UBS - India's First Virtual Open Distance Learning Institution
The ability of a nation to use and create knowledge capital determines its capacity to empower and enable its citizens by increasing human capabilities.
In the next few decades, India will have the largest set of young people in the world. Following a knowledge-oriented paradigm of development would enable India to leverage this demographic advantage.
In the words of our Prime Minister, "The time has come to create a second wave of institution building and of excellence in the field of education, research and capability building so that we are better prepared for the 21st century."
Univ18 Business School was setup with the aim of creating such an institution of excellence, in the field of Open and Distance Learning Education.
The UBS Open Education System is open to people, places, methods and ideas.
It promotes educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality education to all who wish to realize their ambitions and fulfill their potential.
Through academic research, pedagogic innovation and collaborative partnership it seeks to be a world leader in the design, content and delivery of supported open and distance learning.