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IIT-Madras, top B-schools line up online course plans

IIT-Madras, top B-schools line up online course plans

Higher and professional education in India is poised for a major change. With the clause of territorial restrictions on distance education being lifted, institutes like the IIMs and IITs are preparing to offer online education in one way or another.

While most institutes are yet to firm up plans — the curbs were lifted only on Monday — some have started making blueprints for distance education courses. IIT-Madras, as an immediate step, plans to put its course material on various disciplines online.

IIM Lucknow has already made preliminary plans to use its under-construction Noida campus for distance courses as well. Devi Singh, director, IIM Lucknow, said: We have just came to know of the decision and we will now definitely do something in this regard. We will be conducting our distance and online education from our Noida campus. Thats all we can say for now. We will reveal everything when we have finalised the plans.

More : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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