Our University has always taken the lead in offering courses at the cutting edge of knowledge and has striven to give the student community a headstart by equipping them with the appropriate intellectual tools. I am sure the contents of the brochure provide sample evidence of our commitment towards this end and towards taking knowledge to doorsteps of the student community The University has ambitious plans to forge ahead in the area of Off-Campus learning, with our sights set even beyond national frontiers. The University is committed to providing the student with exposure to the best in education with the aid of modern infrastructure right from the stage of instruction to the publication of results, it is also committed to making amends for any shortcomings witnessed in the Off—Campus programmes in the previous years. l hope that by enrolling for our courses in huge numbers students would give us the necessary support to think and act big and continue to serve them in ever increasing ways.