UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (UGC)

Mahatma Gandhi University is empowered to award degree as specified by the University Grants Commission(UGC) under section 22 of the UGC Act 1956.

DISTANCE EDUCATION COUNCIL (DEC)

Mahatma Gandhi University is approved by Distance Education Council(DEC) and Tripartite Committee (UGC-AICTE-DEC).

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES

IAU, founded in 1950, is the UNESCO-based worldwide association of higher education institutions. It brings together institutions and organizations from some 120 countries for reflection and action on common concerns and collaborates with various international, regional and national bodies active in higher education.

ASIAN ASSOCIATION OF OPEN UNIVERSITIES

Mahatma Gandhi University is a member of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU). AAOU, is a non-profit organization of higher learning institutions that are primarily concerned with education at a distance, namely, education in which the systematic teaching and the communication between student and teacher or institution take place mainly by a variety of media. AAOU was founded in 1987 by a number of open universities in the Asian region who realized the significant contribution of distance education in democratizing the provision of learning opportunities to mankind.

MGU IS A MEMBER OF PHD CHAMBER

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, established in 1905, is a proactive and dynamic multi-State apex organization working at the grass-root level and with strong national and international linkages.

MGU IS ALSO A MEMBER OF FICCI

Mahatma Gandhi University is an esteemed member of federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organization in India. A non-government and non-profit organization. FICCI is the voice of India’s business and Industry.

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER WITH WORLD BANK

Mahatma Gandhi University is proud to be partnered up with World Bank’s programme on climate change. (C4C) is a campaign, a coalition, and a community that cares about climate change. The goal of C4C is to raise awareness about climate change issues around the world. With the help of our broad coalition of partners (including Mahatma Gandhi University), we are kick starting an interactive dialogue on climate change issues.

BEST INNOVATION IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING FOR K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Mahatma Gandhi University has been awarded “Best Innovation in Open and Distance Learning for K-12 and Higher Education” in World Education Summit 2012. The initiatives taken by our University were highly appreciated by the august gathering at the Summit consisting of prominent personalities such as ‘Shri Subodh Kant Sahay’- Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India, ‘Prof S S Mantha’- Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), ‘Shri E Ahamad’- Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India, ‘Prof Sudhir K Jain’- Director, IIT Gandhinagar, ‘Dr Sunil Nawaratne’- Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Government of Sri Lanka and many more…

SOE GLOBAL EDUCATION AWARDS 2012

Mahatma Gandhi University has been awarded "Excellence in Distance Education University" which was held at India International Centre in New Delhi on 16th Dec, 2012.

The initiatives taken by our University were highly appreciated by the gathering at the Summit consisting of prominent personalities such as 'Hon.H.S.Brahma'-Election Commissioner of India, 'k.Srikkanth'- Chairman, Senior Selection Commitee,Indian cricket Team, 'Shri R.C Dikshit'-Former DGP U.P, 'Prof K K Aggarwal'- Founder Vice-Chancellor (1998-2008) G.G.S. Indraprastha University, SEARCC President (2008-2010), CSI President (2007-2009), President IETE (2002-2004), 'H.E Lt Gen.K.M Seth'- Former Governor.

BEST INITIATIVE IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR OPEN AND ONLINE LEARNING

Greetings from MGU!!!
It is our great pleasure to announce that Mahatma Gandhi University has been awarded "Best Initiative in Higher Education for Open and Online Learning" in World Education Congress 2013 which was held at Taj Land's End Hotel in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 28th June, 2013. The Summit is the most renowned & popular Education summit where the leading Universities, Education Ministers, Political leaders, Educational Institutions from all around the World participated and showcased their new methodologies and innovations in the area of education.

The initiatives taken by our University were highly appreciated by the august gathering at the Summit consisting of prominent personalities such as Hon'ble Education Ministers from various countries.

Education As Per Mahatma Gandhi

Medium Of Education I find daily proof of the increasing & continuing wrong being done to the millions by our false de-Indianizing education.... We seem to have come to think that no one can hope to be like a Bose unless he knows English. I cannot conceive a grosser superstition than this. No Japanese feels so helpless as we seem to do.... The medium of instruction should be altered at once, and at any cost, the provincial languages be given their rightful place. I would prefer temporary chaos in higher education to the criminal waste that is daily accumulating. Education through a foreign language entails a certain degree of strain, and our boys have to pay dearly for it. To a large extent, they lose the capacity of shouldering any other burden afterwards, for they become a useless lot who are weak of body, without any zest for work and mere imitators of the West. They have little interest in original research or deep thinking, and the qualities of courage, perseverance, bravery and fearlessness are lacking. That is why we are unable to make new plans or carry out projects to meet our problems. In case we make them we fail to implement them. A few who do show promise usually die young....... We, the English educated people, alone are unable to assess the great loss that this factor has caused. Some idea of its immensity would be had if we could estimate how little we have influenced the general mass of our people. The school must be an extension of home.  There must be concordance between the impressions which a child gathers at home and at school, if the best results are to be obtained. Education through the medium of a strange tongue breaks the concordance which should exist. Those who break this relationship are enemies of the people even though their motives may be honest. To be a voluntary victim of this system of education is as good as the betrayal of our duty towards our mothers. The harm done by this alien type of education does not stop here; it goes much further. It has produced a gulf between the educated classes and the masses. The people look on us as beings apart from them. It is my considered opinion that English education in the manner it has been given has emasculated the English educated Indian, it has put a severe strain upon the Indian students' nervous energy and has made of us imitators. The process of displacing the vernaculars has been one of the saddest chapters in the British connection. Ram Mohan Roy would have been a greater reformer, and Lokmanya Tilak would have been a greater scholar, if they had not to start with the handicap of having to think in English and transmit their thoughts chiefly in English. Their effect on their own people, marvelous as it was, would have been greater if they would have been educated under a less unnatural system. No doubt they both gained from their knowledge of the rich treasures of English literature. But these should have been accessible to them through their own vernaculars. No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators. English is today studied because of its commercial and so called political value. Our boys think, and rightly in the present circumstances, that without English they cannot get into Government service. Girls are taught English as a passport to marriage. I know several instances of women wanting to learn English so that they may be able to talk to Englishmen in English. I know husbands who are sorry that their wives cannot talk to them and their friends in English.  I know families in which English is being made the mother tongue. Hundreds of youth believe that without a knowledge of English, freedom for India is practically impossible. The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases, the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English. All these are for me signs of our slavery and degradation. It is unbearable to me that the vernaculars should be crushed and starved as they have been. I cannot tolerate the idea of parents writing to their children, or husbands writing to their wives, not in their own vernaculars but in English. The foreign medium has caused brain fag, put an undue strain upon the nerves of our children, made them crammers and imitators, unfit for original work and thought, and disabled them from filtrating their learning to the family or the masses. The foreign medium has made our children practically foreigners in their own lands. It is the greatest tragedy of the existing system. The foreign medium has prevented the growth of our vernaculars. If I had the powers of a despot, I would today stop the tuition of our boys and girls through a foreign medium and require all the teachers and professors on pain of dismissal to introduce the change forthwith. I would not wait for the preparation of text books. They will follow the change. It is an evil that needs a summary remedy. Among the many evils of foreign rule, this blighting imposition of a foreign medium upon the youth of the country will be counted by history as one of the greatest. It has sapped the energy of the nation, it has shortened the lives of the pupils. It has estranged them from the masses, it has made education unnecessarily expensive. If this process is still persisted in, it bids fair to rob the nation of its soul. The sooner, therefore, educated India shakes itself free from the hypnotic spell of the foreign medium, the better it would be for them and the people. MGU Online Feautres  “Mahatma Gandhi is an inspiration of millions of people all over the world for his principles,vision & knowledge” Following the footsteps ‘Mahatma Gandhi University’ is a university with a mission to make difference in field of education. Mahatma Gandhi University (M.G.U) is established through Meghalaya State legislative Act, 2010 (Meghalaya Act No.6 of 2011), published in the Gazette of Meghalaya vide No.LL (B).138/2010/41. The Promoting body of MGU has vast experience in the field of Education. University is setup with an objective of providing best quality education to the students. Mahatma Gandhi University is empowered to award degrees as specified by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 22 of the UGC Act 1956. Earn your degree on your terms. Whether you choose to learn online or at a local campus, you can count on our challenging curriculum and a supportive learning environment. Mahatma Gandhi University an institution which promises to become one of India’s leading universities with an acknowledged reputation for excellence in research and teaching. Needless to say it has achieved resounding success in all its ventures including professional education. MGU has emerged as a global university with boasting distinctive strengths in education and entrepreneurship. As a platform for excellence in teaching, learning & administration, state-of-the-art information technology is extensively used in M.G.U, contributing to the development of well trained graduates, post graduates and doctorates to meet the professional manpower needs of not just India but the world. What are the benefits of MGU Learning Programmes ? MGU benefits are enormous. Some them are listed below : Lateral Entry Option Advance & Excellent Teaching Learning Methodology Online On-Demand Examination Facility Multi Tasking Opportunity Students Placement Services Effective & convenient communication system Continuous & quick grievance handling Online Career Counselling E-Books Online Digital Library Recognized Degree Innovative and updated Curriculum E-Mail service Notice Board Previous Year’s Question Papers WE RECOGNIZED THAT EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY A MAJOR INVESTMENT, BUT ALSO A SOUND INVESTMENT. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIPS TO COMPETENT STUDENTS. Mahatma Gandhi University strongly believes in fact that monetary constraints should never be an obstacle for a student to have access to quality education. So the University offers a scholarship scheme which initiates to: Realise the vast talents that may be hidden due to financial constraints. Reward the bright, brilliant and the deserving students seeking admission to the University. The scholarship benefits can be availed on Graduate as well as Post graduate level.