Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University is an open university in Guwahati, Assam, India. It is named after Assamese Sanskrit scholar and Indologist Krishna Kanta Handique. The Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, first of its kind in the entire North East and fourteenth amongst the Open universities in India was established by the Assam Legislative Assembly by an Act (XXXVII of 2005) in 1995. The Act received the assent from the Governor on 7th September, 2005.
The headquarter of the University is Guwahati and its jurisdiction covers the whole of the state of Assam and beyond, as may be necessary, for the purpose of extending distance education. The University presently functions from its temporary office located at the Housefed Complex, Last gate, Dispur, Guwahati-6.
Programmes:
Graduate Programmes :
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Mass Communication, Bachelor of Computer Application, Bachelor of Business Administration.
Diploma/Certificate Programmes :
Tourism, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Tea Management, Petroleum related downstream industries , Textile related industries, Gas-Cracker related downstream industries, Horticulture, Vermin Technology , Sericulture, Pisciculture , Mushroom Production, Laboratory Techniques, ECG Technology , Radiography, Hardware and Networking, Handicrafts, Nursery Management, Floriculture and marketing, Food processing and marketing, Fruit processing and marketing , Hatchery management, Broiler farming, Layer farming, Piggery farming, Graphics design, Computerised image processing.
(details of above including new courses to be notified)
BPP Programme :
The KKH State Open University has decided to launch a Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme (BPP) for the aspiring learners who have attained the age of 18 years but lack any formal educational background and desires to pursue a Bachelor’s programmes. This programme aims at providing an opportunity to those learners who for various reasons could not complete their 10+2 standard examination and still have a strong desire to pursue higher education.
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Contact Us:
Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University
Housefed Complex
Last Gate, Dispur
Guwahati - 781006
E-Mail :
Vice Chancellor : vice_chencellor@kkhsou.org
Registrar : registrar@kkhsou.org
Enquiry: contact@kkhsou.org
Ph. No : (0361) 2235971, 2235642
Fax : (0361) 2235398
Website: www.kkhsou.org