About Us Karnataka State Open University KSOU Mysuru is a State Public University established by the act of State Legislature in and was brought into force on st June Ever since its establishment KSOU has been pro-actively engaged in fulfilling the national objectives of higher education i e to achieve ACCESS EQUITY QUALITY AFFORDABILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY A Pioneer and Premier Centre of Higher Education under Open and Distance Learning ODL system KSOU was carved out of illustrious University of Mysore in Before becoming the university KSOU was an Institute of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education ICC amp CE of the University of Mysore which was established in The motto of KSOU - ldquo HIGHER EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE EVERYWHERE rdquo promises to reach out to those unreached - to all those higher education aspirants The Open University was established in pursuance of National Policy on Education NPE- on the recommendation of Central Education Advisory Read More