Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University (JGND-PSOU) is a

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established through Punjab Act No. 19 of 2019, located in

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubarak ...

in the Indian state of

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History

As part of the state government's commemoration of the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri

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ji, the Punjab Cabinet on 24 October 2019 (Thursday) okayed the establishment of the

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Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University at

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. The university has started functioning from temporary campus at official residence of Principal, Government Mohindra College, Patiala.

Academics

Courses

* Bachelor of Arts (BA) * Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) * Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

References

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