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Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University
Motto	Education Beyond Barriers
Type	State university
Established	2006 (19 years ago)
Chancellor	Governor of Assam
Vice-Chancellor	Rajendra Prasad Das
Administrative staff	150 (incl. faculty)
Students	40,000 (2010)
Location	Guwahati, Assam, India
Campus	Distance / Online
Programs	42
Affiliations	UGC
Website	kkhsou.ac.in/web/

Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University is a state university in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was founded in 2006.

KKHSOU offers a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and certificate courses in various fields such as humanities, social sciences, commerce, management, science, and technology. The university also offers professional courses in fields like law, journalism, and mass communication.

History

The university was established by the Assam Legislative Assembly by Act XXXVII of 2005 in 2005. The Act received the assent from the Governor on the same year.

It was recognized by the University Grants Commission in 2009,^[1] which lists 2007 as the year of establishment.^[2]

Locations

KKHSOU runs from three locations:

Permanent campus: Patgaon, Rani Gate, Guwahati-781017
City Office: Resham Nagar, Khanapara, Guwahati=781022
Jorhat Regional Centre: Tarajan, Jorhat, Assam 785001

References

^ "KKHSOU". kkhsou.in. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "List of State Universities" (PDF). 27 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.