About Institute of Distance Education,Santacruz East

Institute of Distance Education, Mumbai Established in 1971 The introduction of Correspondence Courses in the Mumbai University, in the year 1971-72,Was primarily for the benefit of students who. Would have otherwise been deprived of the access to higher education.The Academic Council, at its meeting held on 24th March, 1971, approved the report of its Committee and recommended to the Syndicate, inter alia, as under:that Correspondence Courses in the Faculties of Arts and Commerce, with English as the medium of correspondence, instruction and examination, be started from June, 1971 for the First Year Arts and Commerce examinations and progressively thereafter up to the graduate> level;that enrolment be restricted to persons residing within the University area viz. Greater Bombay;that eligibility requirements, the curricular content, the mode of examination and the Degree to be awarded be the same as for the regular day student of the University;The recommendation has been accepted by the Syndicate"The Correspondence Courses were, then introduced in the University with a nomenclature as "The Directorate of Correspondence Courses" for which correspondence instructions were to be given at the First Year Arts and First Year Commerce Examination to be held in the first half of the year 1972. Initially, it started with the meager registration of 845 students which has grown up to a staggering figure of about 68,000 students in the year 2007- 2008. You can reach us and contact : Sanjay Devkar Mumbai, Maharashtra - India