Directorate of Distance Education, Sri Venkateswara University (SVUDDE), Tirupati was established in 1972.

Its affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University.

as the institute of correspondence courses to cater the needs of students who cannot pursue formal college education.

These courses provide incentives to students who discontinue education because of lack of aptitude and motivation or for want of economic wherewithal. Individuals who look upon education as life-time activity and enhance their knowledge in an existing discipline of study or acquire proficiency in a new area may also benefit from the courses.

Distance Education is an attempt to diversify and proliferate academic beneficence far beyond the close confines of a classroom and to make it available to all those who aspire for higher learning.

It has a special relevance in an egalitarian society, in so far as it does not have the “elitist bias” to education which is beyond the reach of many. Another advantage of such a program is that it goes beyond the confines of University Jurisdiction.

The Institute of Correspondence Course was upgraded as the Directorate of Distance Education in 1994 as per the UGC norms.