What is ICDEOL?
Himachal Pradesh University, a premier institution of teaching and research was established in 1970 by an Act of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The University took a bold step towards proliferation of knowledge and democratisation of educational opportunities by setting up a Directorate of Correspondence Courses in 1971. The latter has played a pioneering role in launching the programmes through distance education at the postgraduate level in social-sciences, humanities, commerce and teacher training. The Directorate of Correspondence Courses, later rechristened as the International Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning (ICDEOL), has witnessed rapid horizontal and vertical expansion by launching a number of new courses, especially of vocational nature and by consolidating the existing programmes of study.
