Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) is empowered to establish, maintain or recognize Colleges and Study Centers at such places in Karnataka and may also open outside Karnataka at such places as it deems fit. Karnataka State Open University is a recognized University of Distance Education Council under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) (Revised notification F. No. DEC/OU/Recog./2008).Karnataka State Open University is a regular member of the Association of Indian University is a permanent member of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London, United Kingdom since 1999. Its member code is: ZKASOPENUINI. Karnataka State Open University is a permanent member of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), Beijing, China since 1999.Karnataka State Open University has association with Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Face to Face Mode Distance Mode Universities (AIU), New Delhi since 1999 (No. EV/11(80)/99/203935-4172).Karnataka State Open for the Co-ordination and determination of standard of such systems. With the virtue of KSOU Act of Karnataka notification no ED 1 UOV 95 dated 12th February 1996 (KSOU Act – 1992). The act was Vancouver, Canada since 2003. COL is an intergovernmental organization created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning / distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.