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Dr. Binayak Rath
Vice Chancellor

Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education is a vibrant wing of the Utkal University. I am happy to learn about it’s intiative in Industry-Academia Collaboration, Co-ordinating placement drive of General Graduates for Infosys and TCS, Executive training programme of India Post and introduction of online assignment etc. Education for All is it’s motto and it helps the disadvantaged to reach the portals of higher education. This year the Utkal University has also established the Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy Study (SEIPS) at DDCE with funding from the UGC. I am confident that DDCE would take it’s initiative to the greater heights in coming years. The University administration would continue to be supportive for it’s all round development.

In this age of emerging “ Knowledge Economy” Open Distance Learning is the future for educating large number of students in the most cost effective manner. With dwindling resources and state support for education Distance learning needs to be a further strengthened with wider range of courses, larger number of learner and quality assurance. We must stand up to these challenges. I convey my best wishes to the students, teachers, counsellors and other stake-holders of DDCE to do their best.