Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Chhattisgarh is a well-known and reputed university situated in Bilaspur and was established in 2005 by the Chhattisgarh legislature. On 20th January the governor of Chhattisgarh accorded his assent. Pt. Sundarlal Sharma  Open University Chhattisgarh distance education was named after a famous and well know social justice freedom fighter of Chhattisgarh region, Pandit Sundarlal Sharma. 

The Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University is among the top universities in distance education in the Chhattisgarh region. The Pt. Sundarlal Sharma Open University’s inauguration ceremony was led by the former honorable vice prime Minister Government of India, Shri Lal Krishna Advani ji, the inauguration ceremony also has other prominent leaders of the nation such as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Minister of Higher Education, Minister of Finance with a wide number of dignitaries. 

The Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Open University offers various courses in the undergraduate and postgraduate categories with various specializations and has its study centers spread across Chhattisgarh including regions like Jagdalpur, Bilaspur Raipur, Ambikapur, Durg, Korba, and Jashpur.

Pt. Sundarlal Sharma Open University in Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) is the only university offering distance and open education system in the Chhattisgarh region, the main objective of the university is to provide quality education across the nation majorly to the tribal and remote areas where individuals willing to pursue their further studies are unable to do so because of any circumstance. The university has a rich heritage and culture with top-notch quality of education. The Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Open University is approved by University Grant Commission and accredited by NAAC with an A++ grade.

The campus of the university is spread across 70 acres with technically sound infrastructure, the university includes an exam center building, academic classes building, library, canteen, bank facility, accommodation building for teaching ad non-teaching staff, and a hostel in its infrastructure. The university campus is so vast as it also occupies three helipads for prominent guests visiting the university by helicopter. The outer arrears of the university also have two ponds which enhance the beauty and water level of the campus range.

Courses offered by Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Open University