and statutes of the university.
Established in January 1997, Punjab Technical University (PTU) is one of the leading technical universities located in Jalandhar, Punjab. Presently, the University has under its affiliation 288 Colleges offering Courses in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, Hotel Management, Medical Lab Technologies & IT disciplines. Besides, the University has established 12 Regional Centres for M - Tech courses and a school of Total Quality Management (TQM) at Mohali.
