Vision and Mission

To emerge as a World – Class hub of knowledge acquisition and skill development
To provide Higher education to a vast majority of population with a unique learner-centric model of education
To make distance education socially relevant, industry- oriented, and inclusive in all respects.

To achieve the status of Centre of Excellence in Distance Learning arena.
To be flexible and accessible to a vast majority of the adult learners.
To make learners accomplish a high degree of academic achievement and cherish their association with the SRM IST forever.
To develop a knowledge repository of international standard and to be relevant globally
To be in the forefront in building human resources by fostering freedom, empowerment, creativity and innovations

Distance Education Directorate