DISTANCE EDUCATION

Bridging the Distance in Education

Recognized by UGC
(Distance Education Bureau)

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The rays of ochre light, in the LPU seal, symbolize the dawn that dispels the
darkness of ignorance and ushers in knowledge through education.
The seal also reinforces our resolve to become the Sun of Knowledge that will
illuminate, ignite, energize, and empower people across the globe.

Lovely Professional University is a secular university committed to fulfilling its mission without discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion,
national origin, age, sex, gender, disability or other such grounds.

Contents
LPU Rankings, International Memberships,

01-02

Recognitions & Approvals

LPU - A Globally Connected University

03-04

Vision & Mission

05-06

Distance Education-The New Era of Education

07-08

Benets of Distance Education

09-10

Directorate of Distance Education

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LPU Distance Education (LPU DE)

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Features of LPU Distance Education

13-28

Programme Details

29-44

Programme Schemes

45-64

How to Apply

65-66

General Admission Guidelines

67-70

Important Instructions

71-74

An where

&Anytime

Late Sh. Baldev Raj Mittal

(1931-2004)

FOUNDER CHAIRMAN
LOVELY GROUP
Sh. Baldev Raj Mittal, the Founder Chairman of the Lovely Group was an entrepreneur par excellence. By virtue
of his initiative, perseverance, resourcefulness, and tenacity to overcome overwhelming odds, he became a
living icon in his lifetime. His ability to translate his dreams into reality elevated him to the stature of a visionary.
The heights gained by the Lovely Group bear testimony to his tireless efforts, indomitable will, and strong sense
of commitment to his ideals and goals. His deep faith in the dictum Paying back more than what we are paid
became the cornerstone of Lovely Professional University, and this cherished conviction will always continue to
inspire and guide us. Our presence in the education sector is an humble tribute to perpetuate his quintessential
existence.

Shall Flutter like a sparrow....

and into oblivion I will fly

His words evoke fond remembrance

and are always a source of inspiration for all of us.

Message from the

Chancellor
India's student-age population is one of the largest in the world. The Gross Enrollment Ratio of India in
higher education is targeted from existing 20% to 30%. But, there are serious gaps leading to the
decrease of exposure to competent higher education systems. Such gaps can be bridged with help of
Distance Education, as it can be tailored to fit around the students' current life position.
The Distance Education at LPU is a flexible and dependable system of education purveying knowledge to
the very door step of every section of society. Its mission 'Bridging the Distance in Education aims to
include wider dimensions of student centric and affordable learning approach, making it an important
element leading to a transformed scope of higher education.

Ashok Mittal
CHANCELLOR
LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

Rashmi Mittal
PRO-CHANCELLOR
LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

The Directorate of Distance Education at LPU strives to fulfill

the mission of providing for the varying educational needs of
a culturally diverse and geographically dispersed student
body and the goal of preparing students academically,
personally, and professionally for successful careers. It
exerts itself to be a realistic and accessible option to a large
variety of people from young students to adults wanting to
upgrade themselves for better career opportunities.
LPU DDE is always on the look out for ways to innovate the
curriculum design, content, teaching methodology and
evaluation techniques for making the delivery of courses
more convenient, accelerated and affordable.

Let nothing stand in your way!

Ramesh Kanwar
VICE-CHANCELLOR
LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

Dr. Ramesh Kanwar has been the Distinguished Professor

and Chair of the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Department (ABE) at Iowa State University, USA after doing
Ph.D. Degree from there. He has worked as a consultant for
the World Bank, European Commission, Global
Environment Facility, UNDP, USAID, NATO, FAO, and
many foreign governments and universities across 50
countries. He was awarded Doctorate Honoris Causa in
2007 by the Trakia University of Bulgaria and an Honorary
Doctorate degree in 2000 by the Georgian Agrarian
University in Tbilisi, Georgia. He has received numerous
prestigious awards including International Service Award
from Iowa State University. He has authored more than
500 publications including 167 refereed journal articles, 10
book chapters and 90 conference proceeding papers.

LPU is a community of thinkers and learners interested in

making a difference to global societies. With its Distance
Education programme, the university strives to meet the
educational needs of those students who might otherwise
be unable to attend on-campus classes either due to
distance or time and financial constraints. The university
recognizes that its student population is diverse and has a
wide range of educational needs; hence it uses different
strategies to bring education opportunity to distant
locations. The university will continue to maintain and
develop facilities enriched with advanced technologies for
enhancing the learning process of students through
distance education mode.

With one common goal of achieving an educated work

force for a better tomorrow, I welcome you at LPU.

RANKING, MEMBERSHIP AND RECOGNITIONS

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LPU Rankings

and many more....

LPU e-Connect
Ranked 3rd among India's
Top 45 universities
offering Distance Education
-By Career Connect Magazine
(July 2015 Issue)

(online LMS of LPU DE)

has won World Education
Award (for the year 2014)
in the category
"Higher Education - Innovation

LPU e-Connect has

won the 8th e-INDIA
Award (for the year 2012)
for Best Open &
Distance Learning
Initiative of the year

in Open & Distance Learning".

2. In a Comprehensive study on Universities (Established After Year 2000)
3. In an exhaustive survey of 450 Indian Universities for the year 2009-2010

Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK

International Association of Universities (IAU), France
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), USA
The Institute of International Education (IIE), New York
The Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP), Thailand

Recognitions &

Approvals of LPU
University Grants Commission (UGC)
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)
Indian Association of Physiotherapists (IAP)
Council of Architecture (COA)
Bar Council of India (BCI)
The Institution of Engineers (India)
Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

LPU adjudged The Best Private University of the Year 2013 by

ASSOCHAM. The then Union Minister of Human Resource
Development, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju honouring Sh. Ashok Mittal,
Chancellor Lovely Professional University, Punjab with the Award

Chief Minister of Punjab, Sardar Parkash Singh Badal,

honouring LPU Chancellor Mr. Ashok Mittal with
"Entrepreneur of the Year Award" at Ludhiana Management
Association (LMA) function

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Memberships of LPU

RANKING, MEMBERSHIP AND RECOGNITIONS

International

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A GLOBALLY CONNECTED UNIVERSITY

LPU - A Globally

Connected
University
The University provides study abroad opportunities in
25+ foreign universities through Study Abroad Programmes

for more details go to

http://www.lpu.in/international_affairs/
international-tieups.php
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AUSTRALIA

CANADA

CHINA

SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN

BRAZIL
POLAND
SWITZERLAND
GHANA
BURUNDI

MALAYSIA
VIETNAM

AFGHANISTAN

NEWZEALAND

NEPAL

MONGOLIA

A GLOBALLY CONNECTED UNIVERSITY

CROATIA

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UK

USA

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VISION & MISSION

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http://www.lpude.in/about_us/
vision_and_mission.php
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VISION
Creation and establishment of versatile and competent Open & Distance
Learning system to cater to the educational aspirations of the society

MISSION
To deliver affordable and accessible quality Education for augmenting the
academic value and skills of higher education aspirants

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VISION & MISSION

Vision &
Mission

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The New Era of Education

In this age of Globalization, where knowledge explosion along with technological advancement is impinging upon
the burgeoning population to get equipped with necessary professional and academic skills for excelling in their
career pursuits, the concept of technology infused distributed learning is increasingly gaining importance. This
has ushered in a new era - the era of Distance Education, which has recongured the way a student can learn.
From home assignments/tutorials to web-based instructions and online learning, Distance Education has
emerged as the most remarkable technology based innovation in education. It is bringing education to the very
doorstep of the learner and is opening new paths of progression for all.
Distance Education endows unmatched exibility to its students by virtue of which even working professionals,
entrepreneurs or housewives can look forward to pursuing higher education and upgrading their knowledge and
skill set while continuing to do whatever they are doing.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

Distance Education

BENEFITS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

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Distance Education makes lifelong learning possible.

nights. Students may choose to study in the comfort of

Along with enhanced access to educational

their homes, while travelling, while they are in the waiting

opportunities, it offers convenience, exibility, and

area of a railway station or an airport, or any other place

affordability. Of the innumerable benets of Distance

where they wish to be.

Education, some are listed here:

MULTI-TASKING OPPORTUNITY

SUITABLE FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE

Distance Education provides multi-tasking opportunity to

Distance Education suits the diverse educational

students. Flexibility and convenience, rendered by it,

requirements of students, professionals, entrepreneurs,

provide the students freedom to heed to their other

and house-wives and is benecial to any individual who

responsibilities too.

wants to pursue higher education while still continuing

AGE NO BAR

with what he/ she is doing.

SELF-PACED LEARNING

Age is no bar for anyone wishing to pursue a Distance

Education Programme.

The maximum duration of Distance Education

INCREASE IN REMUNERATION & PROMOTION

programmes provides its students enough time to

POTENTIAL

complete their programmes. This exibility is specically

given, keeping in mind that the Distance Education
students have other commitments too.
NO CONSTRAINT OF TIME AND PLACE

One can always enhance his/ her academic and

professional standing by opting for Distance Education
programme which in turn helps in increasing one's
remuneration and promotional potential. Additional

Distance Education allows exibility to study anytime of

qualication gives an edge to an individual over his peers

the day; be it in the wee hours of the morning or at late

and colleagues.

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BENEFITS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

Distance Education

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Benets of

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DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

Directorate of

Distance Education
With support of LPU, the largest university1 in the country, the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) is bridging the
gap between education and the education seekers at a fast pace, through usage of technology, which signicantly
extends the reach and quality of education. DDE aims at making Distance Education, a credible and valued mode of
learning, by providing education without a compromise.
DDE is a modern and dynamic wing of the university, lled with energy, enthusiasm, compassion and concern. Its team
strives hard to meet the demands of the industry, to ensure quality in curriculum, teaching methodology, examination
and evaluation system, and to provide the best services to its students. DDE is proud of its values, by virtue of which, it
ensures to make an impact on the education system and the learners.
Through affordable education, online resources and other student support services, DDE intends to reach the
unreached.

Bridging the Distance in Education' is the endeavour of LPU Distance Education, which is established to cater to the
needs of students who cannot pursue formal education in colleges and universities. It allows upgrading of skills, increase
in productivity and development of a new learning culture with the use of cutting edge technological advancements. It
makes signicant contribution to enhance the cause of higher education by emerging as relevant and appropriate
revolution to meet the challenges of access, affordability, suitability and portability.
LPU Distance Education offers various Degree and Diploma Programmes at the Bachelors and Masters Levels to impart
education to various strata of the society, varying from students to professionals, housewives and even entrepreneurs.
This, in a way, will help every aspirant to accomplish his/ her unfullled dreams of academic pursuits.
It constantly strives to provide a convenient study mode of affordable and anytime-anywhere quality education in a
technology-rich environment.

in terms of number of Students on a single campus

LPU DISTANCE EDUCATION

Distance Education (LPU DE)

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LPU

FEATURES OF LPU DISTANCE EDUCATION

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Distance
Education
The university adopts technology driven blended system of
delivery to offer its various Distance Education Programmes at
Masters, Bachelors, Post Graduate Diploma, and Diploma levels
to various strata of the society including students, professionals,
entrepreneurs, housewives, employees and self-motivators.
Provision of Exhaustive Online Support also including Self
Learning Material (Study Material) for certain courses, is made
through LPU e-Connect (Online Learning Management System)
for the facilitation of the learners. Additionally, Personal Contact
Programmes at the University Campus, Phagwara, Punjab are
conducted for various courses. Another unique feature of LPU DE
is that students of Distance Education get opportunities to
participate in certain university events.

Other features of LPU Distance Education are:

Affordable Fee Structure,

Comprehensive Evaluation System,

Provision of Student Career Support, etc. as detailed further.

FEATURES OF LPU DISTANCE EDUCATION

Features of LPU

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EXHAUSTIVE ONLINE SUPPORT

Exhaustive
Online Support
LPU Distance Education provides an exhaustive
Online Support through Dynamic Website and Online Learning
Management System (LPU e-Connect).

customized gateway designed to provide comprehensive

access to information, people and processes of LPU

Key features of LPU Distance Education System

Distance Education system and services. The website

Programmes Details, Fee Structure, Eligibility Criteria,

Admission Process, Admission Forms, Admission

presents its information in personalized form to suit the

varied needs and characteristics of prospective/ current
students, parent/ guardian or other concerned.
The website is accessed and viewed by users from all across

Admission Criteria, Duration, Scheme and Syllabi

Guidelines, and Prospectus

Self Learning Material for certain courses

its wide range of users by making itself compatible with more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

than 200 browsers and different mobile platforms like

Academic Calendar/ Important Dates

Android, iPhones, Window Phones, Blackberry, Symbian

the world and is in tune with the technological know-how of

etc.
The Website is well designed, structured, user friendly and
easy to navigate and has all the links categorized under
relevant heads/ sections facilitating different users to fetch
the desired information quickly.

Evaluation Procedure, Examination Pattern, Date Sheet,

Information of Examination Centres

Announcements, News and Events

University Contact Details

Various details available on the LPU Distance Education

website include:

EXHAUSTIVE ONLINE SUPPORT

LPU Distance Education website (www.lpude.in) is a

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DYNAMIC WEBSITE

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Exhaustive Online Support

EXHAUSTIVE ONLINE SUPPORT

ONLINE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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LPU e-CONNECT (YOUR EDUCATION YOUR WAY)

FOR 24X7 ACCESS TO ACADEMIC RESOURCES

WHERE strong and secure online connection that links its students with the university.
Based on enterprising web portal technology, it truly automates various administrative and academic processes of
Distance Education and minimizes the shortcomings of physical distances by providing 24X7 accessibility through its
various useful features. LPU e-connect is a boon for students as they can learn as per their convenience along with their
other commitments. Students enrolled under LPU Distance Education are allotted a personalized User ID and Password
through which they may access various interactive and dynamic features of LPU e-Connect which serves the motto "Your
Education Your Way". LPU e-Connect is also accessible through various Mobile Applications.

Key Modules of LPU e-Connect

e-Communication
providing information through Announcements,
Personalized Messages, and Running Reminders.
e-Resources
providing pool of different academic resources like Self
Learning Material for certain courses, Scheme, Syllabi,
Programme Guides etc. in a very interactive way.
Document Connect
providing various guidelines, forms, formats etc.
Course Connect
providing information related to the status of students'
current as well previously registered courses.
My Account
serving as a personalized account of the student
containing his/ her details related to his/her progress.

Relationship Management System

facilitating the users to post their queries, suggestions
etc.
Feedback
facilitating students to give feedback to the university
on various parameters from time to time.
Help Manual
providing complete help manual for users to access
various functions and modules of LPU e-Connect
effectively.
Exam Connect
giving information regarding Date Sheet, Student
Grade Card, Result, Examination Pattern and forms like
re-appear, re-evaluation etc. available thereto.

EXHAUSTIVE ONLINE SUPPORT

LPU e-Connect, an exceptional and user friendly online platform of Lovely Professional University, offers ANY TIME ANY

LPU e-Connect

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Mobile app
available on

LPU
Distance
Education is
Powered by

(Online Learning Management System)

Download

with 24 X 7 online access

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L O V E LY P R O F E S S I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y

Messages
Guidelines

e-Books

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SELF LEARNING MATERIALS

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Study material available in Self Learning format, is one of

student wants to take printed Study Material, then he/ she

the best features of LPU Distance Education. Generally, in

is required to pay prescribed fee separately at the time of

Distance Education mode, students are physically at

taking delivery of the study material.

distance from their teachers/ mentors. Hence the study

With help of various tools in SLM like Caution, Notes,

material meant for them is required to play 'teacher-

Tasks, Did you know?, Pictures, Graphics, Exercises,

function' also in addition to providing knowledge and

Case Studies, Examples, etc., students nd it easy to

information. The study material developed by LPU is self-

learn on their own.

explanatory, self-contained, self-directed, selfmotivating, self-evaluating, and hence is called Selflearning Material (SLM).
SLMs for certain courses are provided to the learners
through LPU e-Connect (Online Learning Management
System) and LPU DE website www.lpude.in permitting
students to study wherever they want and to ip through
the pages of the virtual study material on their computers,
laptops, Tablets, i-pads, i-phones etc. However, if a

Self Assessment Questions and Review Questions in

SLM enable students to gauge their learning on the topics
covered in the unit and to keep them active throughout
the learning process.
Other features like Summary, Keywords, Glossary and
Further Readings make the SLM comprehensive and
stimulating for the students enabling them to understand
better.

Personal Contact
Programme (PCP)
at University Campus
Personal Contact Programmes at University Campus,

understanding of the courses and also for interacting and

Phagwara, Punjab, are conducted for various courses

learning from other students.

that provide the students an opportunity for conceptual

PERSONAL CONTACT PROGRAMME (PCP)

(Study Material)

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Self Learning Material

AFFORDABLE FEE STRUCTURE

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Fee Structure
'Financial constraints' should not come in the way of pursuing your
educational and professional aspirations. This is the philosophy behind
LPU Distance Education offering its programmes at economical fee
structure making quality university education quite affordable for all.

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AFFORDABLE FEE STRUCTURE

Affordable

DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY
Jalandhar-Delhi G.T.Road, (NH-1),
Phagwara, Punjab-144411
For Enquiry: Ph. +91-1824-300360
Fax: +91-1824-506111
SMS LPUDE to 53030
Email: odl.admissions@lpu.co.in

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