Hey Guys ,
Below circular notice had been released by BITS in response of the supreme court order on a correspondence courses.
“BITS, Pilani is a Deemed to be University established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, and is therefore empowered to conduct educational programmes and confer degrees that are specified under Section 22 of the UGC Act. No separate permission is required for this purpose”.
In the context of the recent Public Notice dated 11-03-2015 issued by the UGC, on Professional Courses in Engineering & Technology through ODL mode, we would like to provide the following clarifications. The Work Integrated Learning Programmes (‘WILPs’) of BITS, Pilani are different in spirit and pedagogy from traditional Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programmes. It is a partnership / arrangement between BITS as a University and the collaborating organization, whose ultimate aim is to build competencies and to attain advancement of technical workplace skills. WILPs cannot be categorized as an ODL programmes due to the reasons stated hereunder: