. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "85.14119720458984"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "25.61730003356934"^^ . . . . . . "Nalanda Open University (NOU) is a university at Patna in Bihar state, India. It is the only university in Bihar providing education through distance and open education. Nalanda Open University Degree/Diploma /Certificates are eligible for higher studies, public & private sector employment and service promotions. It is recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC). It is a member of Association of Indian Universities which is mainly concerned with the recognition of degrees/diplomas awarded by the Universities in India, which are recognized by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, and abroad for the purpose of admission to higher degree courses in Indian Universities. It is an open university which means that it follows an open-door academic policy and is open to everyone for adm"@en . . . . . . . "Over 1.25 lakh"@en . . "Nalanda Open University"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "25.6173 85.1412" . . . . . . . . . . "Nalanda Open University (NOU) is a university at Patna in Bihar state, India. It is the only university in Bihar providing education through distance and open education. Nalanda Open University Degree/Diploma /Certificates are eligible for higher studies, public & private sector employment and service promotions. It is recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC). It is a member of Association of Indian Universities which is mainly concerned with the recognition of degrees/diplomas awarded by the Universities in India, which are recognized by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, and abroad for the purpose of admission to higher degree courses in Indian Universities. It is an open university which means that it follows an open-door academic policy and is open to everyone for admission with minimum requirements. It is the second largest open university in India after Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). It is at present functioning from its camp office which is located at Biscomaun Bhawan, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 12th Floors, Patna-800001. However, it is in the process of setting up its own campus after UGC made it mandatory for all universities in India to have their own campuses. New campus of Nalanda Open University is being constructed at Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar adjacent to the ancient ruins of Nalanda. The campus is expected to be around 40 acres in area, with building having 1.10-lakh square feet built up space, and it is as per the requirement of UGC. However, as of February 2021, only 10 acres has been made available to it and talks are ongoing between the Bihar Government and University regarding the remaining 30 acres of land. It was expected to be completely built by August 2020 but because of the effects of Covid-19, the construction work got delayed and now it is likely to be ready by March 2022 when the University would shift there. In 2020, it became the first university in the state of Bihar to adopt the University Management Information System (UMIS) and with this, all processes related to admissions, examinations and publication of results has been made online."@en . . . . . "Nalanda Open University"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "10364"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "13247684"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "POINT(85.14119720459 25.617300033569)"^^ . . . . . . . . "1"^^ . . . . "150"^^ . . "Nalanda Open University"@en . "Krishna Chandra Sinha"@en . . . . "Nalanda Open University Logo.JPG"@en . . . . . "1113812628"^^ . . . . . . . . . .