There are quite a few universities as well as colleges in our country that presents MBA programs by the means of Correspondence/Distant education. There are 64 regular universities as well as 10 open universities that offer MBA to students through this method. Students who have a graduate degree from any background are eligible to apply for the Master’s course in Business Administration.

North India

• Jammu : University Of Jammu.
• New Delhi: Amity School of Distance Learning, Amity University, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Institute Of Management and Research, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Jamia Milia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, University Of Delhi
• Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad University, Bundelkhand University, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Institute Of Correspondence
• Haryana: Guru Jambheshwar University, Kurukshetra University
• Orissa: Berhampur University, Sambalpur University
• Indore: Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
• Chandigarh: Punjab University

Central India

• Madhya Pradesh/Bhopal: Avdhesh Pratap Singh University, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University

West India

• Ahmedabad: Gujarat Vidhyapeeth
• Maharashtra: Shivaji University, Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU)
• Kolkata: Jadavpur University, Netaji Subhash Open University,
• Orissa: Sambalpur University, Utkal University

East India

• Rajasthan: Berhanpur University, Berhanpur KOTA Open University, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani
• West Bengal: Netaji Subhash Open University, University Of Burdwan
• Bihar / Patna: Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Patna University
• Guwahati: Gauhati University
• Meghalaya: North Eastern Hill University
• Midnapore: Vidyasagar University

South India

• Andhra Pradesh: Badruka Educational Society, Bharath Institute of Higher Education, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Institute for Behavioral & Management Sciences, Kakatiya University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Centre for Distance Education
• Vishakhapatnam: Allagappa University, Andhra University,
• Bangalore: Bangalore University, Karnataka State Open University, University Of Mysore
• Tamil Nadu: Alagappa University, Directorate of Distance Education. Annamalai University, Bharathiar University, Directorate of Distance Education, University of Pondicherry, Madurai Kamraj University, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
• Hyderabad: ICFAI, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University, Osmania University, Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, University Of Hyderabad, Centre for Distance Education
• Kerala: Calicut University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Rajiv Gandhi Education Foundation, University Of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

Validity of distance learning MBA Programs

List above comprises colleges from different regions of India, but the most important ones remain IGNOU,Amity, Symbiosis and ICFAI. Their distance learning MBA programs, though are not given the same status as regular MBA programs from universities, some of them like IGNOU and Symbiosis are acceptable in the Indian industry, especially for those people with good work experience.