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{{Infobox university
|name = Karnataka State Open University
|image = Karnataka State Open University logo.png
|logo =
|motto =
|established = 1996
|vice_chancellor= Dr. S Vidyashankar
|city = [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]]
|country = [[India]]
|coor = {{coord|12|18|48.3|N|76|37|24.9|E|type:edu_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
|students =
|type = [[State university (India)|State university]]
|campus = [[Urban areas|Urban]]
|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/k-taka-open-univ-re-recognised-5-yrs-what-about-degrees-older-students-86422?amp|title = K'taka Open Univ re-recognised for 5 yrs – but what about degrees for older students?|date = 12 August 2018}}</ref>
|website = http://ksoumysore.karnataka.gov.in/
}}

'''Karnataka State Open University''' ('''KSOU''') is a [[Distance education|distance learning]] [[university]] founded in 1996, located in [[Mysore]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]].

[[File:Karnataka State Open University 2.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Karnataka State Open University]]

{| class="toccolours" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; font-size:85%; background:#ffc; color:black; width:20em; max-width:25%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|+ style="background:#ccc;"| Vice Chancellors
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Anjana Murthy, 1996–1999
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |N. S. Ramegowda, 1999–2003<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-06-27/bangalore/27212796_1_ksou-distance-education-karnataka-state-open-university|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214101725/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-06-27/bangalore/27212796_1_ksou-distance-education-karnataka-state-open-university|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2012|title=First lady V-C for open varsity|date=27 June 2003|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |K. Sudha Rao, 2003–2007<ref>{{cite news|title=KSOU to help more rural students|date=27 June 2003|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://hindu.com/2003/06/27/stories/2003062704760400.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709122223/http://hindu.com/2003/06/27/stories/2003062704760400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |B. A. Viveka Rai, 2007–2009<ref>{{cite news|title=Vivek Rai is KSOU Vice-Chancellor|date=28 June 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/28/stories/2007062857010300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610092059/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/28/stories/2007062857010300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2009}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |K. S. Rangappa, 2009–2012<ref>{{cite news|title=Rangappa is KSOU V-C|date=13 December 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-13/mysore/28081488_1_v-c-post-ksou-v-c-search-panel|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701125037/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-13/mysore/28081488_1_v-c-post-ksou-v-c-search-panel|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |M.G.Krishnan, 2012–2016<ref>{{cite news|title=Krishnan is KSOU Vice-Chancellor|date=1 Feb 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/krishnan-takes-charge-as-vc-of-ksou/article4367906.ece}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |D. Shivalingaiah, 2016–2019<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/new-ksou-vc-takes-charge/article8344814.ece|title=Shivaligaiah is KSOU Vice-Chancellor|date=12 Mar 2016|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Dr. S Vidyashankar 2019–present
|}

==Controversy==
===De-recognition and re-recognition ===

[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] de-recognized several courses of KSOU with effect from 2012-13. The university was de-recognized in 2015 after it was found violating several norms of UGC and DEC, IGNOU. The university had violated the norms related to territorial jurisdiction by establishing study centres across India and also offered admission to courses within India and abroad in violation of regulations. Even after a show cause notice was issued, it continued this practice. Thousands of students were jeopardized by the de-recognition leading to protests by students and petitions to the Karnataka High Court/Supreme Court (Supreme Court Case No.001037 or Diary No.31227 filled on August 21, 2018). After several initiatives by KSOU, the Government of Karnataka and the direction of the high court, 17 courses of KSOU were granted recognition from 2018 onwards. However, lives of earlier students remain in limbo without degrees, though a bridge course and a test is likely to be conducted. In 2018 UGC gave programme-level recognition from 2018-19 to 2022-23 via UGC order F.No. 1-6/2018 (DEB-I) dated 03-10-2018 for B.A.,B.Com.B.L.I.sc.,M.L.ISc.,M.A., M.Com.,M.Sc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/k-taka-open-univ-re-recognised-5-yrs-what-about-degrees-older-students-86422?amp|title=Karnataka Open University Re-recognised after 5 years. What About Degrees Older Students|website=www.thenewsminute.com|date=12 August 2018|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://starofmysore.com/finally-ugc-grants-recognition-to-17-courses-offered-by-ksou/|title=Finally, UGC grants recognition to 17 courses offered by KSOU|date=2018-08-10|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official|http://ksoumysore.karnataka.gov.in/Pages/Home.aspx}}

{{Universities in Karnataka}}
{{Open Education in India}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Open universities in India]]
[[Category:Universities in Mysore]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1996]]
[[Category:Universities established in the 1990s]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Karnataka]]

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