Global Open University

The Global Open University is an Indian university established in 2005 in Dimapur, Nagaland. It has been established under the provisions of The Global Open University Act 2006 (Act 3 of 2006) of the Government of Nagaland with a view to introducing vocational, job oriented and empoyment centric education in the North-East in general and in the State of Nagaland in particular. The Global Open University, Nagaland (A State University established by the Government of Nagaland) has been legislated by the Nagaland State Legislative Assembly under The Global Open University Act 2006 (Act 3 of 2006) which received the assent of the Governor of Nagaland on 30 August 2006 and was notified vide Notification number Law/Act-10/2006 on 18 September 2006. The provisions of The Global Open University Act 2006 were published in the Nagaland Official Gazette on 18 September 2006 for general information.The university has operated since April 2007 from Dimapur, in a campus allotted by the Government of Nagaland. The university's campus was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio, on 5 June 2007. Two other campuses have subsequently been launched at Wokha and Kohima, with interim headquarters remaining at Dimapur. The Governor of Nagaland is Chancellor of the University. The Global Open University (TGOU), Nagaland is administered by a Governing Council.Joint ventureThe Global Open University is a joint public-private partnership venture between the Government of Nagaland and the World Institution Building Programme (WIBP). The state government gives grants-in-aid to sponsor the students from Nagaland by paying their fee, and the WIBP as the sponsoring agency for the university provides Rs. 7 Crore as the Corpus Fund in the name of The Global Open University.