Chansdigarh August 8:
            Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today felicitated the Punjab Technical University (PTU) for being awarded as the Best University in Digital Learning and also the Best Open and Distance Learning initiative in the e-India awards.
Stating this here today, a spokesman for the Chief Minister's Office said that the PTU had been conferred upon these prestigious awards for its various initiatives in both the categories--"selection by Jury" and also through "public voting". The Chief Minister lauded the PTU team for this achievement and expressed satisfaction for re-establishing PTU on the national and international platforms.
Mr Badal stated that Distance Education had opened a new window of opportunities for those who craved for further studies and in a way it had helped numerous professionals, school drop-outs and housewives to accomplish their unfinished dreams. The Chief Minister assured of all possible assistance and support by the government to further strengthen the initiatives of Punjab Technical University.
The e-INDIA 2010 Awards, instituted by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) under the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, were given at Hyderabad International Conventional Centre, Hyderabad on August five.