(Approved by UGC- AICTE-DEC joint committee)
An Overview
To address this issue of Technical Manpower shortage and to usher into a new era of Industrial Development comparable to International Standards, the Punjab Government constituted Punjab Technical University (PTU) in 1997 by an act of State of Legislative. The University was entrusted with the responsibility of developing the new generation of technical manpower that can spearhead the industrial development of the State. Punjab Technical University has been formed to be the grooming ground for the future Engineers, Managers and Researchers.
As of today, PTU affiliates 228 Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Hotel Management and Architecture Colleges in the State that are approved by all India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
PTU understands that restricting technical education to its capuses only will not serve its objective of creating a knowledge rich society. It has firmly understood that latest technical education has to be spread to the general masses. This is how the Distance Education Programme (DEP) of the Punjab Technical University was conceived.
The objective of the programme is to impart affordable, relevant, skill-based & remunerative Technical Education to the masses of the country.
Today, the University has more than 1600 Learning Centres spread across the country offering quality technical education in the fields of Information Technology and Management, Paramedical Technology, Fashion Technology, Hotel Management & Tourism, Media and Mass Communication & Journalism etc.
SALIENT FEATURES
UGC Nomenclature
All courses offered by PTU are as per the nomenclature and guidelines of University Grants Commission that makes these courses universally acceptable.
DEC Approval
All courses offered by PTU under this program had been approved by DEC, Distance Education Council, IGNOU, New Delhi, vide its letter No.F.1/2006(JS/SU) dated 6th January, 2006 with retrospective effect.
